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Vivian Girls

from From The Air by M Shanghai String Band

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VIVIAN GIRLS

Carry on my Vivian girls
Find your way in this treacherous world
Lifted from a magazine and dropped into the war
May your paper doll armies endure

Black-eyed soldiers on the wild
Haven’t slept now in 500 nights
Underneath a blue sky I see terror in your eyes
In these troubled times the innocent must fight

Caught between 3 firing lines
Guns and mortars blaze through the night
Pouting in the face of danger only to escape
To a wilderness of butterflies and snakes

Danger lurks my little lamb
Even you cannot save this broken land
Dirty spoon for eating and a dirty glass for wine
Seems we all hide a meanness in our smile

Strange things are goin’ down
God almighty no longer around
Luck is a solemn word for ignorance my child
Let us leave this place lest we die

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from From The Air, released May 29, 2007
Words & Music by Austin Hughes

© 2007 Austin Hughes Music, ASCAP

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M Shanghai Brooklyn, New York

Since 2002, this Brooklyn collective's roots-based, original songs and joyous performances have created a fiercely loyal word-of-mouth following. They invite you to celebrate the release of their new album, "Bedlam", and to visit them for their monthly first-Saturday performances at The Jalopy Theater www.jalopy.biz ... more

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