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Living With A Sranger

from Withstand EP by Cornelius Eady Group

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Living with a Stranger

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

Had a buzz in my belly and a bell in my head
Wet coals in my chest, and tears of lead
I went to the doctor, and my doctor said:

When it’s all said and done
You’re living with a stranger, son
Living with a stranger.

Who’s the man that flattens my heart
Who’s the beggar, who’s the thief?
Who turned the wine to muddy water,
Filled the sails with grief?

When it’s all said and done
You’re living with a stranger, son.

Used to be a wild young cat.
I can barely remember that.

The stranger creaks, the stranger groans
Fat or thin, he haunts your bones.
The stranger stoops and sings your name.
The mirror swears you’re both the same.

When it’s all said and done
You’re living with a stranger, son
Living with a stranger.

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from Withstand EP, released August 7, 2023

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Cornelius Eady New York, New York

Cornelius Eady is the author of 8 books of poetry, lives in NYC and is the co-founder of Cave Canem. The band Rough Magic came out of the sessions for his CD/Chapbook BOOK OF HOOKS. (Kattywompus Press, Jan. 2013)

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