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Magic and Loss

from The Great Away by The Good Hand

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Magic and Loss
Words and Music by Michael Patrick F. Smith

Magic and Loss
Magic and Loss
We gave all the magic
Held onto the loss

Magic!

The Magic we had it fell from our sleeves
And out of our hats it was hard to believe
Believe it to see it and watch how it changed
The obscure of us into the famed

We gave it away!

We gave it away
We gave it like flowers
Gave it to children
We gave it for hours

Two, three, four!

I gave it to you
You gave it to me
We gave it to each other
And leapt in the sea

And we went swimming in it!

Magic and Loss
Magic and Loss
We gave all the magic
Held onto the loss

Loss!

The loss we knew we held it so tight
Like a flame our hands cupped on a dark, drafty night
We made it precious, we made it vain
It spilled on the floor and we coveted the stain

We didn’t give it away!

We didn’t give it away, we wouldn’t give it flowers
We couldn’t tell the children, we kept it for hours

Three, two one!

You didn’t give it to me so I kept it from you
We stood on the sand and stared at the blue

We were just looking at it! (like we were watching TV or something)!

Magic and Loss
Magic and Loss
We gave all the magic
Held onto the loss

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from The Great Away, released February 17, 2020
Vocals & acoustic: MPFS
Upright Bass: Todd Erk
Drums: Wes Mattheu
Organ: Chris Pumphrey
Backing Vox: Jaymay
Horns: Chris Pumphrey, John Dierker, Mike Cerri

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The Good Hand Lexington, Kentucky

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a writer and musician. His book THE GOOD HAND: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation, is currently available on Viking Press.

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