Evie's Tears by Freedy Johnston

Freedy Johnston
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Can you tell what this song is about?

Evie's Tears

In the middle of her confession
He comes over and holds her hand
I wake up, she is crying
I guess he was here again

Chorus:
Evie's tears are never going to dry
Evie's secret tears burn this bed she comes to
only when it's light

We met in a lonely summer
Two survivors of paradise
She ran up when I first touched her
Now she wakes me every night

Chorus
Faithless girl
You've been dreaming
Staring up your face is what we fear
OK, now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here
Now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here

In the middle of Evie's garden
In a simple iron chair
Wind's blowing and she is singing
Begs the moon to disappear

Catholic girl
You've been dreaming
Staring up your face is what we fear
Ok, now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here



Then later in the album, Johnston returns to Evie's story with this song (note the similarity of the first lines):

Evie's Garden

In the middle of Evie's garden
Was a rock she could never move
Worn away by a faithful handtill
No one knows the date

Chorus:
Bring back the rain
We'll go walking
Bring back the wind
Like you do

Of the flowers in Evie's garden
One would never go out of bloom
Planted over a well forgotten
Opened by the moon.

Chorus
Bring back the rain
To Evie's garden
I'm at the gate
Looking through

In the middle of Evie's garden
Was a rock she could never move
Nearly buried in a night bloom tango
Pale and smooth as skin

Forthcoming Reviews and A Musical Exorcism

I promise reviews of Velvet Elvis and The Book of Daniel are coming soon! They are already in the works and partially written, saved as drafts in the mysterious electronic catacombs of the FP blog. It takes more time to put things like that together than to just spew some random thoughts on music or family or whatever. And time has not been in abundence as I've been working somewhere in the neighborhood of 65-70 hours a week since the new year. I seem to be most content when busy- or maybe it's because when a pastor is busy it is usally because he is spending lots of time with people- and being with people (especially "my peeps") makes me happy. So.. happy, busy, reviews on the way. And Freedy Johnston on the ipod...

"You always tell me I'm just one more thing to break..." -Freedy Johnston from One More Thing to Break, album: Never Home
Perhaps I'll throw a review of an old Freedy Johnston record in there just for good measure. What?! You don't know Freedy Johnston?! Rectify that immediately. Click on the link above and be healed!

(metaphorical) DEMONS (of unfortunate underexposure to underrated songwriter) COME OUT!