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lyrics

I have troubles, I have troubles raining down, raining down

All of our bodies are tender on the underside
So please don’t pack it up underneath your pride
In that tattered suitcase no
If you hit the ground running without a pause to where you’ll go
Then you’re only running
Then you’re only running from

I have troubles, I have troubles raining down on me
Yeah and this old road is a bringing me far from my home

All of our tender is held in place by what we’re owed
So never guarantee, watch for careful eyes
Aglow in morning light
‘Cause your skin’s only good as a shield if you hold it just so
So hold your choices
So hold your choices tight

Your burlesque show would be the best I’d know
Wrapped in shadows and fierce as hell
Your radio show would be the best I’d know
Listen closely and you’d hear an echo
Your travelling show would be the best I’d know
So familiar the tales you’d tell
And anything and everything you’d show would be the best I’d know
And I know, yeah I know, now I know that

Callus won’t form on broken skin
And I’m always shocked by the mess I’m in
And a thistle it knows, though it bends in the wind
That you can’t stop a-reaching and a-growing, no

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from When The Ink Dries, released March 6, 2014

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West My Friend Victoria, British Columbia

In the modern musical landscape, it’s rare to hear something as put-together as three-piece Cascadian folk outfit West My Friend - something so layered, deeply symphonic, baroque, and mysterious in its own winking way while still courting an edge of disaster. Simple is safe, but complex is fiery, intricate, and ultimately more rewarding. ... more

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