Recorded to four-track on Avon Street, New Haven, CT, July 1, 2013. Ken Matsuda, violin. Written by Hauke Schmidt, aka Great Dynamo, Düsseldorf. Original version here: soundcloud.com/franticworld/02-sad-corduroy?
lyrics
I still find no way around
those diplomatic sounds
converting what i feel or do
into something less true
just a funny kind of glue
i see a river up in flames
not for me to tame
apologies so lame
nothing else that i could name
selling your beliefs is so inane
when in comes to "never end"
i see a river up in flames
not for me to tame
poetry just doesnt come around
when maudlin words are bound
by fear of mishaps
chandeliers
wont make a dusky spirit clear
i see a river up in flames
not for me to tame
i see colours on my face
that cannot be quite sane
the corduroy on my last pants
finally found a cheerles end
a faded pattern made by hands
that never knew me well
sputtering out sometimes would be more sound
when once again we choose to show
precisely who we are
i thought we could go far
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