Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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for my maple lady on her special day

maple lady with a heart of ice
cold sometimes but you're very polite
and the love i give you is
true patriot love
true patriot love

you're in my heart like hallelujah
you're in my blood like holy wine
you're in that wind that blows right through you
with true patriot love
true patriot love

i'm thinking we better
turn our ghosts into ancestors
tether us together
forever and ever
together
together

this is a song for Nettie Johnson
fifth business and the fifth estate
this is a song for the roaring girl
that gives us true patriot love
true patriot love

you're in my heart like hallelujah
you're in my blood like holy wine
my needle and my damage done
with true patriot love
true patriot love

i'm thinking we better
turn our ghosts into ancestors
carry them with us
withersoever
forever
forever

here in the land of homegrown heroes
here in the land of athletic transplants (nomadic transplants)
we're trying to land a fine balance
of true patriot love
true patriot love

you're in my heart like hallelujah
you're in my blood like holy wine
you're in that wind that blows right through you
like true patriot love
true patriot love

maple lady with a heart of ice...

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