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Marthie Nel - The Second Drop

from Twentytwentysomething by Stephen Wordsmith

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A song as dry as the Manhattan, or the clouds above Manhattan.

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The second drop of rainfall
in the city
Always falls more reassuring than the first
You'll thank heaven heaven opened
on the city
Even though you never knew you had this thirst
For there's more than rain that falls
upon the city
There's more that slips from even cloudless skies
And if you're not looking sharp
about the city
You'll behold much more than beauty in your eyes

Like the fallout from a perfect dry Manhattan
Freshly spilled from off the 10th floor balustrade
Or the juices of an air condition unit
As it weeps with joy at gentle zephyrs made

And if you perchance forget the tender buffet
Of a rock dove's little opalescent wings
It may leave your head instead a stark reminder
Spoken from the end from which it never sings

You may even find your face awash with sea mist
Yet the ocean is a thousand miles away
As your gaze then falls upon the broken hydrant
Reassuring in a horrifying way

Or you'll see your stare reflected in a puddle
Stop and wonder how the pool had come to be
Anything you lose within is dead forever
Better let it just stay a mystery

CHORUS

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from Twentytwentysomething, released October 14, 2021
Written for 50 songs in 90 days 2020
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, composition and all instruments by Marthie Nel:
MARTHIE SMIT HAUPTFLEISCH, SOCAN, IPI # 458184234

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