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Haunted

from American Goodbye by Nancy Burke

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It’s like no one has set foot in here
For maybe half a dozen years.
There’s thick dust on the windowsills,
The curtains drawn, air dank and still,
And the room that’s farthest from the light
Is the one behind your eyes.

A picture in a broken frame
And on the back, I see my name….

Fleeing figures,
Whispered words,
Footsteps in the spaces between
What I said and what you heard


I’ve seen you disappear before,
Close the shutters, lock the door.
You think you can escape those ghosts
But silence is what draws them close…
‘Cause it’s true that whatever is locked out
Can also be locked in.

And the film that covers all your fears,
It dims the lights and coats the mirrors

Looming figures,
Flying free,
Circling your mind like moths
To the flame of memory


Out on the street, the traffic’s thinned
A branch is creaking in the wind
Your shade is pulled against the glass,
I turn and see your shadow pass,
Something far away that’s
Framed by something near…..

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from American Goodbye, released December 17, 2018
Nancy Burke, Vocals
Eugenia Elliot, Vocals,
Jeff Stitely, Percussion
Steve Dawson, Everything Else

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