The Perilous Tree

from The Perilous Tree by Richie Healy

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I know you're a stranger,
all wet blue and cold,
a scented sweet danger,
with your lips you invoke.
Damned if I don't, Damned if I do,
I kneel at the altars of waiting for you.

There's rain on the wind,
it's cold, wet and it's blue,
there's rain on the wind,
it could only be you.

Soft blue mirth,
wore it last week for a week,
every time you go past
I hear the angels speak.
the night needs a star,
serpent needs a vine,
love needs a touch,
to keep it from crying.

There's rain on the wind,
its cold, wet and it's blue,
it's hammering down,
soaking me through.

There's a taken down halo,
on a broken backed chair,
it sits without an owner,
it's yours to declare,
the night needs a star,
serpent needs a vine,
love needs a touch,
to keep it from crying.

The summer bird sings,
in a morning sky blue,
she sings out of time,
could only be you.

Now a raven looks down,
from the perilous tree
and I know he knows well,
it could only be me.
It could only be me,
It could only be me.

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from The Perilous Tree, released November 9, 2017

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Richie Healy Kilkenny, Ireland

Richie Healy is a singer songgwriter fro Kilkenny Ireland,his work is best described as gothic folk/blues.
Dark Lyrics carried with conviction and intensity,
a gravelled , earthy vocal digs deep in the trenches of the soul, his songs take you to places of vivid imagery, where he ponders the darkness within,
without desperation, a smokey whiskey place of contemplation... ... more

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