Name: Milk and Honey
Duration: P00H03M06S
Description: Wrote this for the wife while she was going to school abroad.

Milk and Honey

from Smoke and Steam by Clay Rose

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Wrote this for the wife while she was going to school abroad.

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So I’ve been lookin’ at a lot of women lately,
and it’s true, none of them is you.
I’ve even been known to fantasize
about one or two,
but each one plays out like a B rated dream,
a bad movie or a dime store story.
‘Cuz everybody’s chasin’ or a cheap imitation
of what you already got naturally.
They’re an inch you’re a mile,
they’re a trickle, you’re the Nile.
They’re all practicin’ fashion, babe,
but you got style.

So don’t give me no lo-cal,
skim milk lover now.
You got the butter, baby,
you’re my milk and honey,
and you know how to love me while the other girls fail.
Five years later, you’re still fresh.
Five minutes ago, they got stale.

St. Gabriel dropped a letter in the mail,
complainin’ to his boss about the second rate tail.
God wrote to Gabe, “Here’s this jewel that I’ve saved
for such a rainy day. She’s perfect in every way.”
There was gold cursive inscribed on the side;
Gabe read what was wrote.
The clouds broke, the rain choked,
and a song spilled from his throat.
And do you know what that song was that chased away the rain?
Yes, do you know what that word was that washed away my pain?
It was your name.

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from Smoke and Steam, released July 7, 2005
Clay Rose - Vocals and Guitar
J.C. Thompson - Upright Bass
Corwin Halwes - Percussion and Drums

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