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I'll Stay Awake For You

from In A Hut In Barhir Dar by Lyall Moloney

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lyrics

i'll stay awake for you

late night reading and i'm lonely as hell
all the dishes are still in the sink
i burnt a hole in your ma's old tablecloth
and i wish i had rationed out my cigarettes

take out the trash, to get some air
the alley's odour is like a lonely man's
i picked a white flower hoping you'd be home
something so delicious can grow among stones

i'll stay awake for you

a wet cat's eyes could pierce steel
these brick walled mouths swallow me in
black iron staircase creaks in symphony
the whole in my gut helps me believe in this city

like some sanctified church, with Jesus Christ
pinned all bloody to a carved alter
this block of flats in Grenwich Village
is my solemn sad oppressive prostitute saviour
i'll stay awake for you

i wish i could sleep but my minds a race
and the slap and smash of a womens face
and the china crashing don't help at all
truth be told, i wish i was bold
i wish i was dead, i wish G-d took my hand
and i wish you were here
and i wish i lied to everyone else
and not just myself so when you get back to our Grenwich flat
i could ask what the fuck does he taste like
i'll stay awake for you

credits

from In A Hut In Barhir Dar, released November 11, 2011
These recordings were made in Ethiopia between February and May 2011 with one microphone and a suitcase full of novels. All songwriting, performance, recording and producing by Lyall Moloney Instruments include: guitar, voice, harp, bells, kalimba, words.

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