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Calexico
The Book and the Canal
Near The Woodpile

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Near The Woodpile

Release date: 2005

From The Book and the Canal

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About This Track

"Near The Woodpile" is a track by Calexico, from the album The Book and the Canal, released 2005. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Calexico

Calexico

Lyrics

Near The Woodpile

Near the woodpile

Before the rain

Where he last saw the snake

With teeth clenched

Soured heart

Lover's changed hands

An axe within reach

And a distant stare that weaves

Through the grass and waits

For a stranger's one mistake

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From The Book and the Canal

2005

Album

The Book and the Canal

Release year

2005

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