Jester & June

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lyrics

Sitting on cold floor thinking of soon
behind locked door under iron-striped moon
I can be alone if I thinking of you
when I was your Jester and you were my June

I'd sit on the platform waiting for you
to walk past me daily, not noticing too
there's nothing inside me if I don't have you
I'm a cyclops seer, I'm a killer, I'm a fool

I'm holding your memory, dear
I'm holding your memory, dear
It's been two years since the bastards put me in here
I'm holding your memory dear

I picked up your penny I tapped on your arm
you looked, you laughed, you scoffed and walked on
It was just a kind gesture to return what was yours
but you saw a jester and love turn to scorn

A flash, an impulse, a pulling on my mind
pulling, pulling, pulling from inside
If I'd waited for my heart, oh, we wouldn't be so cold
with you so dead and me nearly so

I'm holding your memory dear
I'm holding your memory dear
It's been two years since the bastards put me in here
I'm holding your memory dear

I sit in my cell and wait for the noose
sometimes I still love you sometimes there's no use
Well, if I had two hearts I'd give you half of one
then I'd take it back and I'd do it again

credits

from Great Elk, track released June 22, 2010
words and music by Paul Basile

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The New Yorker says - “The Brooklyn rockers Great Elk display the control and restraint of a band with deep chemistry, as they sway gracefully between gentle ballads and mid-tempo indie-rock tunes.”

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