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Innocent Smith

from A Miscellany of Music by Miriam Marston

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Innocent Smith came out of the wind
and ever since London's never been quite the same.
He shouted out madness,
but was it their sadness
that kept them from hearing just what he had to say?
Because all he had to say
were words of harmless alleluias.
And he would say he'd find his way
if someone left the light on.
And he woke up one day
and prayed that it wasn't too late
to find a way to fall in love all over again.
And he put a gun to the head of the world
as he said you're more alive when you've been gone a while.
And under the bridge he saw the sunrise
and he saw through the lies
that he'd been fed all his life.
And in between sounds of the clock striking five
he saw how all the light woke
the town down below.
And all that he had wondered under
names of other alleluias
made him see that he was free
if someone had left the light on.
Found a wise man,
thought he'd found
the piece of home that he'd been looking for.
But it turns out
he was wrong;
that the best way home is the longest way 'round.
Innocent Smith, who'd wandered so far
walked into his old room
and shook the dust off his shoes.
Looked around, sat down
and smiled at the sight
of the lantern left burning, waiting for his return.

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from A Miscellany of Music, released September 10, 2017

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Miriam Marston Portland, Oregon

I started composing when I was 10. I called one of my first songs "Nostalgia", although I can't recall what my ten year old self was so nostalgic about. Released my first album in 2000. Things got busy, but I never stopped writing. Even if it meant composing on a mostly-broken piano in the basement of a university that I wasn't even enrolled in. Enjoy all the music and reading! Pax. MM ... more

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