Recorded in Fletcher's Bar on April 17th 1997, this is the only version I've ever found of this bleak but powerful song. It's Patty Griffin at her best, in the Living With Ghosts days.
I've taken out a few of the more intrusive background noises, but hey - it's a bar!
Shells -- Patty Griffin - 1997
The hole in her chest is for the lost little lamb
Who was on his quest; nobody gives a damn
In silvery days of silence they go
Now they've lost their ways, those little lambs in the snow
These are not shells of the sea
These are the shells of the sky
They took my baby away from me
And no one has ever told me why
They chewed him and spit him
He never knew what hit him
No little kisses goodbye
Shells, shells, shells
I won't stand to ask for God's mercy
I can't stand anything anymore
They were only making angels
In the snow in the middle of a war
And the blood of these lambs speaks of the darkness
And the blood of these lambs speaks of the rage
Yes and blood of these lambs is rolling to the sea
It's writing your history on every single page
Shells, shells, shells
Chair at the table missing a child
Months have gone past, the weather is mild
I go to the sea; I follow the tide
I hold seashells to me and I hear the sky
These are not shells of the sea
These are the shells of the sky
They took my baby away from me
No one has ever told me why
They chewed him and spit him
He never knew what hit him
No little kisses goodbye
Shells, shells, shells
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