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Letters From Animal Town

by Richie Reinholdt

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1.
Animal Town 04:16
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suspended in a dream our world’s upside down the streets are all empty from main street on down as time moves along through sun and rain memories are all that remain please come back to Animal town waiting to awaken from this long long sleep tucked away in the closet the silence is deep the hours disappear while we slumber away looking for the key to unlock yesterday please come back to Animal Town we all still love you and miss you every day nothing's been the same since you went away we're all in toy mode awaiting your return bring life back to us again the town all voted unanimously our life’s are in limbo continually the sheep and the deer the poodle twins too even Arfiana are wondering what to do please come back to Animal Town we all still love you and miss you every day nothing's been the same since you went away we're all in toy mode awaiting your return bring life back to us again back here in the room we’re all living in the past all those years went by much too fast signed a petition sent it heart to heart searching for a way out of the dark please come back to Animal town please come back to Animal Town oh come on home to Animal Town
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Fly Away 03:23
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run to him when you’re through with me his arms surrounding you in victory go ahead use me up like you always do leave me dangling in misery leave me standing here with my heart in my hands like you’ve done so many times before he’s always lurking there down heartbreak avenue waiting for the slamming of my door I’ve seen that look in your eyes a thousand different ways and it always screams goodbye I know where you go with such obvious intent right back to his sugar coated lies go ahead and walk away don’t bother coming back you know how much I mean what I say just like every other time you’ve gone running to him I always take you back any way
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Care 03:29
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they say love is like a flower needs care to make it grow withers and dies if left alone like a river it must flow love is soft can be kind when it’s resting easy on the mind hearts together beat as one blooming in the warmth of the sun changing moods like changing clothes just try and catch the wind when it blows I love you now please go away tomorrow becomes yesterday hot as fire then cold as ice a sunny day that turns to night arms that embrace than push away promises that fall by the way
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Leaving 03:52
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it's been a years worth of leaving now you're walking out the door there’ll be a life time of grieving but I gotta let you go for a time I trusted your lies I thought your love belonged to me now when I look in your eyes a strangers face is all I see I remember when we met you told me that you’d be true but there’s a lock upon your heart the key belongs to someone new love is blind so they say I closed my eyes and I believed that forever you would stay and by my side you’d always be
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Broken 04:11
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once upon a time I dreamed you were mine and I held it deep inside thought I could be the one to see how to heal all the hurt you hide (but) there’s a broken part of you that I can’t mend though I’ve tried and tried so many times and now I can see there’s a broken part of me that’s still holding on never thought I’d see your back turned on me walking away without a trace what once was desire just a burned out fire a monumental fall from grace I've always been a dreamer with my head in the clouds and you flashed across my sky but I just couldn't be what you needed from me and I now I’m just a speck in your eye (but) there’s a broken part of you that I can’t mend though I’ve tried and tried so many times and now I can see there’s a broken part of me that’s still holding on and now I can see that broken part of me that’s just holding on
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Inside 02:54
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I fall asleep at midnight and wake up on my arm sirens in the distance somewhere an alarm a message on my eyelids incanting a charm hidden in the shadows safe from all harm projected intuition seen and unseen the polish wears thin idiols lose their sheen mandibles devour sugar coated signs pressure from within written between the lines if my memory serves me well I’ll be back inside my shell in the nick time and again so I can remember when just let meremember when
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Kitty 03:44
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kitty has claws hidden from sight usually keeps ‘em drawn in tight but kitty be ready for a fight if you don’t treat your kitty right kitty needs a lap to curl up on her temper is fierce but her love is strong kitty won’t purr all night long if you don’t treat your kitty right she’ll use your heart for a scratching post dangle it over a fire to roast she’ll see through you just like a ghost affection is what she wants most kitty might wander and kitty might stray stay out all night and sleep all day kitty will look for another to play if you don’t treat your kitty right kitty don’t care if you tell her lies she’ll just glare and cross her eyes kitty will cut you down to size if you don’t treat your kitty right kitty might hiss and arch her back hide away in a paper sack kitty be ready for attack if you don’t treat your kitty right kitty gets lonely kitty gets cold kitty likes a hand to hold but her love ain’t bought and sold if you don’t treat your kitty right kitty might wander and kitty might stray stay out all night and sleep all day kitty don’t care what you say if you don’t treat your kitty right
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Faith 04:08
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fragile is the heart held in trusted hands carried safe and warm what’s fractured in deceit honesty retrieves giving shelter from the storm love’s trust is a blind leap of faith that promises unbroken will remain banking on the strength of a solemn vow devotion the virtue it must claim time and disappointments take their toll transgressions slamming the door the eyes of the mind drown in bitter tears that shatter like glass on the floor what betrayel takes away, faith offers in return love rekindles the flame it holds the key that can break through prison walls suspicion the beast it must tame
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I Looked For You 04:23
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I looked for you in all the places we've been all the things that we've seen but you weren't there I looked for you behind the waning moon in the evening rain you weren't there I looked for you in my dreams searching through shadowy scenes I looked for you back in time a lonesome song longing for a rhyme I heard a voice singing in the night whispering to the stars but you weren't there I looked for you and your smile so bright blinding my sight but you weren’t there I asked the wind to remember your name to call it again but you weren’t there I looked for you in all the golden memories all the years in between but you weren’t there
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Disappear 03:26
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the invisible man has hit the ground but no one saw him fall he’s taken his 99 bottles of beer and put them back on the wall his collection of stamps and postcards somehow remain intact although his friends and relatives want their birthday presents back he wasn’t always like this but somehow through the years he learned the art of transparency watch him disappear the invisible man bides his time waiting to reappear 14 journalists stand on guard watching his career reporting imaginary tales cause they can’t see him at all he knows they strain to catch a glimpse hoping to see him fall he’s coveting his collection of shiny silver stars attached to his collar covering the scars from countless nights in service to the teaming mass of sinners and redeemers emptying their glass invisible to everyone are his own desires including his addiction of nearness to the fire burning with a passion consuming flames of light shining through his shadow as bright as any night
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Sugar 03:11
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my sugar won't give me no sugar my honey won't give me no sweet my temper’s rising no love on the horizon my sweet tooth craves a treat Well I must be losing my charm she don't respond to my touch her lips are moving but her heart ain't groovin' thinks I want too much she's the apple of my eye the confection of my heart I’m getting tired of waiting anticipating let's get to the loving part she used to be full of nectar and I was her honey bee but that delicate flower has grown kinda sour her pollen ain't for me sweeter than cotton candy kisses like turkish delight I'm buying flowers, counting the hours and crossing my fingers tonight
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Friday Night Machine 04:32
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gears grinding running late rusty hinges squeaking gate a catapult launching hearts hits the bulls eye in the dark the beast arrives scraping claws slathering ferocious jaws breaking through the locked front door crimson gashes on the floor home alone TV’s on seconds crawling towards the dawn here beside and between the Friday night machine whistles call out just one more somewhere close to half past four drain the hour till it’s full circumvent the golden rule steam punk gauges marking time pistons pump hydraulic grime spilling forth like ebbing tide the world turns on its side

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released November 6, 2018

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