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Your Ward

from demos by Jun N

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Recorded on a macbook in Paris, Summer 2014.

I wrote this song about the end of a long relationship. Sometimes things end and it's sad and it's awful and there is blame and guilt and anger and hurt but it works out eventually. And sometimes a dog is involved.
At the same time, it was written about moving away from a city where I had been living for two years, and moving to new places and the transitional times in the interim.

Things to know: the Louvin Brothers' River of Jordan.

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I am the pity after god's exhaustion
you were the calm before my storm
and though I weren't much to look at
I am glad you looked for more
so I fear I might regret this
but just put it on my tab
cause I aint never made a life choice
i didnt wish i could take back
i may be six feet deep in problems
i may have one foot in the grave
i may be making poor decisions babe
oh but i aint yours to save

i aint your ward, and you aint mine, and i aint sorry.

There is plenty of blame to go around
we've both got blood on our hands
you’ve got reason enough to hate me.
but I'm glad you understand
and for two years we was happy
and for two we was content
Things werent bad by any means
but you know we werent making plans
Wine can get me drunk enough
but i miss the taste of blood
you know I never took you for granted
but now I just miss my dog.
chorus
I was broken when i met you
and im broken now you're gone
i tried to find shelter
in an old familiar song
i went down to the river of jordan
for to mend my weary soul
but the current swept beneath me
and the fall bust open my skull
chorus
the devil does not jest
but he sure has himself some laughs.
and I know I am the punchline,
and he likes his jokes to last.
in an unfamiliar room i
burn the candle at both ends.
I put my guitar down,
clench my teeth, and go to bed.
I go to bed.

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from demos, released January 1, 1987

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