Louise

from The Odd Willow by Big Brutus

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This is the story of a girl named Louise
I found her dancing on a mountaintop and tumbling through the streams
This is the corner of a street where we would meet
And we would sit upon the bench and watch the universe beginning
I was a young man and I am a young man still
But I see my life ahead of me like climbing up a hill
And all at once it just appears, and I'm in awe
When she climbs back down from all the rocks
The scenery moves so slow

I knew she'd always have to roam
There I go
Sometimes you gotta let them go

This is the story of a girl named Louise
I found her dancing on a mountaintop and tumbling through the streams
This is the time that we climbed cemetery wall and we sat there among the graves
The new replaced the old
I was a young man but felt worn upon the hilt
When I saw my life ahead of me like climbing up a hill
And all at once it just appears, and I'm in awe
When she climbs back down from all the rocks
The scenery moves so slow...

Tender feet
I soak in the tie-dying
Tender me
Your breath is peach and timeless
Tender this
Impress your lips
Hell, I'm trying
Take a hint
Louise is free and flying

This is the story of a girl named Louise
With the last chapter blackened out
Redacted to a tease
This is the moment that my eyes are opening
Some things you gotta let go of before you are beginning
I was a young man and I am a young man still
But I see our lives ahead of us in fertile, unfulfilled
Little prayers in the woods that turn to song
When she climbs back down from all the rocks
The scenery moves so slow.

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from The Odd Willow, released March 5, 2017

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Big Brutus Atlanta, Georgia

Big Brutus is the musical project of songwriter and guitarist Sean Brutus, from Atlanta Georgia. The new album Fun Times in Sadland coming 2020.

discography

Julia

Nov 2020
A Pale Woman

Oct 2020
Fun Times in Sadland

Jan 2020
Sunlight

Oct 2019
The Odd Willow

Mar 2017
Louise (Single)

Nov 2016
(Tiny Box)

Mar 2016

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