Harriet

from Pleasant by Request by Alex Rake and the Leaves

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you gave your heart to some idiot
he used it like a towel
after swimming in pools full of lady juice
while you just sat there and scowled

the carpet was dry
or the carpet was wet
either way, you didn't notice,
harriet

i met you alone on your battlefield's
blackened, barbed plateau
and you said no one talks quite like i do
when i said, "like smoke, we flow"

but soon like jelly
we're bound to set
jiggling under the sun,
harriet

then like a child in the coatracks, you disappeared
right as i got used to you
asking me to tear down the fence
or at least, to give you a boost

but you had to ask
if you were pretty yet
o how was i to answer,
harriet?

zeus came down from his sky with your frown
and he gave you his arms and his mouth
and he gave you his heart like an idiot would
as you fled suddenly to the south

life is a joke
i never did quite get
and i guess you're the jester,
harriet

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from Pleasant by Request, released September 13, 2019

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Alex Rake and the Leaves Mission, British Columbia

Alex Rake is a songwriter, poet, and playwright from the Fraser Valley and the Leaves are his friends.

They yell and improvise all over troubadour songs.

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