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Again, Amen

by Spectator Bird

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Here's the third and final single from our upcoming album. It begins with a night from my early twenties and ends with a vignette of our mom in her early twenties. To quote Anne Lamott, I hope this one meets you where you're at, but doesn't leave you there.

A Mind I Can Live In comes out June 11th!
With love and gratitude,
L+R

lyrics

I got black-out drunk when I was 21
On a red wine cooler from Food Lion
On the back stoop of my rented apartment
Haven’t we all ruined something we borrowed?

I got sick in a box of library books
My friend was there from childhood
She cleaned me up, tucked me in real good
Saying, ‘I don’t envy your tomorrow’
Haven’t we all ruined something we borrowed?

When I came to I saw a box of what
Looked a little like kool-aid and a lot like blood
Like a sacrifice had happened in a bookshop
But the Bible was the hardest pill to swallow
Haven’t we all ruined something we borrowed?

When I came to next, I heard fumbling in the kitchen
I stumbled in and found my friend doing the dishes
She asked, ‘How you feel?’
I said, ‘My playback reel is missing!’
She laughed and poured me a glass of water
Haven’t we all ruined something we borrowed?

I’d assumed I’d spilled of the love that I was grieving
She cracked a can of ginger ale and said, ‘well, not completely
You were praying, hell, I couldn’t lift you off your knees,
Saying, God, I see the road but I can’t follow
Or have I just ruined something I borrowed?’

Ashamed, amazed I said, ‘so that’s what I was doing!’
She gave my back a gentle pat, said ‘come, let’s take communion.
A little gin, a little ginger, for our blessing and our ruin
Or tell me something sis, ain’t ya thirsty?
Haven’t we all turned down a little mercy?

Hey, I’m sorry for my tangent, I know that we just met
I had a point when I began, now I guess I forget
Oh yeah, you asked me, do I believe?
Some days I do, some days I think something believes for me
Alright then, Amen
Again, amen

Amen to us miserable offenders
Who come to you on dirty knees
After all night benders

Amen to the men out with their nets and their fishes
Amen to friends
Doing other people’s dishes

Amen to the moments when we don’t mind the waiting
After all, isn’t everything a little sacred?

Amen to the shy girl hungover on a beach
One day she’ll be your mother, one day she’s gonna teach you
Of a love that you can never ruin
No matter what you think you did, no matter what you’re doing

Alright then,
Amen
Again, again,
Amen

credits

released June 4, 2022
Guitar and vocals: Lindsey FitzGerald
Vocals: Rachel FitzGerald and Heather Hannah
Bass: Taylor Bess
Violin: Lily Gates
Cello: Josh Stevens
Photo: From the family shoebox, our mom in 1967.

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