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For Annabelle & William Kyle

Matt Reid: vocals, piano
Dean Gallant: guitar, mandolin, pedal steel
Kristina Parlee: bass, vocals
Luke Goguen: drums

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You got married on a Saturday
Due back to work the mine Monday
Rained too much to make Halifax
You took photos in Victoria Park
He held a deer within his sights
Your quiet sobbing from behind
Oh Husband, put the gun away
He never went hunting again

For over ninety years or more
and not one enemy I’m sure
And everybody wants a piece
of about the only angel I’ve known

Potatoes hidden in the ground
and candy bars in dressers found
‘I wish it could be one hundred’
you said as you slipped me a twenty

I walked with you down hollow road
and what we talked about I no longer know
The best photograph I captured of you
at the expense of paying attention

What took the pain away from you
It made me unsure what to do
Sang to you in the hospital room
‘Please don’t take my sunshine away’

Your husband, he is doing well
Four years have past, it hurts like hell
He’ll walk the mountain another time
and you’ll play a game of cards when he returns
He’ll hold you in his arms when he returns

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from Letters, released December 13, 2008

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