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10​,​000 Letters of Love

from The City of Gold and Lead by The Sound of The Ladies

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lyrics

I've never stepped
Into the downpour
I stand between raindrops
Hearing their heartbeats
And breathing the petrichor

The sultry sky sent me
10,000 love letters
"You never knew all I needed was you"
But how could I know?
And how could she know me
When I never once met her?

I once met Bazalgette
Your prince of affections
He craved the glory
But hated the attention
From 10,000 plumbers
And their endless questions

They honoured and badged him
Imperial style
For reflecting your pitter-pat tears
In his smile
You weren't even worthy
A cursory mention
You'd not have been grateful for the attention

I wonder whether
I'd have liked him better
If he'd shut his mouth and just listened some more
He'd smell petrichor
And his body would ripple and fall to the floor

And what did he dream
But a labyrinth of brick
Where he'd roam in a rain
Of 10,000 tributes from the city above
10,000 letters
Letters of love

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from The City of Gold and Lead, released November 23, 2012

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The Sound of The Ladies London, UK

The Sound of The Ladies are the indie-schmindie alt. folk stylings of Martin Austwick, except live where it's him plus a bunch of cool musicians. He likes Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, and some other bands and solo musicians.

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