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This version of "Penance" was self-recorded on an ancient laptop in my basement in Doylestown, PA in 2008.

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Saddle up and hold on tight
we'll ride beside this great freight train
all through the night and I just might
Close my eyes and let you steer
there's nothing left for me to fear except the light
And I'll hold on to your shoulders
in the dark it's always colder and we'll
ride ride ride ride ride

Now the wind sounds out a great howl
and it hasn't slowed since sundown and the trees
begin to sway to the rhythm of the horse hooves
beating faster on the dirt, now
And the hard hard hard red clay
And the water seems to quiver
as the moon shines on the river
and I long for yesterday
The penance I must pay

Saddle up and hold on tight
we'll ride beside this great freight train
all through the night and I just might
Close my eyes and let you steer
there's nothing left for me to fear except the light
If the crime is our commitment
then we'll do it with persistence and we'll
pay for what we take
Yeah we'll pay for what
we take

credits

from Lost Song Orphanage, released April 21, 2011
Music and lyrics by Bethany Spiers.
Bethany Spiers - vocals, guitars, percussion.
Recorded in Doylestown, PA. 2008.

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The Feverfew Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Feverfew has a sound born in the South and dragged up through the East, landed somewhere between a Brooklyn rooftop and the sea. With unassuming posture, Andrew Bethany Spiers makes an impact. Spiers' lyrics are formidably poetic and steep him as a promising talent in a tradition of literary musicians that includes Patti Smith, David Berman, Thurston Moore and David Byrne, to name a few. ... more

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