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Vatican Blues

from Give It Time by Erik Yates

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Written on my honeymoon, two doors down from the Pope's house, where beggars and postcard stands fight for real estate on the Roman sidewalk.

lyrics

It’s plain to see we’re not the holy ones
No one will carve the likeness of the man outside the Vatican
Lying, waiting for his daily bread
No artist’s brush to touch the boils upon his weary head

No marble monument in the Basilica
Is gonna show for all to see his troubled replica
No seraphim will guard his gilded tomb
No organ stops announce his body’s passing from the womb
into the grave
And it’s plain to see that we are not the holy ones

It’s plain to see we’ll all fall into dust
Nothing could be easier here than knowing that the pieces of us
Will too soon be scattered far and wide
While these marble floors and painted walls will be so safe inside

To be sure, they know their day will come
The king of time can out-wait anyone
The greater mind is all that lasts
And even these things here must pass
But they know that they will have a longer run
And they know that we are not the holy ones

Holy, holy, holy beggar-man
Holy, holy, holy Vatican
Holy mind that holds the sight of them
And holy the decay that takes them both
And holds them to its (holy) breast
And lays the holy down to rest
And lays the holy down to rest

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from Give It Time, released January 7, 2018
Erik Yates, all instruments & vocals
Don Zimmer, recording engineer
Charlie Wilson, mixing & mastering

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Erik Yates Lyons, Colorado

Erik Yates' many years of touring with his fellow progressive bluegrass pioneers in Hot Buttered Rum have done more than gain him a reputation; they've honed his singing, his songwriting and his work on multiple instruments. All of this is on display on his solo debut, "Give it Time"(Yates plays every instrument on the album), and the result is ones that fans and new listeners alike will cherish. ... more

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