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Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

by Whippoorwill

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John Prine cover from 'German Afternoons'

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You come home late and you come home early
You come on big when you're feeling small
You come home straight and you come home curly
Sometimes you don't come home at all

So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have you done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run

Well I got a heart that burns with a fever
And I got a worried and a jealous mind
How can a love that'll last forever
Get left so far behind

So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have you done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run

It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
It's crossed the evil line today
Well, how can you ask about tomorrow
We ain't got one word to say


So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have you done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run

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released May 18, 2020
Written by John Prine

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Whippoorwill Fort Collins, Colorado

Alt-folk written by boots-in-the-dirt, partner-in-crime country girls and delivered across a vast percussive landscape. For Whippoorwill, there's little separation between the soul and the scenery-- heartbreak is a ripped floodplain and longing, an unbroken expanse of sky. Non-traditional banjo, long harmonica riffs, distorted guitar, and three-part harmonies that scorch, soar, haunt accordingly. ... more

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