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Your mother’s every answer is to double up the dose
Your daddy sends you birthday greetings wishing he was comatose
As if I have any idea, you say I’d know more than most
That blood is still thicker than water but it’s getting pretty close
So you ran off to the one place where they won’t care how you feel
Where the crosses that they nail you to are made of stainless steel
But the hills are hard to come by: everybody knows the deal
Like you knew what you were doing when you sent me for Camille

I saw accidents as signs only a fool would dare ignore
I stared at strangers in whose faces I saw glimmerings of yours
How can I get what I want if what I always want is more?
Why is it that the more I get, the less you can endure?
When your letter came this afternoon, I recognized the seal
Which made me think there must be secrets you’d decided to reveal
I never felt compelled to honor your final appeal
All it said’s “Whatever you do, please don’t show this to Camille”

On your dresser was a broken clock, a cigarette, your keys,
A coiled-snake ring that your daddy stole when he served overseas
And a picture in a thrift-shop frame somebody took of me
When they knew I wasn’t looking, that they thought I’d never see
Tell me what I want to hear, I don’t expect it to be real
If you cared for me, it wouldn’t be so hard to help me heal
But words can’t cure what you believe would best be kept concealed
So if I don’t hear it from you, I’ll just hear it from Camille

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from You Won't Even Know I'm Gone, released November 18, 2016
Ian Fitzgerald - acoustic guitar, vocal
Dylan Sevey - drums
Jesse Emmanuel Smith - electric guitar, vocal
Seamus Weeden - electric guitar, vocal
Ollie Williams - electric bass

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Ian Fitzgerald Providence, Rhode Island

Though perhaps technically a singer-songwriter, Ian Fitzgerald prefers the term 'folk singer,' as it more accurately describes the tradition in which his music is rooted. From early twentieth century field recordings through Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch, and hundreds of artists in between, Ian has been influenced by one of the sturdiest strains of American music. ... more

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