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Back to the Drawing Board

from Suck it Up, Cupcake by Dan Johnson

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I’ve been drawing my life in second hand lines
Picking up things that I can't find
I try to walk in my own kind of way
but I feel like there’s something I’m forgetting to say
I want to be real I want to be bold
I want to create things that can’t be sold
My ink may run down the page
But there’s something left after all I gave
Going back to the drawing board
This tiny old pencil is my mighty sword
And with it I may kill the beast
Or draw it out at the very least
I turn my eyes from the naked form
I've forgotten the way it felt to be born
Pretend I know my way around
But there’s something wrong with every sound
Going back to the drawing board
See if I can find some pretty chord
And add a couple words that rhyme
And if they don't well that’s all right
I trace the lines I think I feel
And through these dreams comes something real
And if you don't understand
Then this song is for another man
Going back to the drawing board
I watch the waves land on the shore
It’s a place maybe you go too
And if you do I'll look for you

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from Suck it Up, Cupcake, released May 1, 2015

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Dan Johnson Burlington, Vermont

low key folk music - (how many?) records, a few (dozen?) years worth of weird gigs, no pressure y'all... did shows with some great folks and I just love country bluegrass and any kinda folk song mostly...

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