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C Am F G
Usually people are lying when they say
that they looked at someone and knew right away.
But when I measured you, hair to gait
I saw your past and guessed our fate.
You moved in and the flat felt so new
that even going out I wanted to take you.
Whenever you left alone, I paced or sulked,
layered nicotine patches or shot at the wall.

I know I was gone too long, two years,
but I saw you at night in a map of the stars
and remembered running, holding your hand.
Still I had to stay to the course of my plan.
Jim said “I’ll burn the heart out of you.”
Later Charles tried to char you too.
There is no danger like keeping friends,
so I have to keep saving you from myself.
Am
I won’t say I love you
F
I’ve long left too many clues
C
Remember all my words,
G
think of what you’ve seen me do.
Am
Pay attention to your senses,
F C
Love is easy to deduce.

C Am F G


I never foresaw the coming of Mary,
your love for her, or the weight she would carry.
I got past the ensuing brown study
by learning to make napkin origami,
and PLAYing a waltz on your wedding night.
I wanted your happiness more than mine.
When you settled with her, I moved your chair,
would suffer no one else sitting there.
Debatably, Mary spared my life for you,
though twice I almost gave my life for you.
Just as you’re mine, she is your weakness.
We all fell for the one who loves us less.
Now we’re standing by the plane, waiting to go.
There’s nothing to say that we don’t already know.
C Am
It’s in steady hands, the brightness of eyes.
F G C Am
I’ll speak no words if I can watch you smile
F G
for a little while


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from Murder, Drugs, Mistresses, released November 9, 2016
Emily Kuipery: Vocals, Theremin
Jade Wallace: Vocals, Ukulele

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They thought: "We both play the same instruments. Let's start a band." So Emily and Jade became The Leafy Greens, a ukulele-bearing, folk-rock duo based in St. Catharines. Stay tuned; we are currently working on new songs for you!

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