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Wrestling through the back yard
Tearing up the gardenias
Mom at her window
Weakened with Leukemia
Tugging my arm away
You pulled it from the socket
Mom ran to me
Ice cubes in a bucket

This used to happen to your father
When he worked out in the harbor

Looking into my eyes
Her eyes soft and powdery
Taking my hand
She said that she was proud of me
Laying in the flower bed
Looking up at the clouds
Mom yanked my arm
I screamed her name aloud

Now when a storm is coming closer
I think back about my mother

As everything tightens and strains
And I walk in the rain

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from Lucky Sidewalks, released October 25, 2016

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The Orchards Portland, Maine

The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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