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As we bent our backs to the setting sun
pulling at our labors like an amputee
there was no time to lose but we wasted away
gaining nothing by our selfish security

The poisons and the passions
were dressed up the same
and we couldn't tell the taste of our own lost cause
The things that we cherished
were red with the stain
and our rose-colored glasses filtered it out
our rose-colored glasses filtered it

But we were changed in a moment
that was imminent and true
like the grace that we received on a Sunday
All was revealed in the clear light of the moon
we finally admitted we were driftless

Faithful is the man who believes through the storm
and faithful is the prayer of the repentant
How often is our stubbornness a worthy thing
and how often are we just apathetic?

And when do we find
that this sedentary life
is better for the land than for the landed?
Bruised is the country that the glacier descends
but rich is the soil that survives it
rich is the soil that survives it

But we were changed in a moment
that was imminent and true
like the grace that we received on a Sunday
All was revealed in the clear light of the moon
we finally admitted we were driftless

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from Leaving Wisconsin (demos), released August 22, 2011
steev played guitar, bugle and kick drum and a little bit of air organ, plus he sang the song.

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Steev baker Madison, Wisconsin

Steev baker is a lo-fi singer-songwriter from rural Wisconsin. He has spent time in the music scenes of Oshkosh, West Bend, Milwaukee, and Madison over the past 20 years playing songs about faith, doubt, anxiety, love, and the places we call home.

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