1. |
Esther in the Mirror
03:36
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You can leave me here
I'll walk the rest of the way
Past the graveyard
And through the parking lot
Where it's always raining
and getting darker every day
And kids are sharing cigarettes
and into the windless hall
that night, i took the bus
to my after-school job
walked up and down aisles in my vest
ate fries in the back with Mike
caught a glimpse of Esther in the mirror
and her boyfriend picking her up
when it was the weekend
and i went back to work
Mike was crying
he said there was an accident
last night on 95
and Esther didnt make it
it was my birthday, the 10th of April
i wrote it all down and threw it away
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2. |
Thirteen
03:24
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Will i always be
under your thumb?
under black wings?
when i turn thirteen
i’m running away
and i won’t come back
i’ll make friends
and sleep under trees
i packed my hat and coat
and left my keys
three generations on this bus
the love is true
can i just pass through?
twenty years later
i thought of that hourly motel
in the desert
when i stepped off that bus,
and saw the lights from bullhead city
i was free
and when i was dragged back home
i went to my room
and dreamt of sunlight
and when i was dragged back home
i went to my room
and dreamt of sunlight
on that highway
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3. |
To Whom It Concerns
03:12
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im 7 or 8
i'm 7 or 8
I'm watchin Roseanne
by myself
to whom it concerns, to whom it concerns
to whom it concerns
i dont want to go to school
i was up all night
waiting to hear keys at the door
holding my obsidian, holding my obsidian
when i sleep i have nightmares
there’s a ladder at my window
i think they're coming to take me away
i hope they’re coming to take me away
i'm a baker's son, i'm a baker's son
she buys me tapes
with her allowance
i watch little nemo
in slumberland
i watch the fox
and the hound
she takes some pills
and slams the door
what will i say when i catch up to her
i'm sorry about what i don't know
i'm sorry about what i can't know
when i sleep i have nightmares
of a ladder at my window
i think they're coming to take me away
i hope they’re coming to take me away
when i sleep i have nightmares
of a ladder at my window
i think they're coming to take me away
i hope they’re coming to take me away
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4. |
Sis
03:55
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Sis yells she hates god
who can blame her
im just 10 years old
and she’s just 3 years older
sis and me in a safehome
and they’re bringing us burgers
mom’s out on a payphone
making arrangements
she’s crawling back
she’s crawling back
she’s crawling back
to the places that we know
i’m trying to fall asleep
i want to go and wake her
but i can hear her crying
so i just lay there
and imagine when this is over
and imagine me out there
i’m outside looking in
we’ll probably meet again
and imagine when this is over
i imagine me out there
i’m outside looking in
we’ll probably meet again
sis taught me the alphabet
when i was 3 or 4
sis taught me the language of laying low
and everything i know
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New Dog Loveland, Colorado
New Dog is Anar Badalov, publishing guy by day, aging amateur boxer and musician by night. Formerly of the bands Metal
Hearts and Travels. Currently half of Hourloupe (hourloupe.bandcamp.com) & ARANANAR (arananar.bandcamp.com)
anarbadalov.com
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