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Skeleton

from The Euphorians by The Euphorians

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The skeleton in my closet, he knows how to party
Down by the river, amongst the debris
There we discuss alien conspiracies
Trailer park lesbians and UFC
And how it feels to see your reflection
In a glass of whisky

Whisky rivers swum like public pool lengths
Dreamlessly sinking in quicksand beds
Unresolved nights became resolute dawns
Angry sparrows twittered as the sun grew strong
Days begun orange, then turned to blue
With periods of brown forecast for the afternoon

Fat robins feast on freshly turned worms
Starlings flit and swoop like sci-fi insect swarms
A little brown sparrow lies still on the street
Near the passenger door to the left of my feet
Maybe, maybe, maybe he’s asleep.

The skeleton in my closet likes to go out on the town
Likes to paint it red, really likes to get down
Sometimes he gets so down I find him crawling around
And I say
If you piss in the carburetor, the car will stall
If you piss on the temple floor, the walls will fall
You can piss your pants, buddy it’s your call
You can do what you want
I’ll pick you up when you fall

The digital satellite unit casts a hideous shadow on the house
While I recline on the sofa in the costume of a louse
While on the tv, weeping women flee
The good doctor eats a live chimpanzee
And the air is alive with flea’s disease

The skeleton in my closet pulls me aside
Says “brother got a minute, I need to confide
see, my dreams all cower like scared cats in the rain
and I don’t mind feeling numb cause it means I don’t feel pain
but it scares me being numb, case I don’t feel again”

It was a sad goodbye to the jugglers and clowns
I went working for the Man in a Jackhammer Town
I have a daughter and I have a wife
This is the foundation on which I build my life


The skeleton in my closet says he’s been feeling tired
Says it hard to care, says he feels uninspired
And I tell him
Put your pants on one leg at a time
Open the curtains, let the sun shine
Every minute in the world a hundred and ten people are dying
Sing a song, stop crying
Sing a song, stop crying
Sing a song, stop crying

credits

from The Euphorians, released July 1, 2012
Recorded and engineered by Myke Hall
Lyrics and musical infrastructure - David P. Smith
Musical refinement and arrangement - The Euphorians

David P. Smith - vocals, accordion
Rachelle Reath - violin, vocals
Megan Boddy - viola, vocals
Scott Henderson - electric guitar
Eric Gallipo - acoustic guitar
Stefan Bozenich - bass
Marek Tyler - 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

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