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c. 1998? after learning a bunch of jazz chords from a super kind jazz professor who gave me free lessons. Inspired in part by a scene in “If on a winter’s night a traveler” by Italo Calvino

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If you take advantage of her trust you don't deserve it.
If you take advantage of her trust you don't deserve it.
She's tired of only having friends when they're orchestrated, like instruments.
She'd rather chance a fall and lose her pride.

She has the patience of a saint if it's going to happen---
she can't believe it won't happen.

Would you take advantage of her trust when she offers so plainly?
Why stay lonely?

She'll bite off more than she can chew
but she knows it's just the right amount for two.
All those things in her poetry could be true!
But if you take advantage of her trust you don't deserve it.
If you take advantage of her trust you don't deserve it.

She's tired of knowing eventually someone she'll meet
will live up to her lifestyle---
so darling, make it worth her while!

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from Goodnights for Meadow, released April 15, 2020
elizaBeth Simpson, vocals and guitar.

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elizaBeth Simpson Urbana, Illinois

elizaBeth has been a vocalist and guitarist since 1992. She is a cultural worker who specializes in collaborative projects with people who don't think they are creative, and is the founder of the We Wanna Woke Community Justice Street Choir.

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