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Length of a Song

from Poor Player by Misner & Smith

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Recorded at Bad Habit Recordings in San Francisco, CA in 2008. ©&℗ 2008 Misner & Smith/Scribble On The Wall Music. All Rights Reserved.

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LENGTH OF A SONG

He’s here and he’s gone for the length a song
Where he sets her upon a throne
That can never be seen to be used by a queen
So she sits in between all alone.

Her king is consumed by the wars to be waged
Killing for God and the truths of the age
Leaving his queen condemned to a cage of gold.

He crafts his songs well, so that no one can tell
That the royalty’s been quite deceived.
But the jester is keen and can read in between
The lines that the troubadour weaves.

When the queen falls asleep her thoughts tend to leap
To a world where she’s just an unknown.
In the troubadour’s dreams her majesty pleads
And the guillotine looms in his bones.

The court is so stale, each one of them pale
As they stare down upon him like stones.
Two hearts are alive, that secretly thrive
On a love that is always postponed.

‘Round the campfire flames dice is his game,
And the numbers proclaim him a king.
But Fortune was cruel and she tipped like a stool
And left him a fool who could sing.

He sweeps up a handful of silver he’s won
“Worthless”, he thinks since his heart’s been undone.
Curses the stars and threatens the sun, he will fold.

He’s here and he’s gone for the length of a song.

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from Poor Player, released January 1, 2008
Sam Misner - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Megan Smith - Vocals and Upright Bass

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Misner & Smith California

(my-zner) & smith
Northern California-based unclassifiable duo Misner & Smith treasure the unpredictability of their band. Technically precise songwriting mirrored with an improvisatory spirit and soaring harmonies are the hallmark of their sound. On their new album, "All is Song", they turn in their finest work to date, an album of inspired declarations to the power of music and song. ... more

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