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why would i strike you like a match
when you've always been my favorite catch?
why would i spread you like a flame
when you've burned too many people than can be named?

yesterday i set you free,
but today you waltz in misery
you wondered why you couldn't see
your shadow walking next to me
and you asked me, "are we up in the sky?"
and i told you it's the noon of night

why would i skip you like a stone
if i know we're just going to end up at the bottom of a river
all alone?
why would i write you like a poem
when i can't even speak to you in prose?

i made you a real boy,
but you turned yourself back into a toy
you lost your jaw, you couldn't stand
without some actor's trembling hand
and you ask me if i cut your string???
i told you boy there's no such thing

why would i hold you like a lover of mine
when you know there're only shadows in the sky?
and why would i kiss you like your mother?
i think we'd both agree you don't need another

you never trust an honest vein,
you just bash your head before the gate,
and at the door you drop the key,
well you're almost there just bend your knees
don't ask me how you got this far
i'll just tell you it's the month of march

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from Lovehills & Leeches, released June 28, 2016

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John King Cave Albuquerque, New Mexico

John King Cave is the musical, poetic, and artistic vessel of Paul Waxler-Fahey, a folk artist currently residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The name recalls the story of John the apostle in the Cave of Patmos receiving the revelation of Christ the King. ... more

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