Even Shiva

from A few for the road. by Jess Clinton

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I know that you don't need too many boxes
Pretty cherry blossom blues
I know you know the more that we hold sweet, my dear
The more we have to lose

But even Shiva needs a helping hand
And even Hera loved an angry man

Now the time has come to save your money
Like a man who's making good
Honey maybe someday you will raise that roof
Above you like you should (a strong man would)

But even Jesus had to change his plan
No he wasn't cut to be a handy man

Ten tall tipis touch the summer sky
Ten long fingers looking where I lie
Ten small minutes where I lived my life
That night

It's something like a hurricane
It's something like the Devil's wit within
The loving that once soothed you, honey
Will consume you, split you like a grin
(Like water to a fin)

Now even me I have to take my time
And put a little reason to each rhyme for you

Whose soft hair rests upon your pillow?
Did you cut yours, did you let it grow?
Think I'd crumble if I came to know
All that's new and lovely in your life
Since we said it wasn't worth the fight
We tried

But even Shiva needs a helping hand
And even Hera loved an angry man

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from A few for the road., released May 11, 2012
Jess Clinton - vocals, guitar
Sarah Haines - backing vocals, viola
Nick Lenchner - bass
Spencer Marin - drums

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Jess Clinton New York

A NYC-based songwriter of 10+ years, Clinton bears her various facets of mind and personality through her own sensuous, often swampy-but-tender brand of addictive folk rock.

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