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Odd Hours by Ragon Linde
Odd Hours
[Intro]
Bm Bm
[Verse 1]
F#m A
They emerge at odd hours
E G
Always crouched like wilting string beans, or oversized soap
D
bubbles,
F#m A E G D
well over prime, instantly vulnerable, silent
Bm D
In remote corners of their PROPERTY
A
They’ll weed awhile,
C G Bm
Jerking the veins of unwanted intruders from their domestic carpet-dream;
A G
It’s what they have,
F#m
what they control,
Bm
what they do
[Verse 2]
F#m A
When careers have yielded to succulents,
E
they appear on weekdays,
G D
with mid-morning saws, leaf blowing,
F#m
edge and hedge trimming,
A
fumes for the elms,
E
oscillating decibels for infants,
G D
vibrations for ant colonies.
Bm D
Eleanor tempts the last light with an impromptu tour of her lawn;
A
She hears crows descending
G D
and wonders about their youth.
Bm
Never seen any nests,
D
never seen baby crows,
A
they just appear fully grown;
C G
Their numbers have increased,
Bm A
that Hitchcock could see
G F#m
the tree behind the alley
[Verse 3]
F#m A
I could never make that sudden appearance;
E G D
Mine was never a life of home-owning
F#m A
I care less for lawns than lives.
E G D
Slightly more for ideas than irises;
Bm D
When my road becomes a U-turn,
A C G
I see my father in their eyes,
Bm D
I attempt, again, to find the contentment in raking leaves,
A C G
capturing them all before another falls
Bm
and another
A
still another
G F#m
always another
[Outro]
Bm Bm
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