Holopaw - Hoover lyrics

rate me

Hoover why you holding back the lake?<br />

for the fancy tails that swim the gentle arc?<br />

for the fiddleheads that rim the ragged bank?<br />

or for the kid who pressed shadows against him?<br />

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Hoover was polished white and broad shoulders<br />

built for the people he serves.<br />

Three stories of solid progess and propped up by a kickstand of a boy<br />

who threw shadows against the levee.<br />

His horses glide the inside of the box canyon.<br />

And he could break them with a flicker of his fingers<br />

"Hey, appaloosa. You're a flicker of birds. Hey palomino. You're looking like Abraham. Hey, dapple gray. You're breaking up against his belly."<br />

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Hoover why you holding back?<br />

for the silver cats that drag the murky deep?<br />

or for the kid who drew his thumb across your lip to pull the water down over him?<br />

Horses tangled in the bridal veil. <br />

"Hey, appaloosa. You're a flicker<br />

Hey, palomino. You're looking like a<br />

Hey, dapple gray. You're breaking up."

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