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Moss Cathedrals

from Chew the Pages by The Goodly Beggars

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Take the trail to your grandmother’s house
By the Shenandoah River
See the trees turn a rusty brown
See the fox in his hole being chased by the hound, again

Take the trail way up the hill
Follow the sound of the slippery brook
Smell the slow sweet death of the forest
Above and below- she’s a fine fine cook, again

Tell me tales of when the mountain was young
Tell me stories how your hands got so hard and tough
And how’d you meet grandpa and raise up this house
And what does love feel like when it’s been through the rough, again

Feel the earth breathing beneath your toes
Soil and loam, rock and root, we live in moss cathedrals

Take the trail to your grandmother’s house
By the ice flow river
The trees are naked as the cold wind blows
And there’s no better sound than the door squeaking closed, again

Talk to me about your little girl
And how you loved her more than this passing world
And when did you let her make the trail alone
To discover that man sits on a crumbling throne, again

Feel the earth breathing beneath your toes
Soil and loam, rock and root, we live in moss cathedrals

Wo-ah-wo! Back to grandma’s house

They laid her down in the open ground
The sky was heavy but it made no sound
Her arms were crossed in a loving embrace
With the Word on her heart and a smile on her face, again

credits

from Chew the Pages, released May 1, 2011
Philip Barrows: Guitar + Backing Vocals,
Charles Atkinson: Lead Vocals,
Jerome Ibarra: Drums,
Catherine Thompson: Vocals + Violin,
Martha Griswold, Catherine Hartney, Katherine Rosario, Sean Yong: Chorus of Friends

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The Goodly Beggars Washington, D.C.

The Goodly Beggars are Charles Atkinson, Philip Barrows, and friends. One EP, lots of coffee houses, and a few years in different states later, they are back around Washington, D.C. playing with new friends and new music.

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