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Hope is not company policy

from Songs from the Grey Hotel by Steev baker

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I traced the inside of your skeleton
those brittle, silent bones are all you owned
and the way you hang your head,
as though you were not dead,
I talked to myself the whole way home.

There is something inside this broken heart.

You had me convinced that you were blessed
and I could not get your voice out of my head
your quiet trembling
and your violent, angry screams
"Hope is not company policy," you said.

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from Songs from the Grey Hotel, released January 1, 2011
steev - banjo
ross - guitar
jessica - piano
jon - bass
nathan - bells

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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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