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Leave My War Alone

from Whittled Thrones EP by Autumn Burnett

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There's a man in a suit in my living room,
I wonder if he wants to stay.
He says, "this light is nice, do you feel alive
when you play your woe away."
But little did I guess that underneath his theatre vest,
He would have a knife waiting for me.
On that night in February, I became a missionary to his customary tainted deeds.

Well the sheep I'm counting aint got no wool,
Devil in my head aint a fool,
Why can't we leave behind the hands of those who die,
You better leave my war alone.

There's a light at the end of my blue road,
You snuffed it out and glanced behind.
You left me blind, paralyzed and refined,
I've never been so alive.
Then you took the fork in this war-torn road
And ate your sanguine pie.
You'd come around when you had the time,
I aint your porcelain mime.

Well the sheep I'm counting aint got no wool,
Devil in my head aint a fool,
Why can't we leave behind the hands of those who die,
You better leave my war alone.

Give me alabaster capture, morning after rapture,
Without the visage of an actor.
Give me guitar-dusted serenades without golden renegades
And my heart on a harlequin platter.
Leave intentions of lines to say,
And players to play away,
In the body of a Portuguese letter.
Since your last escapade, I have now learned to stay on grounds where my feet can be faster.

Well the sheep I'm counting aint got no wool,
Devil in my head aint a fool,
Why can't we leave behind the hands of those who die,
You better leave my war alone.

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from Whittled Thrones EP, released January 26, 2012

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Autumn Burnett

Autumn Burnett is a songwriter, guitarist and violist from Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada. She studied songwriting at Oberlin College and Conservatory and currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

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