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Polly

from Poor Player by Misner & Smith

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Written by Megan Smith, recorded by Misner & Smith 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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POLLY

I am Polly,
Pretty Polly was my name.
I am not that devil's flame, turned your heart to cinders.

Poor young Polly,
Death is just another game.
Fortune spins to suit my aim, madness with my sending.

On that high hill up above the lights of home that night,
Ragged with your raging heart.
Prayers of mercy all were stuck up in my throat,
And the night grew deaf to my cry.

I am Polly,
Polly with a blood-soaked mane,
Battered to a faceless shame.
In your endless nights you'll hear my screams.

He tore at the walls with a keen desperation,
Hands up and pleading for some kind of sweet salvation.
But no peace, no saving light, for his soul's restless fight.

She was Polly,
Pretty Polly was her fame.
Lovely with a hallowed name, and I so undeserving.

My sweet Polly,
Killed upon my foolish eye.
Walk me to the scaffold high.
No comfort in my ending ...
No comfort in my ending.

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from Poor Player, track released March 22, 2008
Megan Smith - Vocals and Upright Bass
Sam Misner - Vocals and Guitar

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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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