Little Jesus & the Housecat

from Keep the Devil out of Hillsboro by Hemlock Smith

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a groovy song with String Quartet. it's about crucifixes and religious images in the bedroom. do they really help us? i don't have the answers but my cat sure does.

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Little Jesus and the Housecat

Shadow on the bedside table
This altar for disabled
Little Jesus shines for the blind
And shows their prison bars

You king of bedside tables
Little Jesus – gentle neighbour
Watching poor men’s lifelines
Converge to funeral jars

Souvenirs – calm my fears
Oh Souvenirs – hold my tears –
For a while…

CH
And so we sail through our numbered days
Never sure just what the dice have played
With the sun our only passenger
And no tomorrow ‘ll ever break the spell
Only Jesus and the Housecat stay
Little Jesus and the Housecat – stay…

You, Ghost of bedside tables
Brooding – quite unable
To heal our open wounds, and—
Reveal your own, true scars

Souvenirs – calm my fears
Oh Souvenirs – hold my tears –
For a while…

CH
And so we sail through our numbered days
Never sure just what the dice have played
With the sun our only passenger
And no tomorrow ‘ll ever break the spell
Only Jesus and the Housecat stay
Little Jesus and the Housecat – stay…

My kitten’s name is Mabel
So calm – and wise – and stable
She thinks it’s carved wood made by mankind
And that is what you are…

Exactly what you are…
Exactly what you are…
Exactly…
Exactly…
Exactly.

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from Keep the Devil out of Hillsboro, released September 5, 2009

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Hemlock Smith Lausanne, Switzerland

Hemlock Smith come from Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2002, they’ve released 7 regular albums with intelligent pop, as well as 2 soundtracks for silent film and 2 collaborations with Noise duo Les Poissons Autistes. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Frei, Hemlock Smith's distinctive voice is complemented by a talented band seamlessly blending Pop, Folk, Rock and Trip-Hop Sensibilities ... more

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