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An Undertaking

from Flatlander by Noele Flowers

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Written by Noele Flowers.

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The man that you loved, well he passed away in June
and he didn't leave a letter.
How could he leave you here on the ground
while he's above it or below it?

On the day I take him under you say, "you look familiar,"
but I know you're only grieving and you haven't seen me before,
and you never will again, and you don't really want to.

You are a beautiful woman
but I know you only see me as a reaper.
My hands, they are covered with
the soil around your lover, and it never washes clean,
but I always do it with love.
Love is an undertaking.

I am not like other men, like the bankers and the doctors
and the priests and the sinners and the husbands and the fathers.
My work is to write the final chapter, to strum the final note,
to plant the final flower, to lay the final stroke, but never to begin.

Isn't it obvious that I am full of love
like the singer knows to say, but I never allow it?
My hands, they are covered with
the soil around your lover, and it never washes clean,
but I always do it with love.
Love is an undertaking.

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from Flatlander, released April 1, 2014

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Noele Flowers is a singer/songwriter based in Upstate New York.

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