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Waiting by her open door, hoping she’ll pull you through.
But I know her ins and all her outs.
I can hear her body say;
“Push him away. Push him all the way.
Push him away. Push him all the way.”

Through the vent just above me, I hear a new man understand how he’s understood.
Down the hall, beyond him, a young one’s validated by her nightly sounds, and I say;
“Push them away. Push them all away Push them away. Push them all the way.
Push them away. Push them all away. Push them away. Push them all the way.”

Floorboards creak, records skip, another knock comes at our front door,
For every night, and stormy day, that the lost ones of the house warm up each other and say;
“You’re not so bad that we can’t love you. You’re not so bad that we won’t stand by you.
You’re not so bad that we can’t love you. You’re not so bad that we won’t stand by you.”

With flour flying through the air, another lover of mine is sent running up the stairs,
Out the alley, to his own door, to brag to his friends about the fresh free whores at
444 Evergreen Avenue.
444 Evergreen Avenue.

I took a shot before I left for a particularly hard goodbye.
She took a shot just before she left for her first meeting with her darker side.
And that’s when I told her;
“You’re not so bad that we can’t love you. You’re not so bad that we won’t stand by you.
You’re not so bad that we can’t love you. You’re not so bad that we won’t stand by you.
You’re not so bad that I can’t love you. You’re not so bad that I won’t stand by you.
You’re not so bad that I can’t love you. You’re not so bad that I won’t stand by you.”

The hardest wave I’ve ever crossed was pulling out from that gravel road.
She stood and cried, waving goodbye, and as the tears formed, in my own eyes, I told myself to
Push them away, push them all the way, push them away, push them all away.
Push them away, push them all the way, push them away, push them all away.

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from The View From Normal, released February 22, 2020

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Hannah Rose Dexter Los Angeles, California

With her defiantly fuzzy, pink bass by her side, Hannah Rose Dexter has traveled the world performing jazz and blues. On her debut album, "The View From Normal", her unique style of bass playing frees the instrument from the traditional role of glorified kick drum, and into the harmonic lead it’s always been capable of. ... more

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