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Anita

from Actually by Louis Ledford

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My first crush. Cooler than the famous men she was linked to.

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Anita you were my desire a boyhood fantasy,
sprung from the pages of books and magazines.
Anita, so beautiful, Imperfect teeth drove a glimmering smile,
that had ahold of my heart for a little while.

I'd sit and I'd dream of an aeroplane carrying you and an entourage.
Up there the world is so far away among the angels, clouds and stars.

Oh, that picture of you holding Marlon,
your long blonde hair hanging down.
You were on top of the world,
the talk of the town.

Then I learned your life was not all wonderful.
Brian beat you and blackened your eye.
Instead of fun you had heroin.
Instead of happy you got high.

When I heard that you died
there was a photograph,
an old woman and a grocery cart.
unrecognizable to my eyes but not to my heart.

A cigarette pressed between two lips
and lines pressed deep in a face
that had overcome artifice and recovered grace.

So, Anita I bid you a adieu and a pleasant journey
to the next bardo. How i wish you could know,
that so very long ago, Anita you touched me.

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from Actually, released October 31, 2019
Louis Ledford; Voice, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Percussion
Aaron Harmonson; Bass, Guitar, Percussion

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