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When the sun takes the colour of old pockets of rust
I'll slip from my cover and I'll cut through the dusk
I'll sing to my lover in the alleys and the fields
I'll run from the hunters with their dogs at my heels
Red is your art
Red is the blood of my animal heart
The engines and headlights interrupt the still night
I've spilled all my secrets I've got nowhere to hide
The moon is my witness I have lived by her light
Now that spell is broken and I run from your sight
Red is your art
Red is the blood of my animal heart
If life gets in your way, you just bulldoze it through
Chainsaw the nests
Chop down the trees
Poison the well and crop-dust the bees
When the diggers are silent and the rails have been laid
Will you weigh my value against the time that you'll save
Red is your art
Red is the blood of our animal hearts
WRITERS
Bethany Porter, Jackie Morris, Jim Molyneux, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Robert Macfarlane, Seckou Keita
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network
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