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The winter wore on; your lovers were gone;
The poor gathered ‘round St. Vincent Parish.
Beneath the scarlet and blue, I’d long for you
And your body all dark and restless.

I thought you were mine in that old starving time
Oh, but now I understand:
Though it was please you or please me, I finally see
It’s more important where I don’t put my hand.

Well, I took half the year to discover “sincere”:
I watched my friends sing all clever and wounded.
They used their tune to silence the room
While I lifted their lines and their music.

I said they were mine in that old starving time
Now I am stuck in this Country & Western
I got it all wrong confusing my song
For some little tired confession

The winter, it is past. Your lovers are back.
I wait for the Union Pacific.

I wish you were mine in this old starving time
But it’s comfort we both seem to need.
So blessed and grand are the women and man
Who have grown beyond their greed.

David Safran / Anchorhold Music. ©2006

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from Delicate Parts (Remastered), released April 14, 2021

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David Safran Chicago, Illinois

David Safran is a writer, musician, and producer.. A noted figure in Chicago's music scene, Safran has attracted acclaim for his "boundary-breaking tunes" (WNUR) and dark, provocative lyrics "spike[d]...with humor" (The Chicago Reader).

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