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Teller In The Tower

from And the Rainbirds Sang by Frances Smith

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The city streets are dividing days
between the lover and the brave
child who ran away when times get hard
and lived beneath the tall towers of power
and I saw him there one night
he was talking to the light
I knew he was the only one
who'd watched them growing by the hour
and there's a teller using power tonight

The wind is cold on narrow roads
touching bodies moving slow
and tarmac turned grey and old
winds it's way through streets of gold
promised to the child who stands
to make some money in the hands
of winners, losers, and, he said
I've grown but never seem to change
and there's a teller on the shore tonight

Restless did he meet my eyes
I've caressed the devil in nine lives
he said, as the shipment passed
towards the docks, carried away, making money move

And there was someone walking by
returning to a conscious tribe
of weavers holding threads up high
colouring their patterns, bought, subscribed
he whispered yet another lie
and I looked into his green eyes
shining in the neon glow
showing trails of fire inside
and there's a teller in the tower tonight


Copyright Frances Smith @2015

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from And the Rainbirds Sang, released October 20, 2016
Written by Frances Smith

Vocals, synths, and production by Frances Smith

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