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from A Game of Swans by Nancy K Dillon

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Song about simplicity, setting aside the past and guns & the power of love to heal – inspired by the movie “Crash”

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© 2018 Nancy K. Dillon (BMI)

I think I’ll listen to an old familiar song tonight
Katy M is “Walking on the Moon”
Townes is singing ‘bout the snow up in the Pass
And I wonder is it “Snowin’ On Raton”?

CHORUS 1

And it’s 1 - 2 – 3 … then it’s A - B - C
Simple as can be … Take time to love someone tonight
And it’s 9 - 10 – 11 … if you want to get to heaven
Tell someone you love you love them
Lend a hand to hold in the dark

I went to see a man about a gun today
He sold me blanks and told me never look directly at the sun
If you do you’ll wind up blind or maybe deaf and dumb
Put your gun up on the shelf and put yourself out for someone

CHORUS 1

I think about the past and sure, it blinds me some
Winds me up in knots and spits me out upon the shore
Picks the meat right off my bones then suffers me to pass
Into the deepest night to wait and weep and wake again once more

CHORUS 2

Still it’s 1 - 2 - 3 … then it’s A - B - C
Simple as can be … I want to be with you tonight
And it’s 9 - 10 - 11 … If I ever get to heaven
It’ll be within your arms and your hand reaching out in the dark

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from A Game of Swans, released January 20, 2018
Personnel:
NKD – acoustic guitar/vocals
Wes Weddell – mandolin
Ollie Collins – bass
Chris Leighton – Shaker
Joy Mills & Tom Parker – harmony vocals

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Nancy K Dillon Seattle, Washington

On her albums, Nancy K. Dillon maps the road West; the dusty highways that conjure up images like Kerouac's road trips, traveling dustbowl carnivals, and free-spirited 70s hipsters. Inspired by Oklahoma & Texas troubadours Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Kevin Welch, Dillon's songs are short stories about characters that populate true American life. ... more

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