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Cellophane Blues

from Dark Corners of the Night by Joshua McCormack

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lyrics

get home from work
music on my mind
pick up the cheapest half pint of whiskey I can find
marlboros from the floorboard
furious fingers strike the keyboard
pick you up at quarter after eight
gotta get there by nine
put my name on that list
put my reputation on the line

twelve steps to heaven
might hear a flute
might hear a loop
might be singing in tune
or out
or somewhere round about
I've got a new song
gotta try it
it's not quite finished
but, what the hell, I'm excited
it's a bit too long
and there are too many words in the verses
the melody meanders
but this is how the chorus is

even though I always smile
I'm feeling low
airplanes outside the windows
teeth all stained from smoke
2am comes and we spill out onto
45th avenue

hand me a napkin
it'll be tonight's journal
it's 10pm and there's already vomit in the urinal
whole place stinks of piss, smoke, and subtle lies
wooden legged bartender looks right into my eyes
says what can I get for ya?
well, how much is that one over there?
we've got a one dollar house concoction
if you dare


mccormack armstrong and rhyne
we've got the words if you'd just feed us a line
sweet sally marie
I know he's got your body
but tonight who has got your mind
morris barth and russian novel jon
hurry up from finnegans
somebody up on stage is resurrecting louis jordan
a filipino man playing those hillbilly jams
mr munoz and mr larson
I want to hear your voices join me on this chorus

even though I always smile
I'm feeling low
airplanes outside the windows
teeth all stained from smoke
2am comes and we spill out onto
45th avenue

like an ember that never joins the fire
I dance alone to my cellophane blues
long as I'm mesmerized by
brunette blonde reds in pint-sized glasses
and lonely prisoners in towers
somewhere out of view
I'm spinning yarns of improbable yearnings
and telling tall tales of you

I met you at the masquerade
wore my best martini grin
you write all the charities
and baby I'll compose the sins
said I'm a barnstorming panderer
father abraham slanderer
asked if you'd take my hand
get far away from here
get back to the root, the source
you looked straight in my eyes
said of course, of course

even though I always smile
I'm feeling low
airplanes outside the windows
teeth all stained from smoke
2am comes and we spill out onto
45th avenue

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from Dark Corners of the Night, released December 8, 2017

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Joshua McCormack Tucson, Arizona

From the odd acoustic pop of Joshua Mccormack Presents Holiday Girl , to the electronic-tinged rock of The Phantom King , to the collection of sonic oddities on The Dunce Cap, he’s been restless for years.

His recent album Lights Out 4 Baby Grand, shows a more personal side, while The World, Just For You is a collection of cover songs he recorded to survive the dystopian ambivalence of 2020.
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