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lyrics

Geppetto’s Boy (© L. McRae/J. Whitmire)

I’m a real live girl not a marionette
the boy I love’s my greatest joy
don’t tell lies, if you tell lies my momma said
your nose will grow like Geppetto’s boy

when I am with my love and even in my dreams
he’ll hear the truth in my voice
I am flesh & blood & when I fall I bleed
a real far cry from a wooden toy

CH Geppetto made his boy with love and with wood
yet root and branch it was destroyed
my love’s made of truth and all things good
I won’t end up like Geppetto’s boy

I’m not a puppet I don’t come with strings
and without strings true love can last for life
I will give my heart as I take the ring
that joins us as husband and wife

CH Geppetto made his boy with love and with wood
yet root and branch it was destroyed
my love’s made of truth and all things good
I won’t end up like Geppetto’s boy

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from Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts, released October 11, 2012
Written by Linda McRae / James Whitmire

L. McRae: Clawhammer Banjo, Vocals
Marc L’Esperance: Fiddle, Spoons, Jaw Harp

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Linda McRae Kingston Springs, Tennessee

Linda's soaring, honest vocals hold nothing back. She nails a song to the wall. This gifted singer/songwriter/musician and holder of 3 platinum albums, plays clawhammer banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion and porchboard, combining old-time sounds with universal themes of heartbreak & redemption offering an intriguing sepia postcard from the past that is vibrant and alive in the present. ... more

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