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Cut and Run

from Doing What I Can by James Plunkett

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Cut and Run

You drawing in charcoal drawing in charcoal the shape of your mind
You say there’s bees buzzin’ up there they’re buzzin all the time
Make the nice knot in the tie crease the wrinkled lines
Don’t talk to yourself talk to yourself say you need help
I know her well I know her well spittin’ on the sidewalk lilies
I know her well I know her well spittin’ on the sidewalk lilies

What if it was legal to love to love anyone?
What if it was legal to love we wouldn’t have to cut and run.
What if it was legal to love to love anyone?
What if it was legal to love we wouldn’t have to cut and run.

This is where it gets good hun
That dream we’ve been hanging on
Keeping the buzzards off
This is where the good kids run
To the land of the lovin’ ones
Leave the rain drop the gun

It’s a blank page romance a poet on the screen drowning in her sleep
I lay out the clean sheets try to keep the dirty of my feet
There’s no war there’s no war we’re bird watching it’s the weekend
Breathe steady cut your hair put a little bit of ink in the pen
I go out to check the mail read the paper and be a good man
I end up checking the mail kissing the gardener making future plans

What if it was legal to love to love anyone?
What if it was legal to love we wouldn’t have to cut and run.
What if it was legal to love to love anyone?
What if it was legal to love we wouldn’t have to cut and run.

This is where it gets good hun
That dream we’ve been hanging on
Keeping the buzzards off
This is where the good kids run
To the land of the lovin’ ones
Leave the rain drop the gun

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from Doing What I Can, released January 25, 2014

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James Plunkett

James Plunkett is a songwriter first and foremost. His songs are deeply inspired by place, and have been written in Uganda, the American South, New Delhi, India, and the Northeast of the US where he is originally from. He has taken inspiration from all the jobs he's worked over the years and the beautiful folks he's met along the way. ... more

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