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The Band Shell (feat. Jonny Kosmo)

from Riddle Rock by Ben Varian

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The dinner plates are left out
And popcorn on a string
The deer will come down from the hills to eat it
We all want the same thing

There’s givers and takers
And Mennonites and Shakers
And a thousand harmonizing fire alerts
There’s me in my crater
And I invite any stranger
To come on in and recline in the dirt

Snakes are hissing
But I’m not listening
The band shell is empty and unguarded

With the fog of language lifted
And the garden beds all laid
He comes down from the hill to sing his songs again
We all have to get paid

I saw Jerry Garcia in the backseat of a Kia
In the five floor parking structure at The Grove
The world is not yet ending
but the start and end are blending
And the water’s boiling over on the stove

Sirens are whistling
I’m not listening
The band shell is empty and unguarded

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from Riddle Rock, released October 9, 2022

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