Handmedown Persuasions

from First Terminus by Tyler Key

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Recorded in February 2014 at the Fortress of Solid Dudes in Carrollton, Ga.
Much respect to Hog Liver Road and the neighbor troll.

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My mother always said I was better than this town
they just drink and smoke their dope, shoot pool, and sit around
well, head held high and full of fear
i never put myself quite near
the foolishness she demonized or the passtimes they revered,
so i say sha na na.
Classroom's students clamored over this and over that
when I spoke they drooped their eyes and searched for baseball bats
Maybe now I realize that I was wrong and they were right
but I wanted something more than the fleeting could provide.

The sooner you can know is the sooner you can leave
handmedown persuasions like so much spit upon the sea
it rolls out with the current and the current's what i'm following
the sooner you can know is the sooner you can leave.
Sha na na.

Sometimes people see in me a martyr for their cause.
Someone to do their dirty work or someone to mow their lawn
Well now, I'm not so sure I'm noble
the righteous can't remain
once they stray, they're washed away somewhere into the sand

I wish i was a fire
i wish i was a ghost
or someone who'd do the best for you
for you.

But the sooner you can know
is the sooner you can leave
handmedown persuasions like so much spit upon the sea
it rolls out with the current
and the current's what i'm following
the sooner you can know is the sooner you can leave.

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from First Terminus, released October 12, 2014

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Tyler Key Athens, Georgia

Athens, GA songwriter. Loud folk rock. This American Life as heard through a megaphone. Proud to be a bitter southerner.

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