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Tell Me

from Serpentine by Gillian Grassie

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There was that time I got nauseous at a party
when the wine didn't mix with my medication
and I stepped outside for a breath of fresh air
and my sister brought me a piece of bread
and before I could eat it I was throwing up
and she held my hair
while I wiped my mouth with that spongey crust
and she got a bucket to wash it all up

Tell me, tell me, tell me
why'd you do that to yourself?
Seemed as good a thing to do as anything else

You were maybe six and trying to quit sucking your thumb
so you'd painted your fingers with that bitter stuff
We were lying on the bottom bunk
and you said you couldn't sleep and would I lend you one?
so I reached over my hand and I gave you my thumb
you said it didn't taste as good but it got the job done

Tell me, tell me, tell me
why'd you smash that old guitar?
Sometimes you just can't feel your art
'till it's laying on the ground in shards

I remember the years when we had nothing to prove
we went running around in our birthday suits

When I was a child and I'd lash out in fits
and my mom would make me sit on the stairs in time-out
and I'd cry and cry and say it wasn't my fault
there was this dragon inside making me do wrong
and I look back now to see what has changed
and remark instead at all that's stayed the same
we sit high on our horses and hold tight the reins
praying a bit in the mouth's what makes the beast tame

Tell me, tell me, tell me
why'd you do that to yourself?
Seemed as good a thing to do as anything else
Tell me, tell me, tell me
how'd you let it go so far?
Sometimes you just can't feel your heart
'till it's laying on the ground in shards

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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 ... more

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