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Orphans In The Orchard

from I Call The Living by Samuel Lockridge

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At many a blood red moon I have howled as I recall the days
When we walked past the offices and restaurants
Where dreamers go to die alone.
You said, “Let’s never set foot on concrete again,
I don’t need all of this, I’ve got you, my friend.
We’re cultural orphans abandoned at birth,
With an economy where a soul should be.”

But that was a lifetime ago,
We were too young and naïve to know
That when a memo arrives from the big man upstairs
You’ve got to muzzle your pride and lower your eyes
As they shave your head
And replace the blood in your veins with oil.

In the dark of the night I have upturned my palms,
I have cried in the street ‘til my voice was gone,
As I recalled the songs we sang and the plans we made
For the world we said we’d change one day,

Until the levee broke and we drowned in all the lies
We swore to take no part in for the rest of our lives.
You held my hand as I watched you die.
You said, “It’s not too late. I’ll see you on the other side.”

But that was a lifetime ago,
We were too young and naïve to know
That when a memo arrives from the big man upstairs
You’ve got to bite your tongue and take it as it comes,
Because struggle makes us stronger you know.

I walked to the orchard where we fell in love,
Where the blackbirds in the corn and the autumn sun
Made us new, made us new,
And I thought of you.

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from I Call The Living, released October 20, 2014

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Samuel Lockridge is a singer-songwriter, producer, sound designer, and theatre artist based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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