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The Letter (Pre​-​Release, Single)

by Britt Kusserow

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Inspired by a letter from a soldier to the man he loved in secret.

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In seven years serving I traveled alone
Stationed with company, never quite home
And I saw some visions I'd rather not say
But you are the sight I return to today

Not quite as brash as I had been before
Face pulled by gravity, hastened by war
But somehow you managed to even the score
And I saw in you what I was fighting for

Maybe some knew but kept our secret safe
It's hard to judge when you're in such a place
Then came the moments I thought I saw grace
Sneaking away just to wake to your face

I should have stayed when they showed me the door
Jumped off that ship, should have swum to the shore
A heart it can mend, but the scars they are sore
Smooth like a bullet, as hard to ignore

So I found a place on the edge of this town
I worked with the sun and then drank that sun down
I had some lovers, and one stuck around
For forty more years we've belonged to this ground

These days I don't see well, so he takes my hand
Lucky that I found this kind of a man
But he doesn't know, though he might understand
When the eyes cannot see, there's a heart that still can

That's all, my dear, and it will never change
As time's growing shadow is now more like shade
They never caught us, and I never strayed
I was not a righteous man, but oh, how I've prayed
All these years later, I'd still make the trade

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Britt Kusserow Los Angeles, California

Britt Kusserow is a queer singer/songwriter who has lived in too many places. Her latest album, “After Or Before,” is a collection of new songs as well as older songs, reimagined. Britt's lyrics frequently explore existential and spiritual themes, and they are influenced by artists like The Indigo Girls, The Weepies, and Tracy Chapman. ... more

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