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iron line

by hannah wyatt

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that maple with its hollow pointed finger stared me down as it beckoned to the sky it said if you don’t know by now which way you’re going them walls are closing, you will be left outside so read your bible, lace your boots up, comb your hair down change your name and draw your curtains in a new town and if they ever find you there, it’ll be last call my dear drink all the whiskey, say three hail mary’s and start again i put four years swift behind me, i was reborn the few who knew my voice would hear it once a year and i’d pray the clouds would cover all my housefires they’ll sniff you out, they’ll come back here so i put four more years in southern san marino another five wanderin’ round in baton rouge and all my closest friends think i’m a preacher who says i’m not, if they sin too so read your bible, lace your boots up, comb your hair down change your name and close your curtains in a new town and if they ever find you there, it’ll be last call my dear drink all the whiskey, say three hail mary’s and start again
2.
you were a wanderer in north idaho boots on the gravel for miles you’d hustle them boys in the ol’ country dives you’d sleep with your knife by your side you’ve done a lot more for a lot less before and this circus has wore you on down you were a heavyweight, down in the ring enough left in you still for a round but you promised a man with a silver tipped pen you would end with your face to the ground you’ve done a lot more for a lot less before and this circus has wore you on down you were a waitress in oklahoma them boys from the prairie were kind but they slipped you a note with an offer at hand and a ten dollar bill on the side you’ve done a lot more for a lot less before and this circus has wore you on down you were a schoolboy, no older than ten well johnny’d been after your hide you found an ol’ rifle way back in the shed no daddy to pay it no mind you’ve done a lot more for a lot less before and this circus has wore you on down you were a barber, you cut a clean shave but you were short when the landlord came by you sat in the summer heat, eyein’ your blades and the cop always pacin’ in time you’ve done a lot more for a lot less before and this circus has wore you on down
3.
windsor 05:10
i skinned my hands on the wheel grippin’ on the ten and two thinking i was made of steel but i turn to flesh next to you i don’t know if this is the last time i’ll see the lights in columbia they don’t go by as fast and i got half a mind to turn around but i won’t dear, no not, not for now does my shadow walk your halls does it creak on your floorboards do i appear between your walls in that old house in windsor i don’t know if this is the last time i’ll see the lights in columbia they don’t go by as fast and i got half a mind to turn around but i won’t dear, no not, not for now and i’m not any better than i was when i left you weeping, and i watched oh lord, how i’ll plead to come back i’ll be the ghost to your flesh cuz i don’t know if this is the last time will i see the lights in columbia they don’t go by as fast and i got half a mind to turn around but i won’t dear, no not, not for now oh i won’t dear, no not, not for now
4.
in earnest 03:50
felt like five generations had passed saw the wheat grow, saw it turnin’ in your hands but it was only one course of the moon til’ those wheels touched the ground at last and i’d know your name well my brother, your lantern’s been out oh my friend, how your garden’s run down but you write pretty words in the night so is it worth all the wounds that you count and am i one, oh am i one but when you held me that night in the desert i forgot where i was, lost track of where we’re standing i was melting into the heavens with that wide sky above us every star just watching us swaying and then i thought to myself, lord is this right did i lead you on and then it was gone come o’er, there’s a ghost that must be named well it sees its soul in another, but it’s afraid for if i write you these words in the night oh it’s to tell you i don’t feel the same will i haunt you now or will you forget my name no i don’t feel the same
5.
well that big wind’s coming for you darlin, in the night so gather up your things, write a note for somebody and sharpen all them knives, to put up your big fight you always knew this would end bloody and lay your lead belly down and follow that iron line, clear out of this town you left your box of matches on the floor an empty fifth of whiskey on the table well i swear on high, i saw your eyes this morning well the sky sank dark, and i drowned in the stable and lay your lead belly down and follow that iron line, clear out of this town well i woke up to them coyotes and i climbed up that hill in our yard and i buried all them memories you left me and set a blaze of hellfire to the barn i’ll lay my lead belly down and follow that iron line, clear out of this town and i, i’ll leave you behind and i won’t leave my porch light on, and i’ll forget why oh, why
6.
my mind is always walking slow and deep in these big wide circles around the light of you as i watch, my eyes grow heavy, and gravity pulls down in these big wide circles i have no answer to will i know you will i see the man you want me to will i know you how i want to well you grew like the moss deep and green in my garden and every time i’d glance outside, try not to find it, but it was there well i can’t help them things i don’t know, i can’t seem to help myself to get some answers, to get my mind right, to not see you everywhere will i know you will i see the man you want me to will i have you how i want to oh how i want to
7.
sabbath song 03:22
five bodies on the ground bent over at your feet your shaking breath the only sound and harmony nine bodies on the ground your jacket frayed and drowning in the blood of righteousness may god you reward you now and when sabbath comes you’ll sit and bathe in rosy reds and blues as they shine the light of glory on the rows of blood stained pews but in your bones a black and fiery rage is boiling through, it’ll come your tintype high upon the wall my hands all red in alcohol as you pray for her health you beg he keeps her well yeah you’d give it all you tell the angels up above hear my lowly cryin’ after all

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iron line EP
a collection of 7 new songs by hannah wyatt

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released January 1, 2022

all written & performed by hannah wyatt, with the exception of:

- pedal steel: cooper dickerson
- piano: tim mechling
- harmonica: eli waltz
- lyric co-writing on windsor: kenneth pichardo

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hannah wyatt Washington

hannah wyatt is an indie-folk singer/songwriter with a dark americana edge.

new ep "underground" out now.

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