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Settlement

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Produced by T-Bone Burnett
Recorded by Susan Rogers

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SETTLEMENT
By David Poe
© 1997 Charming Martyr (BMI.)

Got a letter at the door
It was the ending of the war
Void of any sentiment
Look at all the time she spent
She's as patient as a gun
Getting the shine
Against the sun
It's looking like
The settlement is almost done

She says she's giving back her ring
Isn't keeping anything
Hoping she remembers good
What she never said she would
When she asked if he could change
It never was quite the same
That's because
The settlement had been arranged

She could never seem to tell
What he didn't want to let her feel
It's just as well
The settlement is in the mail
Void of any sentiment
Like he never had a friend
Think of all the time you spent
Making rent
And miracles that came and went
'Cause she's so fucking beautiful

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from David Poe, released September 15, 1997
Marc Ribot, guitar
Sim Cain, drums
John Abbey, bass
David Poe, voice & guitar

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

"DAVID POE gives the singer-songwriter genre a much-needed jolt"
- Rolling Stone 

"The make-out record of the year”
-Harp magazine

"The major domo of songwriters"
-Village Voice

"The perfect man"
-Time Out! New York

"[Songs] like miniature novels."
- The London Independent

Composer fellow
- Sundance Institute 2009

Winner
- Lunas del Auditorio award 2011

Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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