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Your ribs are a birdcage
And your heart is a parakeet
It flutters on every beat
But you muffle the sound

You try to be quiet
But your teeth are piano keys
Playing Bacharach melodies
They spill all over the ground
You hide in the heather and wait to be found

I saw you in halflight
Backlit by a streetlight
The way I would film you -
At the edge of every frame
I have a terrible talent for losing my balance
Where anyone can see
I don't think anyone would blame you for leaving me

You bird is a flyer
But the bones are so delicate
That I can't help but trample it
To hear that wonderful sound

And my mouth is a liar
In a cheap private eye disguise
Plugging holes in my alibis
To keep you around
I knew that I'd lost you, and looked at the ground

I saw you in halflight
Backlit by a streetlight
The way I would film you -
At the edge of every frame
I have a terrible talent for losing my balance
Where anyone can see
I don't think anyone would blame you for leaving me

But this time it will be different
Can you suspend your disbelief?
But I don't think anyone would blame you for leaving me

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from East Of The Fault Line, released March 1, 2008
DS - Piano, Synth, Vox
Ron Kwasman - Guitar
Mike Simons - Bass
Howard Windmiller - Drums
Cory Gray - Trumpet

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David Singer & The Sweet Science Chicago, Illinois

David Singer is a filmmaker/musician/writer/composer based in Chicago.

His records have found their way onto the Albums of the Year lists of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, No Depression, Huffington Post, and the prestigious Village Voice "Pazz & Jop" poll.

Greg Kot of Sound Opinions describes David as "one of the city's most evolved pop craftsmen of the last decade.”

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