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The Bottoms

from Suck it Up, Cupcake by Dan Johnson

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Getting used to the bottoms
They’re changing all the time
Getting used to the changes
Accomplice to the crimes
Been staring into the dark
Looking for a crack in the endless night
I’ll be waiting in the doorway
When you come into the light
I remember the summer
You flew in on a plane
I was so disorganized
I guess you felt the same
The statues of the past
Guard the altar where the poets pray
In the burned out whiskey morning
I watched you walk away
Now I ride this train
On an elevated line
Not so high above the city
That I can't see her design
Now and then
Someone talks to me
I hear them whisper the truth
But I'm down in the bottoms
So there really ain’t no use
I was dreaming of that fateful day
When we would find control
The illusion of power
Can poison the artists soul
Now and then if I’m lucky
I might find some beautiful line
And I let the beauty carry me
Over the bottoms in my mind

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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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