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Say It Ain't So

from What the Boat Gave the River by Mark Berube

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I hear raindrops on the roof tops
looks like the clouds have learned to swim
I hear my neighbours heating spoons
with the hate they feed to their blood
they're looking for drug lord saviours
but all they find are jesus band-aids
now the mayor talks to microphones
with a smile glued to his face
he says he's really quite sorry, but
say it ain't so...

so yeah, some people move as they please
and some move naturally
now my neighbours live in graveyards
and that mayor lives in a minor key
but I've been across this country
and every graveyard looks the same
the roses just lose their colours
but they never lose their names
and I hear the ghosts whisper
say it ain't so...

and yeah, it's easy to forget
the sound of plastic violins
those songs that move up on the charts
sounding like teenage masturbation
there you might find the gods of denial
some use to hone their discipline
like priests that chain their loins
to innocent little propositions
as the congregation pleads
say it ain't so...

childhood's for hitch-hiking
among the trees and under the sun
where the dawn never breaks too early
and the days never feel too long
I remember a choir one Sunday morning
singing songs about joy and peace
the policemen put their guns down that day
as Nelson Mandela was released
but I heard the racists
say it ain't so...

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from What the Boat Gave the River, released September 18, 2008
cello - Kristina Koropecki
voice - Sharon Brooks

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Mark Berube Montréal, Québec

Montreal based singer/songwriter. Band includes Kristina Koropecki (Cello/Autoharp/Voice)

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