Simon, l'Agneau

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Summertime sun is shining
Melodic cattle-bells clanging
Another Alpine stroll, and all’s right with the world

But a cry of distress
Draws my eyes to the precipice
An unlikely place for a lamb
To have gotten into

What the hell do you think you’re doing exactly?
So far away from safety
O baby lamb, my hopes now wrapped up in your
Not plummeting to a bloody death
(I'm holding my breath)

Simon, there’s more riding on this than you know
I need you to pull through

One hoof in front of the other
No sudden movements
My friend, I wish you would just step back from that ledge
Think this through—life is beautiful

Wait, never fear
Suddenly there appears a mountain mama
With an air of knowing
She lived in Australia
“This happens all the time,” she said

There’s more riding on this than you know
I need you to pull through

Mountain Mama takes your right leg
She tells me to grab the left
And with grace and tenderness
She restores you to pastures less precarious

And that’s how we three became a family

Simon, there’s more riding on this than you know
I need you to pull through

Bought a hut way up in the mountains
Built a fence so you can feel free
Another Alpine stroll and all’s right with the world
In my hand, the calloused hand of my true love

Simon, there’s more riding on this than you know
I need you to pull through

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from O Apostrophe, track released December 11, 2012
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O Apostrophe Kampala, Uganda

Melodic, literate, subversive. O Apostrophe is the nom de guerre of Eric Steven Spreng. Beholden to no one, Spreng follows the muses when he sees fit. A wanderer, a believer in the arts, and a high school English teacher.

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