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Robot Twin

from Hurtin' Dance Party by David P. Smith

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Recorded on a 4-track cassette player in my basement, accompanied by the Wurlitzer Sideman, which gives the song a mechanical feel lending credence to the title. Vocals through the megaphone amp. An INSTANT HIT !

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If you happen to see me fall
don't tell my friends that I fell
if you find me unskinned
promise not to tell
when I'm drunk roll me down the hill
old memories don't pay the liquor bills
throw my teeth down the wishing well
don't tell my friends that I fell

I remove my head from my body
I bake into a pie
I send it up in a rocket
I've always wanted to fly
underneath my coat
of almost human skin
sleeps my robot twin
outside a door that goes out but not in
clutching a heart-shaped tin
his pillow a bottle of bourbon
dreaming of a lottery win
my sleeping robot twin
I took all the bones you gave me
and I buried them out by the church
and then I joined the hunchback for coffee
he made it out of dirt

he said my head is mountainous tunnel
my heart is a wrist wrestler's fist
ugly ain't so ugly
when you don't know what pretty is

If you happen to see me fall
don't tell my friends that I fell
if you find me unskinned
promise not to tell
when I'm drunk roll me down the hill
old memories don't pay the liquor bills
throw my teeth down the wishing well
don't tell my friends that I fell

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from Hurtin' Dance Party, released October 15, 2002
Recorded by David P. Smith in the basement at 1441 Walnut Street. Mixed by David P. Smith at Sea of Shit Studtio

Music and lyrics by David P. Smith
David P. Smith - accordion, vocals

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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

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