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Ep. 204 - DAR WILLIAMS ("The Beauty of the Rain")

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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The Last Drops From the Whole World

"We shook the last drops from the whole world," she says. "There's a lot of sad chords in it." The song is about an alcoholic trying to wrestle meaning out of images of their lives. She describes working with her friend Rob, who was always looking at her with his eyebrows raised and knowing when to break for lunch.

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