Kind of Like a Roger Miller Song

from Mantennae by David P. Smith

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lyrics

My hands appear melted to the steering wheel
as morning sun angles through the windshield
driving to work down Bay Street
and the rain-soaked air smells so sweet
I feel like I might puke
Must be some kind of gag reflex
but it's no joke my friends
Events compress
days stampede by
destroying everything in their path

The question ain't is the cup half full or half empty
when rivers of blood erupt from the plasma TV
and Jesus is shivering in the icebox
he's crouching there turning blue
you don't know what to do
his robes are smelling funky
he's chattering like a rhesus monkey
who just came back on a satellite from Mars

You dug the pit you wallow in
you shit the shit you're swallowing
if your days have a hollow ring
ask yourself who constructed them

The weeping woman in the sky blue tracksuit
strides purposefully without purpose
past crappy boutiques shoppers pharmacy
circuit city the house of knives
people leave a trail of sadness
like a slug leaves its slime
Complicated people with their complicated lives
complicated people with their complicated lives
complicated people with their complicated lives

And it's kind of like a Roger Miller song
nothing wacky one of the serious ones
only much much sadder and a whole lot less beautiful

It's kind of like a Roger Miller song
nothing wacky one of the serious ones
only much much sadder and a whole lot less beautiful
yes it's much much sadder and a whole lot less beautiful

credits

from Mantennae, released September 3, 2009
David P. Smith - vox, accordion
Scott Hendrson - banjo, backup vox, bass clarinet
Mike Irwin - bass, backup vox
Aaron Mogerman - drums

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more