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Wings Lyrics

Artist: Josh Ritter
Album: Hello Starling

At night we crossed the border following a Black robe
To the edge of the reservation梩o Cataldo Mission
Where the saints and all the martyrs look down on dying converts
What makes the water holy she says is that that it's the closest thing to rain
I stole a mule from Anthonyæ¡° helped Anne up upon it
And we rode to Coeur d'Alene梩hrough Harrison and Wallace
They were blasting out the tunnels梞aking way for the light of learning
When Jesus comes a'calling she said he's coming round the mountain on a train
It's my home條ast night I dreamt that I grew wings
I found a place where they could hear me when I sing
We floated on to Hanford on a lumber boat up river
Past the fisheries and the milltowns like a stretch of future graveyards
She was driven to distraction梥aid I wonder what will happen
When they find out they're mistaken and the land is too changed to ever change
We waded through the marketplace梥omeone's ship had come in
There was silver and begonias梔ynamite and cattle
There were hearts as big as apples and apples in the shape of Mary's heart
I said inside this gilded cage a songbird always looks so plain
It's my home條ast night I dreamt that I grew wings
I found a place where they could hear me when I sing.
And so they came with cameras梑reaking through the morning mist
Press and businessmen梩ycoons桬piscopal philanthropists
Lost in their appraisal of the body of a woman
But all we saw were lowlands梒louds clung to mountains without strings
And at last we saw some people huddled up against
The rain that was descending like railroad spikes and hammers
They were headed for the border梬alking and then running
Then they were gone into the fog but Anne said underneath their jackets she saw
wings

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