Thanksgiving

from Thanksgiving by The Whale & The Warbler

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Why does each Mynabird fly when I’m close?
I’ve got clean fingers; I’ve got green thumbs.
And I know it gets cold so I built you homes,
with seeds for your stomach and gold for your throat.
If you let me then I’ll bring you in from the snow,
wrap you in blankets and my daddy’s coat,
the green one that he doesn’t wear anymore.
But it still keeps out winter, and I can’t leave you out there alone.
I found your nest in the arms of an oak,
with brown leaves and eggshells, clovers and holes.
So I took it in to the desk in my room,
glued it together, and left it on the sill.
Now my window’s open for when you get cold,
I’ll make more room once your family comes,
and with baskets of berries and mountains of moss,
you will never go hungry as my light pulls you in all the moths.
Mynabird, it’s sad to see you’ve left home,
Thanksgiving’s coming, soon they’ll be snow.
I’m sorry if I did anything wrong,
if I’m why you’re leaving, if you’re out there alone
and get hungry and swallow that lump in your throat.
If it’s weight in your belly proves too much to hold.
And the growing and shrinking of your glowing soul proves too big for your body.

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from Thanksgiving, released September 19, 2013

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The Whale & The Warbler Rochester, New York

The Whale & The Warbler is an evergrowing swing-folk family based out of Rochester, NY. A combination of folk, swing, and thunder claps - the Whale's music is a tribute to the art of story telling and the sheer fun of jumping around to cymbal crashes.

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