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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Memphis singer songwriter Amy LaVere specializes in lyrics that are more barbed than her sweet soprano prepares you for. Our music critic, Robert Christgau, thinks she's never gotten that balance quite as right as she has on her new album, "Runaway's Diary."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "RABBIT")
AMY LAVERE: (Singing) Old man, I hear they call you rabbit...
ROBERT CHRISTGAU, BYLINE: Louisiana-born Amy LaVere gets a lot of things done.
