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your broken back (rough, outtake from 'songs without a home'

by Rachel Taylor Brown

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rough/outtake that didn't make it onto 'songs without a home.'

lyrics

the braid of your back
is too close to the skin;
bone hard as fact,
cord next of kin.
isn't it remarkable
we don't just fall apart?
with your broken back
and my broken heart.

they piece us together,
bone at a time.
woolly mammoth,
porcupine.
for any given skeleton,
somewhere there's a chart--
of your broken back
and my broken heart.

(i don't know any better than you why a body would turn on someone;
i just know that it's done. i've just seen it).

all hooked up,
tendon and pin.
vast bloody rivers,
prairies of skin.
and all the bits and pieces that don't come a la carte
make your broken back
and my broken heart.

go on, take a picture;
show me what's wrong.
i don't look so different
from anyone.
a critical omission,
a poisonous dart,
and your broken back
and my broken heart

credits

released January 5, 1949
rachel taylor brown, guitar & singing
recorded by jeff stuart saltzman (rough only)

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Rachel Taylor Brown Portland, Oregon

Rachel was born in Portland and lives nearby with her beloved husband Jay. She makes disturbing yet ultimately sensible songs you can sometimes dance to.

She sees loads of ugly and beauty in the world. Trying to capture that sweet and sour thing in a song is what she’s mostly trying to do.

She records with audio midwife and dear friend Jeff Stuart Saltzman and his cats.

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