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The Optimist

from Raven Hotel by Matt Harlan

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Raindrops in my coffee cup
Help to cool it down.
'Cause everything does something good.

I could streamline this coming summer season.
Buy an AirStream cheap from Idaho.
Get a friend of mine to front the money easy--
Just lift my dress and strum this old dobro.

'Cause everything does something good,
It's just hard to make out.
Like these yellow lines in my strawberry hair
And this old guitar I found.

Sometimes I tune in to empty pages
And this tongue can only roll out broken phrases.
But when the sun shines, I got whisky for the cravings
And a place to land when I shoot away my savings.

'Cause everything does something good.
It's just hard to make out.
Like these train lines across my dusty skin
Serve to roll me home now.

I'm a sun child and a virgin for the day (yeah)
'Cause each day's new somehow.
And my birthname is Katherine Mary Lee,
But you can call me baby for a ride on into town.

'Cause everything does something good.
It's just hard to make out.
And the grey clouds are just shades for your eyes.
And the rain means everyone's allowed to cry.
The rain means everyone's allowed.

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from Raven Hotel, released June 24, 2014

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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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