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my baby she lives in the treetops
way over yonder at the top of the hill
i've been sleeping on the sidewalk
waiting on a word from her window sill
waiting on a word from the lighthouse
waiting on a word from a holy ghost
but she keeps blowing them lights out
and i keep moving up and down the coast

oh lord...

abraham went up on the mountain
told isaac, "son, you'd better come along too"
he was getting ready to pull that knife out
getting ready to do that thing he didn't wanna do
and god, he don't wear him no kid gloves
but ol' abe he took it on the chin
cos he knew you can't keep god from the ones you love
so father abraham let old danger in

and jacob he wrestled that angel
and eljiah waited on that still small sound
my baby she lives in the treetops
and i'm waiting on the ground

oh lord...

who's that moving in the rafters?
whose is that shadow in the grass?
who's that crazy boy after?
(it's the grey-eyed lady in the kraken mask!)

oh lord, are you shaking them branches?
oh lord, are you shaking those limbs?
oh lord, are you shaking them branches?
are you shaking them trees again?

oh lord, i'm taking my chances
putting my seeds out on the wind
oh, won't you show me how that dance is
(if you feel like dancing again)

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from Thank You Twenty Fifteen, released December 7, 2015
written by seth woods

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The Whiskey Priest Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Whiskey Priest is song-writer Seth Woods. He sings about horses, oceans, trains, mountains, deities, hands, science fiction, sex, vegetation, drinking games, deserts, depression, party people, seagulls, death, monks, memory, autumn, driving, and breakfast. He has never met a drum machine he didn't like. ... more

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