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The Handsome Family
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My Sister's Tiny Hands
Lyricist:Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
We came in this world together Legs wrapped 'round each other My cheek against my sister's We were born like tangled vine
We lived along the river Where the black clouds never lingered The sunlight spread like honey Through my sister's tiny hands
But while picking sour apples In the wild waving grasses Sister stumbled in the brier And was bitten by a snake
Every creature casts a shadow Under the sun's golden finger But when the sun sinks past the waving grass Some shadows are dragged along
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Alone, I took to drinking Bottles of cheap whiskey And staggering through the back woods Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
But still I heard her laughing In the wild waving grasses Still her tiny hands went splashing At the river's sparkling shore
So I took my rusty gas can And an old iron shovel I set the woods to burning And choked the river up with stones
Every creature casts a shadow Under the sun's golden finger But when the sun sinks past the waving grass Some shadows are dragged along
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