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New single from Dessa off of her new âParts of Speechâ album coming out in
June. I canât wait to see her and her live touring band play on May, 12th
At Local 506!
A wick with no candle
A wheel with no axle
I ride with no saddle
No lift, then Iâm dragging the kite
A blade with no handle
A brick for your window
Iâm fine but Iâm single
A dime and
Iâm the same on both sides
Youâre a stone-cold killer you say
But youâre looking like a part-time criminal
Waive the charade
Man, you lay it on thick
Itâs a dive bar, save the game
You drink and you sit
Easy to please
But hard to impress
Iâm in a mood, new shoes, and a bulletproof dress
Sugar on the rim and a shot of mescal
Man, itâs murder in the morning
But itâs good for morale
Can you mortar more
Looks like youâre bricking with both hands
Get the spirit level
Or the skeleton wonât stand
Fuck the plan, man
Iâm tryna call an audible
Probable lost cause
But I got a thing for long shots
Yes, yes, naysayers got the wrong job
Best bet when you think they got the wrong odds
And Iâve done some living in a glass house
High note blew the motherfucking walls off
And I sleep
With both eyes open
Standing up
Alone and holding
Off the rust
And Iâm still living by my maiden name
The name I came with
The name I made
And Iâm bare-faced at your masquerade
Filled a flask up before I came
Because night falls
We all wanna hear that fight song
Car running like a nylon
Brights on
Timeâs right but the clockâs wrong
Never set it, never settle in a time zone
Take what I need with me
Pray for rain but brace for whiskey
Something in the tank, money in the bank
Callin it a win we
Give a little thanks, give a little back
Busy with the grand plan
Take one last look
Left the bandwagon
For a banned book
To break out you gotta give up the chase
To make love you gotta take off the brace
And we all leave it feeling half done
Best you can do is just put a hand up
Hope grace and good works in the end add up
Find out when the pendulum hangs plumb
- Album:
- Parts of Speech
- Castor, The Twin
- A Badly Broken Code
- Miscellaneous
- False Hopes
- Daytrotter Session
- Warsaw
- Call Off Your Ghost
- Parts of Speech (Re-Edited)
- Fighting Fish (The Hood Internet Remix)
- False Hopes 13
- 89.3 The Current: Live Current, Volume 6
- Meat Tape
- Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 24
- SXSW Sampler
- The State of Music, Vol. 4
- Matches to Paper Dolls
- 89.3 The Current: Local Current, Volume 1
- Voice: Songs for Those Who Are Silenced
- Quinine