Hello My Grandmother

from Take it Away by Oh Cliff Jumper

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Hello my grandmother
Mother of my mother, take my hand
Hello my grandmother
I must ask you to tell me what you've learned of his plan
Your laughter has been my solace
in my years before I could understand
This world in all its wild wonder
It makes me dizzy & I forget who I am.

You're lovely, you're breaking, & I'm sorry that you died
I'm trying, I'm dying to cry out what's left inside
Cheer up kid, it's like your psychic said
"She's still laughing where the funny papers blow"
Cry or don't cry, just because she's gone
it don't mean you gotta let her go
Cos her heart was burning like a coal
& that heat does not need a home to sow
So keep her where you know the things you know
& at midnight your warmest wind will blow
& the doors will right the windows
& the mice will hibernate their holes
& the sky will summon up your soul
when your body says now it's time to go
Take off your promise ring
Go on love, forfeit your hand
In high school you put your pain inside a spiral notebook
& someday we will use a crutch to stand

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from Take it Away, released October 22, 2012

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