Single by Brendan Bonsack



The woman with the turtle tattoo

Says you have not

Enough moon in you,

You need to shed

Like a creature, a pound

Of your fire



Tiny dark pearls of peony

Rose water glasses and poetry

In paper squares

On wooden pegs

And lights underneath them



High on the breeze

Lip cherry balm

Way past its season

Side here with me

You don't need your faith

You don't need your reasons



Says the woman with the turtle tattoo

Tea of ginger and

Cranberry juice

You're turning the vinyl

She's dropping the needle in



And her eyes say

You've been here before

We leave a little love

At each door

You're just thirty three

And a third revolution



The woman with the turtle tattoo

Says you are a little light

On your moon

Your sun is an anchor

Afloat on your water

Never ever ever going down



And her eyes say

You've been here before

We leave a little love

On each shore

Even even if we are

A little unsure



High on the breeze

Lip cherry balm

Way past its season

Side here with me

You don't need your faith

You don't need your reasons

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