One For Buddy Holly
from In Tongues by French Letters
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lyrics
One for Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly,
he holy,
his tremolo go
blue style Negro.
Buddy,
but he
was barely twenty,
and he
knew how to speak
that true tone honey tongue
with every chord strummed
and sung in perfect
tough-as-Texas tenor.
Affecting asphyxiated tremolo,
I tremble
when him baritone so low.
BUT HE HOLY.
Buddy,
barely twenty,
the patron saint of Lubbock
crowned with laurels of hollies in my heart.
In my rock
roll
heart.
Buddy Holly,
he holy,
in arid landscapes
as vast and as vapid
as East Texas
in my heart.
In my rock
roll
heart.
Buddy Holly,
he holy,
his tremolo go
blue style Negro.
Buddy,
but he
was barely twenty,
and he
knew how to speak
that true tone honey tongue
with every chord strummed
and sung in perfect
tough-as-Texas tenor.
Affecting asphyxiated tremolo,
I tremble
when him baritone so low.
BUT HE HOLY.
Buddy,
barely twenty,
the patron saint of Lubbock
crowned with laurels of hollies in my heart.
In my rock
roll
heart.
Buddy Holly,
he holy,
in arid landscapes
as vast and as vapid
as East Texas
in my heart.
In my rock
roll
heart.
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from In Tongues,
released December 3, 2011
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