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Vanity

from King Solomon by Hayley Sabella

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Hear now the rooster crow, you’ve made your last confession
Stopped plows, the Queen Anne’s lace is dried brown bone decoration
Summer’s hot rag is wrung out for the season
The calendar day drag left droplets there, still steaming

You’re a man now, now you are a man

A girl whose name was Violet gave up her dandelion
She said, “Here, Miss, you can wish on this”
She said, “Here, lady, take my flower”

Like a coward-girl I took the stem but made no declaration
Just pushed out one strong empty breath, I sent the seed a-flying
Just one strong, meaningless breath, they scattered off at random

I’m a lady now, now I am a woman

The remedy for a heart tied up might be to say “I’m sorry”
But I don’t feel much like apologizing, don’t feel much like apologizing

I know bitterness is an ugly trait, in a bitter bed the bitter lay
But I lost the child who once I was, you can’t blame me for grieving
That child is alive no more, and I know you ‘ve lost yours too

So be a man now, now you are

Go now where the wind blows
Where the rocks make piles of salty caves
Climb down with your brothers
Find your homes, come into your own
You got skinned knees, and red cheeks
Pay no mind, you’ll be fine
So make some trouble, make some noise
Make some trouble, make your noise
Shout loud at the ocean
Declare who you are, with firm feet stand tall
I said shout loud at the ocean
Say you are the sea, but I am a man
Oh, you might be the sea, but I am a man!
Say, “this is who I am”
Because that is who you are
Oh this is who we are

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from King Solomon, released April 18, 2014
Vanity:
Guitar, vocals, pump organ, rhodes piano, glockenspiel, banjo, auxiliary percussion: Hayley Sabella
Vox: Jake Hill, Christian Sabella, Allison Akeley, Eric L’Esperance
Drums: Ben Trussell
Group vocals: Allison Akeley, Allison Dimaggio, Jake Hill, Jim Betts, Christian Sabella, Eric L’Esperance, John Robinson
© 2014 Hayley Sabella

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Hayley Sabella Plymouth, Massachusetts

Hayley Sabella is a singer-songwriter / local farmer / earnest truth-seeker / independent woman / dork, who originally did her thing in her hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts and is now doing her thing in other places, too.

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