Oh Norma lay
her head across her plate
and where were we
when the squalor of the trenches sealed her fate
once in a daze
it all felt squared away
stealing trinkets from the dead
Oh Norma rays
of hope are commonplace
you’re looking more
like Edith Scob in "eyes without a face"
once in a maze
the world was laid to waste
losing sleep wasting breath
somewhere some ocean far away
a ragged old man in a submarine waits
somehow someone’s gonna pay,
the senator bloviates
selling tickets for the grave
over my head
behave
credits
from Rote Revival,
released May 1, 2016
Cutler - guitar, dobro, backups
McDonald - vocals, banjo, bass, piano
Miller - violin, synths, backups
Winther - drums, trombone, keys, bass, backups
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