Iron and Wine - Friends They Are Jewels

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dreamless sleep will fall like a deep, poisoned well

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on the steeple birds and this red-light hotel

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so lay your pistol down, granny

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the company men never came to you

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but don’t un-knit your brow, granny

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the mice in the yard ate the potted plants you grew

pour your bitter tea for our sweet, liquored host
perfect polished stones but this breeze beats you both

so lay your pistol down, granny
the duty of men never fell to you
when you un-knit your brow, granny
your friends, they are jewels, twice as beautiful and few