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The Last To Understand

from No. 5 by Kirsty McGee

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lyrics

you can't put a price on love
you can't put a price on shame
and there's no charge for compassion
or for calling on god's name

and the ripe fruit by the roadside
doesn't charge the bird to eat
you don't have to pay a penny
for the ground beneath your feet

you can't charge for hailstones
and you can't charge for rain
for the dust-winged sparrow's shallow song
no profit and no gain

for the life we're given
nobody has to pay
for the shadows at the water's edge
at the ending of the day

so i guess i'm just the last one to understand the joke
i'm standing here so patiently when all the rest went home
i must have slept right through because today when i awoke
all the birds who sang so sweet to me were flown

so i'm standing to my ankles
in the dust of my misgivings
between the living and the dead
only the dead can make a living

and i'm fool enough to try to sell
what others give away
they set the price so high
only a fool like me will pay

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from No. 5, released March 15, 2010

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Kirsty McGee Manchester

A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

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