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i am a great and mellow leader

from out of the cave by cynthia nelson band

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i can take us out of the grave darkness
it is often the unsuspected ones who breathe success
provide impermanence as the constant upon which the all-else rests
display the charms that calm alarms that sound and smack
and knock us down and knock us back

you've forgotten perhaps the fun of what is known as skin
turning rotten as roses long-abandoned in the bin
i'll brush against it and act it out courageous butterfly
admit i think of you when the early morning pinking sky
arrives then moves on by (so shy)

follow me to where i am but haven't been before
walk with me this endless walk i haven't walked before
mellow me with a drink of wine or two or three or four
follow me to where she is me and i am her
and you are him and he is you

and you take the time to release into a better mind
and you conflicted too can open up into a certain side
of you and start anew and embrace the cruel and rising tide
and you can face the blue and meet a person who knows to abide

if we all go we'll be together though we cannot see
broken rainbows and fallen trees potential stinging bees
biting memories like the songs we dearly love can't rise above
the years it took to breed and blend and satisfy
and scar and mend and rectify

will you open to what you do not think is even there
give a token of appreciating one who's come to care
great and mellow i am waiting for you on the vacant stair
waving hello half-expecting you to drop the ball
and shut me down and never call (if at all)

follow me to where i am but haven't been before
die with me this awesome death i haven't died before
mellow me with a hit of something that i do adore
follow me to where she is me and i am her
and you are him and he is you

and you take the time to release into a better mind
and you conflicted too can open up into a certain side
of you and start anew and embrace the cruel and rising tide
and you can face the blue and meet a person who knows to abide
abide

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from out of the cave, released October 11, 2017
cynthia guitar
KP rhodes

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Cynthia Nelson Portland, Oregon

NEW 12/8/23:
CYNTHIA NELSON BAND "FOR DAYS" on Curly Cassettes. Related projects: The Grand Style Orchestra, Digressive Combine, Ruby Falls, Retsin, The Naysayer, The Sophie Drinker Music Project.

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