My heart is a wolf with no return address

from Callous Year by Steev baker

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"My heart is a wolf
with no return address" -- BJ Best

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1.
Your body so brave
For years I’ve been its slave
Proudly wrapped in the chains of your caress.
But my heart needs a place
Wounded, but safe,
A wolf with no return address.

And I find now that I can’t be trusted
To lose myself in your eyes
It seems natural to love you
But I have to admit that
Somedays it’s so hard to try

2
Your bed was my home
But for years I’ve been alone
Waiting for repairs to be made
And the sheets were stripped bare
With your imprint there,
An ocean with nothing to say.

And I thought I could never be tempted
Away from my place at your side
Well it was natural to lose you
But I have to admit that
Sometimes it’s too hard to try

---Well we both used to know
Where this road’s gonna go
And it’s so hard to see
The prints from our feet
Yes we both used to know
Where this road’s gonna go
And in this darkness we can’t see
A way through this mess where we both come out perfect and clean---

3
Your skin was so true
For years I worshipped you
Going blind by the light in your hands
Now the wick is burned black
Hollowed the wax,
A sparrow with nowhere to land

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from Callous Year, released January 16, 2019

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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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The Bur Oak

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