When the Deer Come

by Daniel Zaitchik (featuring Amber Gray)

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WHEN THE DEER COME
words & music by Daniel Zaitchik
featuring Amber Gray

from upcoming album NATURAL HISTORY, out January 31st, 2020

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I hold my breath whenever the deer come
Don’t move the air, don’t wanna scare ‘em
Whether in twilight, whether in dawn
The stag or the mother and her fawn
When I breathe again they are gone

Wish I were younger, wish I were stronger
Wish pain would go quicker and love would last longer
But just when I’m sure nothin’ is true
No one hurts half as much as I do
The trees move, they’re comin’ through

Oh, don’t it make you feel awfully safe and sound
Yeah, it sure does make me feel like what’s lost could be found
The seeds are in the ground
The sun comes up and down
The deer are all around

We hold our breath whenever the deer come
Winter or spring summer or autumn
Nothin’ so quiet nothin’ so good
As their eyes at the edge of the wood
We’d follow if we could

Oh, let us disappear for a long warm hour
Let us disappear
Turn us into moss, turn us into wild flowers
So they won’t know we’re here
And we can just be near the deer being deer

Oh, don’t it make you feel awfully safe and sound
It sure does make me feel like what’s lost will be found
The seeds are in the ground
The sun comes up and down
The deer are all around

Though they run away
Though they never stay
They’ll come another day

We hold our breath
We hold our breath
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released January 10, 2020
produced by Katmaz
mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Mastering
guitar: Jeremy Bass
piano: Daniel Zaitchik

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Daniel Zaitchik is a singer-songwriter, theatre maker, and other-things maker.

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