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Down by the Hollow

from dream songs for babies by Snagwing

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Will you follow down to the hollow
down to the withered tree?
though the tree's changed though the light's strange
still its a sight to see

we would all go down searchin the soft ground
dreaming of rubies and gold
down by the hollow that place time swallowed
we sing so we don't grow old

a year has gone by since I lost my
sense of space and time
alone in silence, alone my mind bent
towards a lonely light

like a moth stuck circling some lamp posing
a pale stand in for sun
a year has gone by since i lost my sense or since i've run

down by the creek by the hollow
from time to time i'll say hello
just passing thru to see
if time's been kind to you

sometimes its best to look back and think to
the things that have come to pass
if the future is open to both hearts whole and broken
then the dream of love will last

a chapter is closing the song's transposing
your life's in a better-sung key
and sometimes its best to look off and think to
how ill be led thee

down by the creek by the hollow
from time to time i'll say hello
just passin thru to see
if time's been kind to you

i'm sick of your city of smoke
i'm sick of your mountain of No
and the future is fertile like the banks of a creek
so dig for the gems you did seek

down by the creek by the hollow
still we all seek gold though we've grown
life is a brief kiss out in the cold

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from dream songs for babies, released September 23, 2011

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Blending Kitsch and Weird since 2010.

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