I don't know if I'm allowed to get away with this... writing a song for this project about... writing songs for this project. Is that... LEGAL?
I will MAKE IT legal.
lyrics
Another gorgeous day
And I'm stuck inside, working on a deadline
I'm shakin' out my brain for what's left in it
Gotta post something new in just a minute
It's getting pretty meta
When I'm singin' 'bout what I'm doing right now, baby
Meta, baby
My heart is simply begging to be staked
'Cause of the promise I can't let myself break
Tryin' to remember a day without the pressure of
This promise I won't let myself break
It's been a long year, barely half over
Feel like I been run down by a bulldozer
Sometimes I think about throwing in the towel
And then I get to my desk and sit my ass down
My heart is simply begging to be staked
'Cause of the promise I can't let myself break
I'm black n' blue 'cause of the monkey I can't shake
I made a promise I won't let myself break
This is what happens when you follow your reptile brain
I admit I might have made a big mistake
I made this promise I won't let myself break
Not a sound, not a sound
[Song within a song:]
Up in the parapets, earthworms run
They scatter from magical sources of light
You went and got yourself lost, my son
Careful, you'll end up in the witch's oven
Wearing a red cloak is a dead giveaway
Make sure your Grandma has no canine features
You'll go down easy as an appetizer
You better hope someone with axe skills shows up
credits
from 5240 Volume III: Summer,
track released August 17, 2009
Written and performed by Shawn Farley.
Recorded in my Ballard apartment on my Macbook Pro.
Song 33 of 52 songs in the "5240" project.
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