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Acting Adult

from Ask for Dust by David Plell

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Higher! Another nail in the wall.
Another inch off the trim and I'll have you
looking like my princess. Liar!
I see your tongue sticking out!
I see the words on your breath and
none of them agreed
to take confession.

I came along concocting this song
for telling-off everyone. As things turn
out, the feeling gets lost each time I
come up to the chalk.

(That's the deepest hole I ever seen!)
That's the deepest dream I ever seen!
That's the kind of
thought I like to feed. It seems like
thats the only line you ever sing. It's one
after the other, to then fro. If one
can't live in chaos how's it really all I
ever get to know? Here's the only
harp I need to own - let's
make it worth the money.

Higher! Another nail in the wall.
Another pinch on your chin and I'll have you
looking like my mistress. Liar!
I see your tongue sticking out!
I see the words on your breath but
can hardly understand the message.


I wrote this tune
without having a clue of how
to include you, so now
I'm calling you out for acting
adult
and finally stopping my calls.
Went you went home, heart-broke and drunk,
and I wanted to meet you, you
read my note and quickly wrote back,
"I'm sorry. No thank you."

(That's the deepest hole
I ever seen!) That's the biggest talk
I ever seen! That's the kind of talk
I'd like to lead. It seems like that's the only
talk I can't compete with. It's one
after the other, to then fro. If one
can't live in chaos
how's it really all I ever get to know?
Here's the only
harp I need to own - let's
make it worth the money. it's one for
the road, and two for the show.

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from Ask for Dust, released March 31, 2012
Drums: Naydja Burton

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David Plell is a Seattle-based multimedia artist.

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