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Jaclyn

by Edgar Derby

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Jaclyn 04:02
With roots running so deeply There's nothing you can say To unfurl your flower Without giving it away Is this lightning in a mason jar? Or a horror in the abstract? Keep focused on the task at hand But mindful of the master plan Oh, Jaclyn, what have you seen? Where have you been? What does it mean? With teeth biting discreetly Oiled gears and clenching jaws To abuse your power It's just a minor flaw Is there music in the hills out there? Or a lullaby to laugh at? Take a mirror, justify your plan Write a poem along your flagstaff Oh, Jaclyn, where have you gone? Did you sing a song? Does that make it wrong? Is there doubt amongst the guilty When the sun sets red as blood? A cool spring shower Or a monumental flood? Is there vindication waiting there? Or a flower bed to nap in? Does it even matter in the end When we look back at what happened? Oh, Jaclyn, who have you met? Oh, don't you fret For you've won the bet Oh, Jaclyn Oh, Jaclyn Oh, Jaclyn Oh, Jaclyn
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Sputnik 04:12
Take convention, dash it upon the ground Scratch your name on the wall with one of the shards Temper yourself, the fury and the sound Make a name for yourself, it isn't that hard Guinea pigs make great pets or test subjects If you're not into that whole emotional thing Rattlesnakes make great pests but don't you fret There's no use crying over a broken guitar string Shoot a rocket up so high Maybe you weren't playing nice But still you put a new star in the sky That ain't so bad Paranoia makes you Duck And take Cover From the simplest acts of lamb-soft affection Don't hurry yourself to make ghosts of your lovers And mountains out of so many gopher hills Shoot an apple off my head Maybe you didn't get what you'd expect But still you lived up to what you said That ain't so bad That ain't so bad

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An appendix to Dancing in Death/The Place Where the River Makes a Sound

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released August 19, 2022

Performers: Edgar Derby, Ben Jackson, Killian Smith, Emily Nelson, Mark Evitts
Produced by Ben Jackson, Alex Hastings, and Edgar Derby
Recorded and mixed by Ben Jackson at East End Studio, Mt. Juliet, TN and Alex Hastings at Mockingbird Sound Recording Studio, Denton, TX
Mastered by Frank Gagliardi and Adam Grover
Art by Tesa Morin

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Edgar Derby is a hobo-folk act based in Denton, Texas.

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