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In the desert night,
I look for one color, one light—
the outline of you,
like boy-shaped headlights.

I've got a few dirty stars that fell
into my wishing well--
one is your silhouette reflected
in every coffee I've neglected
for your eyes—

So many colors in the desert tonight--
only one dusty moon glows
like that skin that I know--

I draw your face
in the dirt of empty landscapes
but there’s no sign or trace
of you--

In the desert slumber,
the ground was dry as leather.
We painted the road tops with our tire rubber.

I called for you again--
my voice a slack telephone cable,
a million grains of sand strewn across a deck table.

So many colors in the desert tonight--
only one gas stove ignites
like your sweet moan in the night.

I'll search the world for you--
I swear I'll search the world.

In Monet’s lilies,
in my neighbor's doilies,
in the plastic bags blowing down the avenue,
in every rivers' lost blue--

in every song I write this winter,
in the dust blowing through my air conditioner filter.

But until then--
Every time the sun rises and the sun sets,
I see your sweet color out there
where the sky ends.

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from Old Weather, released October 31, 2012

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Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past Portland, Oregon

with Bjorkish runaway melodies and surreal lyricism, Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past combine banjo-driven creepy folk music with opera singers, toy pianos and rattling chains.
She sounds like "Emmylou Harris singing in a haunted house" --James Duval, Virginia Omnivore ... more

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