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Loretta Lyrics by BAMBARA

Birthmarks

2025

[Verse 1]
\n“Jake Saint lived his life like his namesake”
\nHis wife, Mae, eulogized with a laugh
\nAfter the wake, she pried open his suitcase
\nFound a knife and a stash of women’s photographs
\nTypists with their lipstick kissed off
\nFingers and thumbs, like guns, pressed to their temples
\nSaid to her daughter, Loretta
\n“If there’s anything you’ll miss, grab it”
\nHit a storm going towards Marietta
\nHigh beams on the sleet made sheets of TV static
\nLike night signed off till the morning broadcast
\nMae said, “You’re gonna stay a whilе in your uncle’s attic”
\nThe basket by thе cot made her think
\nOf catching pink petals as they fell to the grass
\nShe scanned the town from the small round window
\nFound the cherry blossom by the Laundromat
\nAnd through the naked limbs she saw the church steeple
\nFelt like God was peeking through the attic peephole
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nThat night she heard a hiss, a low voice whispering
\nFelt the thrill she gets when the highway dips
\nPinpricks of mist on her sunburned skin
\nEven with her jaw clenched
\nHis words shaped her lips
\nSaying, “Lift you voice to me with the noise of sin
\nYour mouth was made for worshipping”
\nShe joined the choir and sang staring at a martyr’s painting
\nFlayed and swathed in the flag of his skin
\nOne day, a boy drew her gaze to the stage
\nAs he kissed a twisting snake all mad and rattling
\nSaying, “Sing His praise, for I ain’t crazed by no fever
\nYou see, they got no taste for a true believer”
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nThat Fall, she spent her nights with the boy
\nAt the drive-in or lost in the fog of the woods
\nWhen she told him she could hear God’s voice, he said
\n“Loretta, you know better, this ain’t Hollywood
\nThe silver screen’s been leaking into your thinking”
\nAnd she kissed him hard to keep the voice from screaming
\nShe said, “I told my secret. You’re next”
\nHis smile screwed up tight like a wince
\n“Truth is I keep my rattlers toothless
\nThey have a hard time biting with their fangs missing
\nNow listen, I’m still one of God’s children
\nBut with pops locked up it’s tough to make a living”
\n
\n[Verse 4]
\nOne night, through snow-covered lashes
\nHe looked at her with a sudden sadness and said
\n“Let’s enjoy this season. Come spring, I’m leaving. Alone”
\nShe cried when she saw a flock of birds returning home
\nThey kissed goodbye, and he climbed in his truck
\nShe plucked pink petals from his hair as the engine started up
\nHe said, “I’ll find you in the next life”
\nSoon, Her lips pulled back to whisper
\n“Child, there’s a lesson in this. Forget the boy, prove your love to me”
\nShe disappeared in the evergreens
\n(“I’ll find you in the next life”)
\nNext day, Mae searched the woods with her brother
\nAnd past the creek, under canopy cover
\nWhere a boulder loomed with its ancient wound
\nLoretta lay in Azalea blooms
\n(“I’ll find you in the next life”)
\nThe sun cut through the shade and brought a glow to her face
\nIgniting the violet shine of her open eyes
\nHer neck, a mess of snakebites and flies
\n
\n[Outro]
\nThe morning gazette read
\n“Cleopatra of Marietta: The tragic death of choirgirl, Loretta
\nHer voice will live on in us forever”\n\n
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BAMBARA

BAMBARA

About “Loretta” by BAMBARA

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"Loretta" appears on "Birthmarks" in 2025.

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