Lightning Bolts and Hurricanes

from Congeries by Joseph Houck

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last verse includes words from “Barbara Allen” Trad. and
Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and "Romeo and Juliet"

lyrics

Little Darling,
Who is it wears the ball and chain?
Take these shackles from my neck
That I might breathe again

A storm is raging,
The ceiling drips with rain
But summer breaks through
With lightning bolts and hurricanes

Now, on the pastures,
The prairies, and the plains
Sunlight bathes the lowing cows
And dries the window panes

"It's one or the other,"
Old man leans upon his sugar cane
He says, "Pour us another round
Of lightning bolts and hurricanes"

The green buds swellin'
In the merry month of May
Rough winds shake my darling, true
But life teems from decay

These violent delights
Must end with violent pangs
For summer breaks too
With lightning bolts and hurricanes

credits

from Congeries, released October 19, 2018
Jeff Martin- bass, drums, and backing vocals
Joseph Houck- guitars, organ, piano, and lead vocals

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Joseph Houck Boone, North Carolina

Singer-songwriter from the mountains of North Carolina

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