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Stoney

Stoney he’d get lonely for the hard stuff
and he’d take himself to a meeting down at the church
he’d open doors on the past
and walk right through to where he was at
drinking store brand Dr. Pepper from a can
as he was running on seven years a sober man

Stoney lived alone here down in Tucson
on his patio, every day, with the radio on
his partner was Bruce, for thirty some years
till Bruce met a younger man with a beard
who taught college kids philosophy in Ohio
and last year Bruce bid Stoney good-bye-o

and the Tucson sun shines bright
and the heat of the day don't last all night
and the hills of cactus roll
down to the border of Mexico

Stoney’s beagle Josie was a true friend
together they went walking down the street
Josie’d sniff out all the stories
then she’d mark her territories
while Stoney waved to the kids playing up the street
and they'd run on down to give that dog a treat

Stoney kept his home the way he liked it
he kept the radio on dancing through the quiet
he could a been lonesome with grief
but Bruce’s break was a sweet relief
their life together became a long, dangerous silence
a softly spoken intolerable form of violence

the Tucson sun shines bright
and the heat of the day don't last all night
and you pray that some rain just might
fall, fall, just some small
mercy from the sky

nobody thought of Stoney as a phony friend and neighbor
he had a way of looking you in the eye right from the bottom of his heart
he worked at Pima county Ford as a mechanic
and you knew you could call him up in a panic
first thing in the morning when your car won't start
Stoney would always fix that broken part

the Tucson sun shines bright
and the heat of the day don't last all night
out of the blue rain might
fall, fall, just some small
mercy from the sky

Stoney left his body on a Wednesday
with the radio on talking tired and lowly
a neighbor was stopping on by
found the old man just after he died
sitting peaceful in a lawn chair next to Josie
looking just like he was the same old Stoney

and the Tucson sun shines bright
and the heat of the day don't last all night
and the hills of cactus roll
down to the border of Mexico

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from Light Behind Light, released April 15, 2022
Musicians:
Kagey Parrish - Guitar, Vocals
Laura Wortman - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Sjostrom - Electric Bass, Drums

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The Honey Dewdrops Baltimore, Maryland

Virginia born, Maryland based singer/songwriters Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish make up the duo The Honey Dewdrops. They will release their seventh album, Light Behind Light, on April 15, 2022.

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