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Shell & Shore

from City Garden by Jess Klein

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I got out of my bed
I wrote a letter down
Was missing several words
But I could hear their sound
I didn't know who I
Would send the letter to
But there upon my step
Strange man with eyes of blue

I went back to my desk
I wrote six letters more
Stories about a shell
Washed upon a shore

And when it opens up
Will you be there
Cause when it opens up
From its armor it's scared
Will you be there

I thought about the way
He stood so patient with
My fighting, trembling hands
My traps and all my tricks
But then it bubbled up
The endless well of doubt
He'd see all I had done
Figure the whole thing out

And when it opens up
Honey, will you be there
Cause when it opens up
From its armor it's scared
Will you be there

And all the times its bled and all the times its lied
The ways that it's been led and all the times its tried
To get on without love and keep killin' time
Meanwhile this precious heart was shriveling up inside

I wrote a letter down
I'm missing several words
But if you hear their sound
Some way I've never heard
I'll seal it with my hands
I'll press it to your heart
It's more than I can stand
But maybe that's a start

And when it opens up
Will you be there
Cause when it opens up
From its armor it's scared
Will you be there

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from City Garden , released January 1, 2006

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Jess Klein Hillsborough, North Carolina

Rochester, NY native Jess Klein is known for staking out brave lyrical and musical territory with such albums as Wishes Well Disguised (1998), Draw Them Near (2000), Strawberry Lover (2005), City Garden (2006), Bound to Love (2009), Behind A Veil (2012) and Learning Faith (2014) which Folk Radio UK calls “unquestionably the finest album of [her] impressive career.” ... more

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