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Dark. Sad. Unfortunately, only too real for some folks.

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Fall to Dust

When I was young I knew a woman
determined to have me
she wooed me she pursued me
she would not give up

Though I was a reckless drinker
she said we were destined
to be together forever
and ever unto dust

When I finally gave up my heart
our loving it was wild
I swore off the liquor
she bore me a child

I'd learned to love that woman
I deeply loved my son
I believed we'd be together
forever unto dust

But one night she told me
I was her biggest mistake
harder words I'd never heard
I knew I was to blame

I failed to drop the bottle
my biggest, my only mistake
my dreams all fall to dust
and my heart knows only heart break

Now I'm old and know a woman
determined to forget me
miles away in another man's home
she lives with my son

though I rarely get to see him
I am determined
to be his father forever
and ever unto dust

Soon my son will be a man
and I won't be there to guide him
to tell him of mistakes I made
that drove my family from me

Perhaps when he has a family of his own
he'll learn to love his father
and his children will call me Grandpa
forever, unto dust

Last night he called me
his biggest shame
harder words I'd never heard
I knew I was to blame

I'd failed to drop the bottle
my biggest my only mistake
my dreams all fall to dust
and my heart knows only heartbreak

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from Annie Hedonia (2011), released June 30, 2011

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Daniel Heila & Daniel Boone's Fault Eugene, Oregon

Podunk expat living in Oregon trying to remember to put the chickens in and the cats out at night. Will the woodshed ever get built? I wonder. Somewhere between family and fortune is a bit of quiet space where I get a song written now and then.

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