THEY SAY from BLACKLEGS (2014) by CLAIRE CRONIN

they say, they say
don't open your mouth
when you're breathing
one day, one day
you'll let the devil in
or some demon
will tear out the best of you
and he'll keep it

lay low, lay low
shadow the goldenrod
with your bowed-down head
two notes, two notes
fill up the empty field
like a doorbell
don't let them carry you
under cold ground

i took white sheets
and married myself to the cedar tree
i wrote white snow
and buried it all in an envelope

they say, they say
don't open your mouth
when you're breathing in
one day, one day
you'll let the devil in
or some demon
will tear out the best of you
and he'll keep it

• Folk
• dark
• goth
• singer-songwriter
• Berkeley