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In The Country (For Jim Carroll)

from Through and Through (2017 Deluxe Edition) by Divine Weeks

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IN THE COUNTRY (FOR JIM CARROLL))

Jim Carroll was a man delivered to a world undeserving
Well they turned their backs on him and he just stopped learning
He danced on his balcony
He rocked and twitched in his seat
Later on he started nodding
Heavy as a pale wet sheet

Ch. What do you think that he’s sleeping from?
Something a new sun would cure?
What do you think that he’ll wake up to?
A world so clean and pure?
In the country snowfall is pretty but it’s ugly in the city

I saw something in him no one else has seen
In his rainy eyes that disguise a silent soul reaching
I couldn’t fill his head or his arms because I’m not too brave
Ain’t it enough I’d die to keep you from an early grave?

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Someone walked up his arms
Stamping out a sky full of scars
He jumped out his window
Because it had no bars

We cleaned out all the paint that was jammed up his fingernails
Then we thanked Jesus Christ for releasing him from jail.

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from Through and Through (2017 Deluxe Edition), released April 28, 2017

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Named one of the 15 best unsigned bands by the L.A. Times, Divine Weeks were signed to Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn's Down There label releasing debut "Through & Through" in '87. In '91 they released "Never Get Used To It." After a lengthy hiatus, singer Bill See's memoir "33 Days" was the catalyst to reforming & releasing "See Those Landing Lights" & the politically charged "We're All We Have" ... more

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