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Piecemeal
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Another original song. It's about the threatened longleaf pine ecosystem of the southeastern US. Most of it has been lost or degraded, in part, by fire suppression. Your ecology lesson for the day.
Released: 18-Jan-2026
Category: Alternative
Application: GarageBand
File type: m4a
File size: 3.6 Mb
Plays: 3
Downloads: 0
Weekly plays: 3
Weekly downloads: 0
License: No derivative works allowed
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Piecemeal
Lyrics and music by Steve Brewer         
This road of white, then green, then white divides a piece of land
Where witness trees and wiregrass grow up from sugar sand
The tallest pines are lightning rods, and when their needles catch a spark.
Flowers bloom, then hide till it burns again, then bloom above the char

Chorus: Now it’s almost gone but it’s coming back,       piecemeal 
Gotta burn away the grass
And let the bright sunshine reveal
It’s almost gone but it’s coming back,       piecemeal
We gotta burn away the grass and watch the smoking land heal

The first land burned by lightning, then by a Native’s hand,
Then by slow match in the dark of night, when both of those were panned.
In a dry year, flames could clear mobile homes and tangled vines
Leaving misery and beauty and abandoned trot lines.

Chorus

Bridge: Sundews gleam like rubies 
Tossed upon the ground
And pitcher plants filled with kill
Are fetid, rotting crowns,
Now it’s almost gone. 
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That's just great ! Perfect combination of Adam Green, Alex Chilton and some dirty sound "à la" Cramps on the side. Love your vocals !
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Thanks, Dyl!
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