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Wail Theory

from Cry Till You Laugh by Terri Hendrix

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1. Wail Theory (Poems by Dorothy Parker, Arr. Terri Hendrix) 
It was fellow Texan songwriter Adam Carroll that loaned me my first Dorothy Parker book. When I first read Dorothy Parker’s “Wail,” the words sung to me. Her piece “Theory” sung to me as well. It then seemed only natural that I merge her two poems with harmonica and call it “Wail Theory.”

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Love has gone a-rocketing
That is not the worst
I could do without the thing
And not be the first

Joy has gone
The way it came
That is nothing new
I could get along the same
Many people do

Into love
And out again
Thus I went
And thus I go

Spare your voice
And hold your pen
Well and bitterly I know

All the songs
Were ever sung
All the words were ever said

Could it be
When I was young
Someone dropped me
On my head

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from Cry Till You Laugh, track released June 22, 2010

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Terri Hendrix San Marcos

Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace, warmth and uplifting melodic flair that has long been her trademark. A classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Hendrix dodges musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and jazz into an eclectic style all her own. ... more

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