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The Quieting Down

from Muscle & Bone by Hannah & Maggie

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Music and lyrics by Maggie Kraus

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Gone are the games
and the faces we made to get by.
Hiding the days that we wasted away
underneath a frostbitten sky.
You are the same as you were
when I left we hoped and we pray
for a word to call this.
Saying "I'm leaving" was never a threat
so let's call it off and forget.

Gone are the floors buried by
what we wore every day
A place for your palm in the coat I had on
Yes I know, it's not supposed to rain.
You being here is a lot to handle
and I'm never clear
when I talk,
I mumble.
Things I should scream
I'll never confess,
so let's call it off and forget.

Gone are the notes
that I scribbled down slow
when you'd call,
hoping you'd find
all the things on my mind
and have reason to leave after all.
You look the same as you did
when I said
"I'll do what you want
if it is honest,"
No need to come home
'cause everyone left
Let's call it off and forget.

Gone are the sounds
of the quieting down
things never said aren't lies.
Legs full of lead
that just can't go to bed
no matter how poorly we tried.
A thimble of gin for the road
to calm you and smooth over scars
that still show I loved you.
A wreath on the window
and the bottles we kept
Let's call it off and forget.

A flint under water won't ever catch
so let's call it off and forget.

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from Muscle & Bone, released May 20, 2012

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Hannah & Maggie New York, New York

Since the release of their first album, “Fine Being Here,” Hannah & Maggie have been compared to Simon & Garfunkel, The Indigo Girls, and The Weepies; they are also the winners of the CT Folk Fest songwriting competition 2012.

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