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Kitty Kills the Cardinal

from Three Bird Songs and Six More by Greg Pier

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lyrics

If kitty kills the cardinal
sure it will be bitter
see him red between the trees
His majesty in winter
I'm locked down tight, I'm dead to rights
I can't go on forever
If kitty kills the cardinal
sure it wil be bitter

Waiting around to see him flash
Waiting to hear him sing his name
Waiting around and I don't see nothin
nothing but a cryin shame
oh, a cryin shame

So don't shine too bright a light
down on where I lay tonight
Beauty shines where diamonds line
but it don't shine down in my eyes
If kitty kills the cardinal
I would be good as done
and part of me that I reach for is gone
and in my eyes you can see that I'm thinking of home

Waiting around to see him flash
Waiting to hear him sing his name
Waiting around and I don't see nothin
Nothin' but a cryin shame
oh, a cryin shame
Don't see nothin to explain
why it always works out this way
when I see a way to fly away
hit my head on that clear windowpane
ain't nothin but a cryin shame
oh, cryin shame

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from Three Bird Songs and Six More, released July 25, 2015

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Greg Pier Syracuse, New York

Greg Pier started fingerpicking with two fingers when he was 12 and didn’t get his middle finger on board until he was at least 32.
Greg Pier currently lives and works as a paramedic in Syracuse, NY, where he is also known as the brains behind long-running project MANDATE OF HEAVEN.

The songs on this demo are inspired by the countryside of Onondaga and Oneida counties in central New York..
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