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mississippi flood

from Go Home to Your Friends by The Olive Tree

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a swell for every sailor
a knot for every nail
a hook for every fighter
a hole for every pail

full and supplicated
so tranquil when its home
now suspicion is spreading
like a Mississippi flood

this sanctuary season
boasting all we’ve left undone
this catholic confession
building just to make me numb

all sights they find
opposing lines
sweet Shepherd, how do you name it?

what started right
lives and dies
springs weathered, up to the Advocate
and grows up good again

a key for the caged up
release for the siren
go play out in the street now
how long have you been waiting?

up there on the mountain
family at his feet
hunger incarnate
plenty here to eat

now for the indictment
loved and memorized
caught up in the excitement
the silence the reprise

all sights they find
opposing lines
sweet Shepherd, how can I name it?

what started right
lives and dies
springs weathered, up to the Advocate
and grows up good again

blessed are the peaceful
blessed are the sore
blessed are the gentle
blessed are the poor

(Ecclesiastes; Matthew 5)

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from Go Home to Your Friends, released October 6, 2011

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The Olive Tree

Meet the collaborative songwriting effort of two brothers. Currently based out of New Orleans and Madison, Ben and Scott Cunningham grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. They love alt-country, the key of G, acoustic guitars, fishing, Jesus, and the world he created. For 15 years and running, together they write and record songs about these things, calling this effort The Olive Tree. ... more

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