Donna DevineRag and Bone Man Alternative

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In the UK - and no doubt other places - rag-and-bone men used to travel with a cart from village to village. They collected rags, bones, and other items that owners hoarded but really had no further use for. I liked the notion of some kind of symbolic character who scavenges in people's hearts, relieving them of haunting memories, of the pain associated with poor decisions they've made, or choices they've been afraid to make at all. Music/arrangement/vocals: Michael Zaneski Lyric & core melody: Donna Devine

Rag-and-Bone Man V1 I’m here to retrieve All the times you’ve wasted Every precious moment [That] You’ve never tasted V2 [The] vows that you broke Will become my treasure Chances you squandered I'll cherish at leisure Chorus I'm a rag-and-bone man I scavenge in hearts Ones that beat betwixt and between A rag-and-bone man In a beat-up cart I haul your remnants of love To my scrap heap of dreams V3 A dealer in junk I'm in all your tomorrows Waiting while you forfeit The life that you've borrowed I'm a rag-and-bone man I scavenge in hearts Ones that beat betwixt and between A rag-and-bone man In a beat-up cart I haul your remnants of love To my scrap heap of dreams Bridge I’m doing you a favour Taking what you don't need But I leave enough behind So your loneliness can feed I'm a rag-and-bone man I scavenge in hearts Ones that beat betwixt and between A rag-and-bone man In a beat-up cart I haul your remnants of love To my scrap heap of dreams © 2011-2015 Donna Devine x