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Green Dress

from Lighthouse Keeper by William Wallace

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green dress
you wore with feathers one time at the circus
backless
open to the water, wind and sun
you could be waiting there for anyone

brown eyes
open to another morning’s sunrise
disguised
a fire burns beneath the old world yet
the glowing ember end of cigarettes

take off your shoes and settle down
even when you’re sleeping
the world stills circles round and round and round
take up your hair
and let it down down down
as your green dress falls
in circles to the ground

green leaves
a robe built from a canopy of oak trees
with green sleeves
to celebrate the coming of the sun
to usher in a season just begun

red veins
running up the trunk right through the wood grain
blue rain
for purple blossoms whirled around the crown
And two-part broken hearts that can’t be found
they shatter but they never make a sound

take off your shoes and settle down
even when you’re sleeping
the world stills circles round and
round and round
take up your hair
and let it down down down
as your green dress falls
in circles to the ground

credits

from Lighthouse Keeper, released August 1, 2023
Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Vocal: WW
Vocal: Shawnee Kilgore
Drums: Jon Greene
Upright Bass: Joshua Hoag
Accordion: Mark Hallman

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William Wallace Austin, Texas

Probably the only songwriter in Austin with a song about Helena Blavatsky AND Ida Craddock, but hey, who’s counting?

Waltzes about ghosts 'n things. Stay tuned for the new record, "Lighthouse Keeper", available Summer 2023. ... more

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