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Long Way From Bethlehem

from Happiness Is Weird by Freddie Stevenson

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Walking through the desert, two dogs on a leash
One called Patience, the other called Haste
Looking everywhere for that golden fleece
I don’t have a moment to waste

Coyotes growl, Mama Bear moans
Stockbrokers howl down telephones
Was it a mirage
Or was it a glimpse of your face?

Now all of the muses are laughing at me
For taking myself so seriously
Describing your beauty
With a trembling pen

When I left the city they demanded my key
So I bowed my head, went down on one knee
And ceremoniously
Returned it to them

Now I’m a long long long long way
I’m a long way from Bethlehem

Liquor store’s closed, chivalry’s dead
A shadow passed over my eyes
The blood of the rose flows sickly and red
Under cold inscrutable skies

Dressed to the nines in my grandmother’s car
Rolling with a belly full of love
I’m wondering, did I take it too far
Did I not take it far enough?

It’s always too early until it’s too late
I can still hear the sound of the smashing of plates
I know my salvation will come
I just don’t know when

Wintertime’s passing, there’s a riot in the air
She looks to the east with flowers in her hair
My heart becoming a cradle
Of utter mayhem

A long long long long way
A long way from Bethlehem

She hooked me the moment she looked in my eyes
Moonlight light cloaked in a woman’s disguise
The breeze leaving the trees
Like an amen

Petals are falling, I’m holding the stem
I’ve heard the warnings, I’m ignoring them
My brow is aflame
The world glows like a gem

But I’m a long long long long way
I’m a long way from Bethlehem

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from Happiness Is Weird, released July 2, 2020

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Freddie Stevenson Glasgow, UK

Albums 'Body on the Line', 'All My Strange Companions', '50 Songs', 'The City Is King', 'The Brightening/The Darkening'. A Dirty Urchin of NYC. Co-writing and touring with the Waterboys. Lives in Scotland.

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