Down to the Afterlife

from Expandable by Dave Ihmels

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I’m gonna roll you in the river runnin' down to the afterlife
I might build a big stone upstream in your honor,
I have your pottery shards that are all stuck in the clay
In case you don’t want to go completely away

By carbon dating you were planted on paper
Arrowheads in your stream I want to feed the fire
You gotta tell me what happens when you get to that side
I’m talking about the stories, the trumpets the gates and the ride

There you go… Down down down down
We’re on land
breaking ground

Everyday that floats by we count time in a circle
And the tangents we take are never too far from center
I gotta get with the painting that you left on the wall
‘Cause you might decide to not float back at all

I’m gonna roll you in the river runnin' down to the afterlife
I might build a big stone upstream in your honor,
I have your pottery shards that are all stuck in the clay
In case you don’t wanna go completely away

I have your pottery shards that are all stuck in the clay
In case you don’t wanna go completely away

Completely away

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from Expandable, released April 8, 2008

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Dave Ihmels Washington, D.C.

I am a performing singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. I write expansive, often experimental, folk-rock music featuring idiosyncratic characters and sonic goodies. I like to put a sparkle around the mundane.

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