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Homesick

by Thick Red Wine

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1.
Marathon 03:34
so i read a postcard from a girl i used to know she asked some questions about my life never wrote her back, didn’t know what to tell her i know i can’t sell her my lies i can craft my story, tell her everything is fine tell her i’ve been smoking light i know she won’t believe me anyway she just wants me to say i’m alright i’ll tell her life is a marathon and i’ve been counting my steps i know life is a marathon don’t know how much we have left sing my songs of longing—desperate pleas for love they are really not that desperate i haven’t made much money but i’ve made many friends they will be there when i’m losing steam doesn’t really matter how many records i sell doesn’t matter cause i won’t let it why would i want to be some one hit wonder? i’m happy being underground cause i know life is a marathon and i’m not running for time i know life is a marathon and i’m not falling behind who needs a sense of purpose, we all just need some trust to find the path that is least chosen it took me long enough to get my shit together i’m better at owning my fate maybe i’m just wired to write these survival songs for all the ones who really need them i can make a difference one person at a time i got bigger things in mind but they can wait cause i know life is a marathon i’m gonna lunge at the finish yeah i know life is a marathon fuck man i’m in it to win it
2.
We Fight 03:17
there’s a wild fire burning up inside of me all the men who i have tried to be i still can’t make up my mind got a real job, making decent money i try not to feel so funny when i drink myself dumb but don’t be numb don’t become numb don’t be numb live like crazed men, always on the verge of laughter sadly most things i chase after leave me broken and alone counting bruises, i don’t know where they came from why should i become the sane one in this world that has gone mad but don’t be sad don’t become sad don’t be sad find a dead bird, in the brush behind i-95 fears of petty men keep hate alive bullets sprayed against the sky wake from nightmares i’ll never quite remember walking barefoot on the embers of our fragile scrawled out creeds let me bleed let us all bleed let me bleed pick my poisons, they’re gonna get me somehow no well it might not be right now but our numbers all come up i’m deflating–always sinking at the middle solve the riddle of suburbia well i think i’d rather die so i will fight we will fight we will fight we will fight
3.
it's the tuesday before i leave to go home i’m drinking whiskey, arizona green tea when you're stumbling toward a small dark revelation i hope that you think for a moment of me cause i’m not washed up, i’m not washed out, i’m not dubstep i’m not hipster, i’m not listening, i’m not stoned i’m not burroughs, i’m not whitman, i’m not nietzsche but i’ve been picking off the fat from their bones i’m not searchin for nobody to save me i’m not singing for nobody but me i’m not dylan, i’m not lennon, i’m not jagger i’m just a skinny little bearded tired punk i’m not broken, i’m not jonesin, i’m not fixin to waste my time with all this music junk cause i’m a writer, i’m a poet, i’m a lover i’m a piss poor bad excuse for a man i’ve been poisoned by a dream i can't wake from where my words drip like blood in your hands i’m not searchin for nobody to save me i’m not singin for nobody but me and i don't believe in love the way you do i don't believe in love the way you do i don't believe in love the way you do but i’m not scared to lay bare my heart, my heart, my heart i’m not searchin for nobody to save me i’m not singin for nobody but me
4.
i’ve been talking to the spirits living inside my head they’ve been drunk since this morning smoke another cigarette i don’t care about my health you know we’re all gonna die used to have that on a poster it helped me sleep at night i don’t care about the safe route it’s made of mistakes, mistrust i know sometimes a little comfort might just be a bit too much i’m driftin further away driftin further away i’ve been swigging from the bottle i’ve been coughing up my lungs i’ve been bitter about too many things ain’t been having that much fun i’ve been dreamin bout new jersey man ain’t nothing new ghosts howling in my headphones blaring blink 182 and i don’t know about my mother lately she seems sad wondering how the hell she raised a child this fucking mad i’m driftin further away driftin further away i’ve been late on my rent just a couple times i’ve been late on my calling it took me too long to realize when it was time for me to leave here to get my head on straight take a little time away from things try to restore a little faith in the dreams that first brought me here broke, lost, alone that playing songs is all i want to do tell the boys i’m coming home i’m driftin further away driftin further away

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released November 11, 2014

guitar/vocals/words: mike wojciechowski.
guitar: dan warner.
bass: bob burdalski.
drums: nick manta.

recorded by matt schimelfenig at his house in philly.
mastered at mr. toad's studios in SF.

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