Lyrics
You twist the landline cord around your littlest finger tight.
It's the first Tuesday in November, the sun is losing light.
You trace the condensation fogging up the window pane,
A little map of everywhere you can't quite get again.
[Chorus]
(Male Vocal)
Some roots are bound to grow apart.
Still, what a garden for a heart.
[Verse 2]
You see her wading in the Kings, your jeans rolled to the knee,
Skips a flat bit of chert rock, says "That one's you, this one's me."
The air back then smelled just like this, of rust and coming rain,
A cold so sharp it felt more like a pleasure than a pain.
[Chorus]
(Male Vocal)
Some roots are bound to grow apart.
Still, what a garden for a heart.
[Bridge]
(Spoken aside)
She asks you, "So, how's Sam?" and you say "He's good. He's strong."
A pause so long you could build a whole house in it, and be wrong.
[Chorus]
(Both Voices, stripped back)
Some roots are bound to grow apart.
Still, what a garden for a heart.
[Outro]
The dial tone hums a single note held in the quiet hall.
This year, you left no watermark at all.
About Kara Dalton
Kara Dalton was born in the Arkansas Ozarks and never saw a reason to leave. She plays the same cracked 1950s 12-string guitar her grandfather taught her on, its sound as raw and resonant as the hollows she calls home. She and her partner Sam, a stonemason, are slowly rebuilding an old cabin by hand on a piece of land backing up to the national forest. These songs are written on the porch after…
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