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lyrics

I’ve read the tomes, heard the tales
I knew the way; I would not fail
Packed a bag; kissed friends goodbye
Galloped away, hopes shining bright

Across the waving prairie grasses
Over the snowy mountain passes
Kept pushing west; I traveled hard
I was almost there; I could smell the salt

Far away in Death Valley
There is one way to catch a phoenix
You’ve gotta cut out your heart and just leave it
On the ground

Can’t crawl away or hold your breath
No matter what don’t stitch-up your chest
Just gotta wait and hope your heart
Beats strong enough to be heard from afar

And so I sat back to the sky
On the white salt flats waiting to die
What’s that I hear? It hums and sings
Across the air; the noise of wings

Far away in Death Valley
There is one way to catch a phoenix
You’ve gotta cut out your heart
You’ve gotta cut out your heart

When it comes, if it comes, it might not choose you
You’ll watch the beast, touch down and feast on the tender heart you grew
It leaves behind the seed inside, flies away, far out of sight
You’re left alone to bleed and cry

There is one way to catch a phoenix
You’ve gotta cut out your heart
You’ve gotta cut out your heart

I had to wait for twilight’s dim
To find the glowing seed within
The gruesome swirls of red and white
My only hope this tiny light

Legend proclaims the heart seed must
Be set aflame and quickly thrust
Back from whence it came and sewn up tight
From this tiny grain, may sprout new life

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from Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words, released February 21, 2020

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Nora Jane Struthers Nashville, Tennessee

Nora Jane Struthers has written "some of the most quietly powerful narratives within the new wave of Americana artists," says Ann Powers of NPR Music. The songs that last decades and weave themselves into the fabric of listeners' lives are usually the ones in which an artist lays her soul bare for the world to hear. Struthers has built her career on these kinds of songs. ... more

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