Love and Money

from SNAKE HAT by Barrett Brooks

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creepin, crawlin doubt
strikin at me, trying to pull my throat out
I’d sing a song that soothes
if I knew what it was about

and it hurts to be free
from having to become what you could never be
I’m hummin low on bended knee
hoping a tune
might carry me

used to have fun at sad arcades
where I only paid with quarters for the games I played
there’s not much time for playin
when there’s love and money to be made

the world you see is a mirror
big and broken, it gets clearer and clearer
fate’s a hard woman who screams like a preacher
if you get near her


I can’t stand people
never understood what happens under a steeple
I suppose you learn to save if you can’t find a way
to be lethal

used to have fun at sad arcades
where I only paid with quarters for the games I played
there’s not much time for playin
when there’s love and money to be made

I ran myself down last night
that mirror gave a look that seemed to say
“I wanna fight”
so I struck a true blow
at a certain angle
in the right light

I’ve been feelin flat out kicked up and buffeted
don’t get me wrong, no, we won’t be discussin it
every chance cuts like a knife as it runs through my life
and I hope something’s getting sharper because of it

used to have fun at sad arcades
where I only paid with quarters for the games I played
there’s not much time for playin
when there’s love and money to be made

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from SNAKE HAT, released December 2, 2021

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