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Cracked and Empty Bell

from The Drunken Wind of Life by John Kruth

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Cracked and Empty Bell
lyrics by Tin Ujevic/music by John Kruth

Amid the pressing milling throng
Without a guide and fatherless
I’ve lived alone and groaned too long
But groans bear my hopefulness
Yes, these groans bear my hopefulness

I hunted every sound and sight
I gladly parceled out my soul
I flexed my bow, my aim was right
And every shot attained its goal
Yes, every shot attained its goal

I blazed to give out more to all
With light and letter, God my trust
Although my spirit be criminal
As thorn and bramble are my crust
Yes, thorn and bramble are my crust

Gloomy thoughts, they fear the light
As blood rushed to my brain
It wants to get out of my head
It’s driving me out of my head
And only you with your merciful eyes
Yes, only you, foreign lady
Can lighten, lighten my darkness


So now the dreariest of ends
And all things in this rotten hell
My spirit’s dead, my oldest friend
And I, a cracked and empty bell
Yes, I, a cracked and empty bell

Won’t you, lighten this darkness?

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from The Drunken Wind of Life, released October 17, 2015

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John Kruth New York, New York

With 12 solo albums to date, multi-instrumentalist, John Kruth plays mandolin, banjo, guitar and sitar as well as flute and harmonica. The former leader of the NYC "other-world" music ensemble TriBeCaStan, Kruth has played with Ornette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Sam Shepherd, John Prine, Rick Danko and Violent Femmes, and worked with producers Joel Dorn and Hal Willner. ... more

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