My Sweet Beehive

from You Were Here by The Redactors

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car exhaust and paper
blowing down
the street but I'm still
hanging round
flowers in plastic bags
all green and white
wrapped so carefully
one man's deliverance will be overnight

once lost my stinger to this
queen I knew
just some pollen
passing through
my sweet beehive take my
aimless days
won't you teach me won't you
I need a way to bring some more honey home
a pyrrhic victory
a more precious stone

after all these weeks I feel I'm wandering, oh
at this strange crossroads of homelessness and home
you love so freely
why can't you see me?

I've demanded nothing
asked for less
got few desires in life, I guess
sometimes hand me something
mostly don't
your ways are intricate,
can only hope to figure you out alone

my sweet beehive I will
ask no more
say it's me that you adore
every day I'll be there
faithfully
won't get bored because I'll
remember what it's like to be over-free
and when I die you'll say
he was a busy bee

after all these weeks I feel I'm wandering, oh
at this strange crossroads of homelessness and home
you love so freely
but I'm so needy

five minutes more
and then I'll go
You are my doorway
in the snow
I bring you dust
you give me gold
You are the dance
I can't control

credits

from You Were Here, track released January 22, 2012
Drums- Carlo Minchillo

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Redactors is the recording project of Portland based musician/producer Zach Stamler (Ed and the Red Reds, King Twang, My Sister in 1994). More music coming? Maaaaybe...

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