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Pulse

from Serpentine by Gillian Grassie

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They say, "Watch out for the new, you
never know what it might do to you."
But I find it's this old home of mine I'm
having trouble getting used to

Every time I open my mouth my words
fall just a little too north or south
don't know when or what to eat I am
living the life of a syncopated beat

I can't find the pulse of this town
is it in the car horns or
the feet falling down on the ground?
I don't know what to do anymore
well it's one thing to leave
and another to try and return

Feel as though I'm going 'round stoned
and the whole world knows it
question is, "Well if the shoe fits..."
oh but what if it doesn't?
I can't shake this feeling inside that I've
left a part of me behind
Hour for five-sixty miles, I can't
reconcile the distance and the time

I can't find the pulse of this town
is it in the car horns or
the feet falling down on the ground?
I don't know what to do anymore
well it's one thing to leave
and another to try and return

I dropped a cup -
it should have broken
when it crashed down to the floor
thing's ain't behaving like they're s'posed to
glass ain't fragile anymore

Oh my love, I am the sin that is
swollen thick with good intentions
oh I know the trouble I'm in I keep
filling my napsack with rocks and Bombay gin

I can't find the pulse of this town
is it in the car horns or
the feet falling down on the ground?
I don't know what to do anymore
well it's one thing to leave
and another, another
I can't find the pulse of this town
I can't find the pulse

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from Serpentine, released October 30, 2007

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Gillian Grassie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gillian Grassie is an American singer-songwriter and harpist who splits her time between Philadelphia and Berlin.

"It’s rare to hear a young singer with such control and understated soulfulness, and even more rare to hear a harp provide such a deep percussive groove. I was immediately captivated by her sound.” - Grammy-winner Marc Cohn
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