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Old Mason

from The Waterworks (demo) by Pete Davis

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Hello, this is your 'just friend,'
I'm glad you had the heart to call.
I couldnt' make it to the phone without kicking the stool beneath on which my neck relies to keep me alive,
So if you'd leave it at the beep I'll try to delete it as soon as I get the chance.

I'll be in the basement leave the light chord hanging low.

You don't want to see this face I'll make,
You won't live with my mistake.
You'll be so uptight, another night to spend with me feeding from old mason jars so I might survive.

I knew a lonely man, he had twelve dozen friends.
He shook the hands of weaker men,
Would you know who he's weaker than?

A smile sustains his limit of good humor,
Smiling when you'd ask how did he do,
Or anything that comes to mind at all.

And when he returned home at night, his hat hung by the door...

And hanged in the living room,
And on his back porch,
We swear we'd hear him screaming to the night sky,
And nobody ever knew why.
He just wanted someone to scream back.

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from The Waterworks (demo), released January 1, 2004
P Davis: Acoustic guitar
Cello
Synth arrangements

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