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Black Eyes And Snow

from Odds And Ends by Zephaniah Stringfield

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I should have never seen her go
Turn her back out upon my door
And when the night surrounds me she’ll be hard upon the road
And tending to an empty home
Suddenly I’ll know
Even for the lies we told swept up in the storm
I should have never seen her go

I could have been her harbor
I could have been her shore
But what am I to be between a hard place and a stone?
In the grey and shapeless dawn
I wonder what’s in store
For a man with no forgotten past who knows one thing for sure
I should have never seen her go

I sit and drink my coffee
And turn to face my name
Call out to the voices that answer back inside my brain
And curse the Gods of Love and War for always keeping score
For every Jack must have his sword and every Rose, her thorn
And I should have never seen her go

She could have been my Mary
Merry mother of my child
A girl with eyes like Edelweiss, pure as snow and wild
Born upon the silent wind away in which she’s flown
A seed that I will not define, neither reap nor sew
Still, I should have never seen her go

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from Odds And Ends, released June 22, 2015

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Zephaniah Stringfield Taos, New Mexico

If you ever get the urge to get in your car and take off without a plan, Zephaniah’s voice is your ideal traveling companion. If your date didn’t show at the bar, and you need the music to become your human connection for the night, he’s got you covered. His songs are the type you can never quite believe you are hearing for the first time, and he made them for you. ... more

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