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Yeah, I Got Away, But I Never Got Clear

from Barton Creek by The River Has Many Voices

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I let you slip down through my skin
You ran through my blood like dawn runs through the wind
I marked your words your rhythm of speech
I lived by this pattern and moved by the beat
I kept your secrets you gave them only to me
Though after a while it seemed they were all I could keep

I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear

Your heart had on it my fingerprints
I held on to it until it could hold itself again
When your voice gave out you wrote it down
I held the pages in my ribs and carried them around
Even now though it’s been so long
I keep your shadow written book of psalms
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear

I carried your name across desert plains
Over mountains and back again
I’m sitting here now it’s way past midnight
After a year away and out of sight
I kept you close you gave yourself to me
Though after a while it seemed that was too much to keep
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear

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from Barton Creek, released June 22, 2011

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The River Has Many Voices Austin, Texas

The River Has Many Voices is music that is born of the poetry and harmony of the hill country. TRHMV lives and writes in Austin, TX where he grew up.

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