HEAVEN RELEASE US
  By Rose Polenzani
  Appears on "Voices on the Verge - Live in Philadelphia"

NOTE:
This song is in 6/8, and you switch from A to D every two measures and back again. LIKE SO:

A            A            D            D            A
1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6...

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A                         D
Open, open your horseshoe mouth, 

                             A            D
let's pull out the cankerous heart.... Yeah.

A                                           D
Faith fries the roots of your black-blossom hair. 

                    A            D
Faith is a lapidous crown.... Yeah.


Cardinal laughing in the battle, 
he's a funny funny one 
Holy men laugh all the time, 
why, why, why? 

Crash the car into an interstate ditch, 
there ain't no reason for it. 
The wicked world gave each of us 
poisonous needles, 
and we've been an angry trio. 

What's a memento to an old soul 
who's been put on the line? 
I could lose your shirt and shoes 
and still love you fine. 

Dear God, Dear God, 
Dear God, Dear God, 
what are the words 
to dispel my fear? 
Let's sail this balloon 
up to the moon. 
Let the burlap and sand 
fall back to the land. 
I love you to pieces 
I love you to pieces 
Oh Heaven Release us. 

Now, the bloodlined houses, 
they riddle my dreams. 
I think that I know what they mean. 
Save your love in a mason-like jar, 
I'll open it when you're a star. 
I'll be covered in kisses, 
covered in kisses, 
oh Heaven release us, 
Heaven release us. 

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© 2001 Rose Polenzani/Parhelion Music ASCAP