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Penny Maker

from Amber & Gold EP by The Letter Show

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lyrics

Faith Fakeheart, with half-passion
Vowed to save the world cause it was in fashion
Faith Fakeheart, with half-passion
Squirmed her way onto the bandwagon

Faith Fakeheart joined the Greenfiends
Between their blinders, they looked to save trees
They sought a world safer
And with half-vision, they pointed at paper

The Greenfiends prompted changes
That destroyed the life of Penny Maker
On the graveyard shift, Penny Maker
Spent thirty years changing wood pulp to paper

And when the mill closed Penny Maker
Went door-to-door seeking someone to save her
But there was no looking to neighbors
Cause they, too, spent their lives making paper

Faith Fakeheart and the Greenfiends
Now sip martinis under clean air and green trees
But clean air don’t feed the Makers
The Makers depend on paper

credits

from Amber & Gold EP, released July 21, 2023
Lyrics and music by Becca Bessinger.
Recorded and produced by The Letter Show.
Becca Bessinger: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, tambourine
George Stevens: vocals; rhythm, lead, and slide guitars; mandolin

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The Letter Show Charleston, South Carolina

The Letter Show is the folk duo of George Stevens and Becca Bessinger, based in Charleston, South Carolina. For more than a decade, they have played their own blend of Americana-flavored originals, covers, and traditional music.
Featuring guitars, mandolin, and rich vocal harmonies, the duo evokes the homespun styles of Gillian Welch, John Prine, and more.
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