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Snow

Heard a story from your father
About the times that went before
Passed down from their fathers
Never saw it, so you can't be sure

Before the world was underwater
When the sea still touched the shore
Before the curse was upon us
A hundred years before you were born

Doesn't snow here anymore
Solid sheet of rain outside your door

Fields of white lying under
Black sky lit by a thousand stars
Choked out by the clouds
Coughed up from a million cars

Planting cedars on the mountain
Digging holes, hiding in the ground
Sowing salt in the forest
Sitting silent while the rain comes down

In the land
Of nobody knows how it happened
That's how it happened
We're in the land
Of sticking our heads into the sand
That's how it happened

Purple berries in your pocket
Drifting through uncharted hours
Before the world was underwater
Wehe the sea still touched the shore

Doesn't snow here anymore
Solid sheet of rain outside your door

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from Forty Days and Forty Nights with the Bon Mots, released November 5, 2007

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The Bon Mots Chicago, Illinois

SPIN: Bon Mots are one of the most promising new bands out there. A-

JIM DEROGATIS: Jangly psychedelic/power-pop draws on Byrds and Zombies but rises to the top of this always-overcrowded genre by virtue of strong songwriting, swirling production.

AMPLIFIER: Understated irony frequently underscores bittersweet melodies.

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Bon Mots just may be Chicago's best-kept secret.
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