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written by: Jade Sylvan

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Oh my my, what do I see?
Oh my maker, what have you made me?
Must have been written in between the lines
in the pages in the books in the back of my mind
in the pages in the books in the back of my mind

Oh my my, so you’ve been hurt?
kicked in the ribs and dragged in the dirt?
Strung up and dumped beneath the tulip tree?
I’ll swear on any bible you’ll be safe with me.
I’ll swear on any book you’ll be safe with me.

We could have a kitchen filled with rescued chairs.
We could have children with amazing hair.
We could have children and we’d raise them right
when to bend, when to sway, when to stand, when to fight
when to bend when to sway when to stand when to fight.

I’m a little seahorse lost in the foam.
I’m a poor artist lost in a poem.
Tie me to the bed, baby make me stay home.
I’m tired of the TV, I’m tired of the phone.
I’m tired of the TV, I’m tired of the phone.

Oh my my, you’re sweet like wine.
Oh my my, you’re fragile and fine,
I’ll hold you when you’re tired, when the seas ignite,
In the strength of midday, in the frailty of night
in the strength of midday, in the frailty of night.

I’m a teapot boiling up to the brim
I’m an ugly girl with a great big grin
Take me on my knees, baby sink where I swim
This is how we let go, this is how we begin.
this is how we let go, this is how we begin.

Oh my my, how is this fair?
I’m caught in your cadence, your stride, your stare,
You have my heart, no box, no bow,
Don’t let it break, don’t let it go.
don’t let it break, don’t let it go.

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from songs for no one we know, released September 6, 2011
guitar: Jade Sylvan + SFTD
vox: Jade Sylvan + SFTD

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Jade Sylvan Somerville, Massachusetts

Jade Sylvan is a poet-turned-songwriter living in Somerville, Massachusetts. She fled her native Indiana shortly after graduating college to pursue dreams of becoming a writer. After getting her first book of poetry published and touring the country in 2009, she came home and began writing songs, which garnered instant attention in the famed Cambridge folk scene for their lyrics and melodies. ... more

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