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The Spice Market

from Blue Plate Special Live by Ten Cent Poetry

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Ten Cent Poetry as a duo is Chelsea Lynn La Bate on guitar and lead vocals. Melissa Hyman on cello, harmony vocals. Recorded at Knoxville's Blue Plate Special on WDVX in front of a live audience at the Knoxville visitor's center. www.wdvx.com/programs/blueplate.html

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The Spice Market ~ Ten Cent Poetry

I get it
You put down my fruits
My market has failed to seduce you

Silk on spools, saffron coils,
Copper buttons, gold leaf foil

If you're not buying, then why are you here?
With your fingers in my spices
With my songs in your ears
If you're just prying, then why come near?
With all I have to offer, what do you have to fear?

Black eyed peas, cone shaped piles
Milagros tucked in wooden files

If you're not buying, then why are you here?
With your fingers in my spices
With my songs in your ears
If you're just prying, then why come near?
With all I have to offer, what do you have to fear?

At my booth, an anxious line
Patrons reaching for my wine
Silver scales, chinking dimes
All will be gone

Brandy bread, rosemary butter
Artichoke crowns, crimson covers

If you're not buying, then why are you here
With your fingers in my spices
With my songs in your ears
If you're just prying, then why come near?
With all I have to offer, what do you have to fear?

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from Blue Plate Special Live, track released October 10, 2011
All songs written by Chelsea Lynn La Bate.

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Ten Cent Poetry Asheville, North Carolina

Chelsea La Bate is a poet, composer, songwriter, performer, author and radio host. She likes sparkly things. She constructs songs with colored markers, a notebook, a mountain dulcimer, a banjo and a guitar.

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