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Creepy Thing

from Mystery of the Rose by Ian Lilburne

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Words and music by Ian Lilburne. Produced by Lee Buddle, Crank Recording.

A secular hymn of sorts. My homage to Cohen’s Hallelujah.

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CREEPY
THING

Ain’t it just like luck
Trust me to fuck it all up
Things were lining up so well
Then one dumb word sent it all to hell

What can I say?
Such is life
What can I do?
Go to sleep at night
What can I think but

Ain’t it just like life
Soften the jagged edge with light *
Square peg in a round world
The ragged shape of a human soul

Is there a time and a place
A kind of saving grace
That shines a light on us all?
Does a divinity shape our end **
Karma make amends
To rise must we sometimes fall?

SOLO

Every creepy thing on earth
In its own way has its worth ***
Every creepy thing that we do
Holds a grain of truth

Is there a time and a place
A kind of saving grace
That shines a light on us all?
Does a divinity shape our end
Karma make amends
To rise must we sometimes fall?

© Ian Lilburne 2013


* C/f Leonard Cohen, Anthem: “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”
** C/f Shakespeare, Hamlet: “A divinity shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will.”
*** C/f GENESIS 1:25: “... every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”

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from Mystery of the Rose, track released January 13, 2021
Sam Ray - vocals
Pete Jeavons - double bass
Steve Richter - marimba and cajon
Cathie Travers - accordion and piano
Ian Lilburne - lead Spanish guitar

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