Name: Dirty Tricks
Duration: P00H06M01S
Description: life

Dirty Tricks

from Shrug by Rhea Valentine (Wendy Lewis)

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This makes me nervous—I'm twisting my hair. The tattletales below the surface are running out of air. I can't stop crying and I'm trying not to lie but it's logical to smother flames when you're starting to fry.

What is the point of all this yearning if I'm not learning anything at all?

You're asking me questions I can't comprehend, like, how could you leave your keys all night in the back door again and why don't we make love anymore? I can't stop crying but I've got things to do today. Maybe we could talk another time when I have something to say.

What is the point of all this yearning if I'm not learning anything or going anywhere at all. I just keep ending up here where I started but there's no starting over.

There's dirty laundry on the basement floor, dirty dishes in the sink. Here's a dirty trick the angels played with the little lives that turned into big lies and I can't stop crying—it's making me angry—in between sighing and waving goodbye to all that is leaving

What is the point of all this yearning if I'm not learning anything at all?

I don't remember the things that I forgot, like, how to find a salamander or fly to Paris in a cardboard box, still, I can't stop crying, there's a river in my stare. Maybe if I set a boat in this water it'll take me somewhere or anywhere at all—anywhere.

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from Shrug, released May 1, 1995
by Wendy Lewis/Pete Linman
Lewis : voice
Pete Linman : bass
Dave King : shaker, drums, voice

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