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
Lovely, finger-picked acoustic guitar songs that manage to build whole melodic worlds with just a few gentle notes. Bandcamp New & Notable May 21, 2018
Tompkins Square offers newly-recorded material from two guitarists to commemorate their appearance on a 1967 Takoma Records sampler LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 2, 2017