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She's A Keeper (Reprise)

from Keeper by Campbell Woods

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There’s a yellow house across the street
Sometimes at night I watch the people there sleep
From my front porch I see them clear
And think on the simple joy of having you near
And then I finish my smoke and climb the stairs
Come in close no one dares

It was a series of moments and number of words
Some of them blurry most of them slurred
Most of them worn with repeated use
It was “I love you” and “I’m sorry” as some kind of excuse
It was a sad holiday and a quiet drive
It was a goodbye letter that never arrived

She’s a reaper
My lips are sewn
She’s a keeper
But I can’t keep her for my own

She calls me up in the afternoon
To tell me the court date’s been set for June
I say that I hope that it rains for forty days
And it carries the courthouse away on a wave
She says “drinking again, well that’s no surprise”
Then she hangs up the phone without saying goodbye

She’s a reaper
My lips are sewn
She’s a keeper
But I can’t keep her for my own

I bet on it going my way in the end
Too stubborn to change, too bitter to bend
Too bitter to taste, too little to own
The mistakes that I’d made or the fits that I’d thrown
Or the sad consequence of a wasted ring
It’s a little life, it’s a funny thing

She’s a reaper
My lips are sewn
She’s a keeper
But I can’t keep her for my own

Halifax, NS - 2016

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from Keeper, released April 7, 2020

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Campbell Woods

Campbell Woods pays attention.

He sings soft songs about hard luck. Writing songs rooted in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt, his style is tried and true, but he’s no dinosaur. You’ve heard it all before, but not like this. ... more

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