The Secret History of Water

Song Cycle by Judith Cloud (1954 - 2023)

1. The blackbirds take over the sky
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Tonight a moment unfolds like a word
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2. The secret history of water
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The body is a stone house the body
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3. The death of the tango
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Ghost of bird flying over
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4. The lake has swallowed the whole sky
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Some dreams are like glass
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5. Drinking song
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In every half-filled glass a river
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6. For all the goodbyes
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In a room not unlike this one
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7. Dreaming horse
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I could lie down in all that blue
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8. The room was a pond
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The room was a pond with one wave
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9. I'm in love, I'm floating
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out of range I close my eyes
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10. Last call
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I know the man who eavesdrops
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11. Janis Joplin
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There is a song like a light
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12. Some nights you crank up the car radio and just drive
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Tonight the moon rises through
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13. Spontaneous human combustion
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A man stands on his front porch
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14. The simple geography of leaving
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A telephone rings all night for no one. A trailor door slamming shut. Stars flying up like dust
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Total word count: 2250