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Jarrel

from Live By Your Word by Eric Dahl

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Jarrell

© 2011 by Eric Dahl

When the cloud came down
just a few miles from town
It seemed to hang there,
hold there,
like a huge black bull,
Then it twisted ahead
Left twenty-seven dead
Awash in the shock and the pull.

Sirens wailing across central Texas
Children come inside.
We’re gonna be safe,
But it’s gotta come down somewhere.
God help those unfortunate people to hide.

It’s usually best not to run,
best to hold your ground
But this time it was so strong
it tore everything down.
Cowhide stripped from the flesh
like bark from the trees
Houses torn from concrete slabs
People waiting on bended knees.

People asking why
any god in the sky
Would cut down the helpless,
let so many die?
Two boys riding on bikes
trying to outrun the wind
They’ll be riding through my mind
Whether we leave this place behind
or build it back again.

Out in Jarrell gathered at the churchyard
People singing hymns, saying goodbye
As the storm tears invisibly
through the hearts of central Texas
And the wind blows soft again
under a calm and distant sky.

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from Live By Your Word, released July 1, 2011

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Eric Dahl Seattle, Washington

His music ranges from acoustic neo-rockabilly to thoughtful and reflective with a voice somewhere between Johnny Cash and Lou Reed.

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