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PEARLS

She was stringing her words together
A breathy pearl hung on every pause
Coiling a tasteful rope of affluence
Around her neck dangerous as claws

Life gone dry
Rocky as a desert
Studded with cactus
Spiny with regrets

Every man claiming he's a real man
Ages wanting younger and sexier yet
She's a sweet talker but she had not
Flashed sweet and juicy since we met

Life gone dry
Rocky as a desert
Studded with cactus
Spiny with regrets

A breathy pearl strung with her every pause
A gleaming rope coiled around her neck
But when she didn't hint young and juicy
I knew an affair would age me with regret

Life gone dry
Rocky as a desert
Studded with cactus
Spiny with regrets

Yes, my life’s gone dry
O rocky as a desert
Studded with cactus
Spiny with regrets
O yeah, spiny with regrets
Spiny with regrets

credits

released July 24, 2020
music: Lloyd Brodnax King
lyrics: John Gray

guitar & percussion: Johnse Holt
bass & vocals: Lloyd Brodnax King

production: Johnse Holt & Lloyd Brodnax King
cover art: Lloyd Brodnax King

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Lloyd Brodnax King Chicago, Illinois

Current: Brodnax and the Crackerjax, The Soulbillys, Funkadesi, an evolving body of string quartets.

Past: NEA fellowship, Lloyd Brodnax King Trio Live at DePaul with Fareed Haque and Larry Gray, Jeff Awards, The Obscure News, “Stoopin” chapbook in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Education: Marcel Moyse, James Moody, MM Chicago Musical College, BA Marlboro College, dinner table history lessons. ... more

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