The Bear

from Leave This Circus by The Muchmores

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Lyrics by Calvin Armerding
Music by The Muchmores

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we checked out of the world a while ago to see if we could find peace
the concierge- a guru in a strange hat- he couldn't tell us where to go

we struck out by the riverside
you told me you'd follow me where i'd go
"no matter where
if we die we die together kept out of a plain old hole"

we slept under the stars
we kept out all dishonesty with our good hearts
we drank our milk
we ate our honey from the comb
two kids in love on the run

but then you left
you didn't like where i was going
you kept my heart in your bag
i sent the bear i met to hunt you down in vengeance and bring back your pretty head

i decided to make a new reservation with our man back in the world
they wouldn't take me
i am "damaged goods" they said
"savage, lost, and untried"

i tried to blame it on the bear
"he's the savage, with my heart in his chest"
they told me i would have to hunt him down and kill him and bring back his pretty head

so i brought myself to do it
i kept out all the honesty i'd had with you there
convinced myself and the world
i'd earned a settled place and a plain old hole

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from Leave This Circus, released January 19, 2018
Calvin Armerding: guitars, lead vox
Shelby Price: harmony vox
Ken Davis: piano

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