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A Sucker​’​s Punchline

from Carving An Arc by The Bird Calls

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choking on a sucker's punchline
and savoring the applause
some heroes get to reign in their own time
and others have to wait 'til they're gone

i spent the weekend trying to remember the words to the song
eventually said forget it and sold the whole catalog
and what do you know?
everything must go

i dreamed that i had joined the drumline
in heaven's marching band
where the crowd spills out in the sunshine
and hell's angels wait in the stands

i can't remember how i got all this blood on my hands
in the corner of my eye i see you starting to dance
and nothing's for free
well that's news to me

well i got this guitar and i learned how to make it squawk
the feedback filled the sky like a thick cloud of fog
and they sectioned off the block for a sidewalk woodstock
we were ready to rock
'til the waiting felt like music and the music felt like work

and i'm choking on a sucker's punchline

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from Carving An Arc, released November 12, 2021

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