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FOR TERESA

Mother’s little helper
Help me find the strength I lack
Steel my nerves and stop my shakin
I ain’t never comin back
Once I thought his love would save me,
Save us from my family trap
But it turns out he’s no different
Feel my life fadin to black
Feel my life fadin to black

Sent the kids down the road to momma’s house
He told me, so I did
I learned how to shoot in the woods at night
And how to keep my bruises hid
Now I’ve lived on this ridge for 33 years,
since the day that I was born
I always dreamed of crossing that county line
Cross the river and be gone
Cross the river and be gone

I hear his truck pull up in the driveway
He’s come home early to test my hand
Dirty dishes still in the kitchen
My legs to weak from fear to stand
But when the front door slams I run for the back
And I grab just what I can
Close my eyes and pray to a long lost God
That he’ll take me as I am
That he’ll take me as I am

Momma sing to me,
Go to sleep a little baby
when you wake, you’ll have cake
And all the pretty little horses
Oh, hear me now

I find I’m walkin down this backroad, barefoot and wet,
blinded and cold from all the rain
Feelin heavy in my right hand
The weight is causin me to strain
So I drop something in the long tall grass
growin by the Church of All-Saints
See a flash of gleamin metal
and scarlet-coloured stain
And a scarlet-coloured stain

Let me rise above these hills,
Flyin high and free from all the pain
Mother’s little helper, help me now
Mother, won’t you help me now.

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from Angel Ridge, released February 6, 2009

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Jen Schaffer and The Shiners Toronto, Ontario

Jen Schaffer is a Montreal-born, former Ohio and long-time Toronto resident singer-songwriter. Jen has honed her own brand of original soulful acoustic roots music with the help of her dedicated band and collaborators, The Shiners, including Simon Law (a.k.a. The Funky Ginger), John Teshima, Dot Hwang, Hideki Kumagai and occasional Shiner Emmanuel Szeptycki. ... more

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