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I want to sing an ode to ol' St. Pale
a neighbor not too far away from the memory
of the older neighborhoods where mothers and fathers raised
their kids up really good.

A smiling quotient of happy homes
like the television type. in just a town
made up of older gentlemen with
ambivalent ideas of what is good.
He had an eye above all else
for anyone that (and not just anyone) could tell a decent tale.
he said a decent tale could open up the soul and
and suss out the frauds among the good.

Then lightning would light up the sky in tiny bursts
and ol' St. Pale with his thistle-down hair would disappear
between alarming lightning bursts when the countdown of the
thunder struck.

When the sky went numb our sage-like friend
returned among the lovely people of the neighborhood
filled with less a sum of fraudulent
men and women from some magic that he's run and gone and done.

I want to sing a song to ol' St. Pale
a neighbor not too far away from the memory
of the older neighborhoods where mothers and fathers raised
their kids up really good.
I want to sing an ode to ol' St. Pale
with his thistle-down hair making magic in the fabric
of the fate of twisted tales.

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from (Sketches) in a Crowded Kitchen, released April 23, 2017
Ryan Smith

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Rain the Shining Baltimore, Maryland

Formed many years ago, Rain the Shining played shows, figured out recording, and wrote many songs without much ambition to do more than that. Now their shared ambition is raising good kids.

Sketches in a Crowded Kitchen is a series of demos written, performed, + recorded by founder, Ryan Smith in his kitchen—a hold over until RtS returns to original form featuring Jonny Byslma and Mike Van Meter. ... more

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