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You’re the picture of a woman like I’ve never seen
On any model or a memory of a magazine.
I swear I see your face in every moonlight ride -
Slipping around me like the falling night.

You’re a memory collector for my empty head,
Digging in the ditches of a graveyard bed.
You’re the fire in my belly when I can’t complain,
Picking up the words that I forgot to say.

You’re the traces that I leave in every place I’ve gone.
A candle in the window when the lights are on.
You’re a ghost in every room that I sleep alone,
Smiling at the end of every long ride home.

You’re the truth the Revelator said would set me free
And the worry that I never thought would let me be.
Humming underneath the static of the radio.
Smiling right beside me on the long ride home.

And you’re talking to the people when I don’t know how,
Tossing minutes out the window just to count the hours.
You’re a candle when there isn’t any light around --
Rocking like a cradle ‘til the storm dies down.

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from Bow and Be Simple, released March 20, 2012

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Matt Harlan Houston, Texas

Matt Harlan is a troubadour of the first degree, bringing songs of bus-stops, coffee-shops and lives overlooked to stages across his home-state of Texas, the USA and Europe. His expressive vocals recall Chris Smither and Chris Knight, shading his poignant songs with soaring heart and aching grit. ... more

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