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The Bell They Gave You

from My Mother's Children by Mary Hampton

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While you wait in the wings,
An eye comes out from under each feather.
You can't hide forever
No, you can't hide forever.

The eel cries out before it is skinned:
A strange scream in the high night,
A strange scream in the high night,
And everything begins.

Sweet, sweet horror!
The buttons came away in your hand...
And all our books must now be burned,
For there is no more to understand.

The bell they gave you is ringing
The bell they gave you is ringing

Hear her pounding on your drum!
The great grey midwife is singing:
"I know you're there now, out you come.
Yes I know you're there now, out you come."

The bell they gave you is ringing
The bell they gave you is ringing

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from My Mother's Children, released September 1, 2008

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