And when I doubt, I’ll look east: a music lyric cento
Here's a music lyric cento I wrote in April 2021.
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And when I doubt, I’ll look east
(cento)
Michigan’s in the rear-view now
This is the place you end up when you lose the chase
I hide down in my corner
Because I like my corner
Our weakness is the same
We need poison sometimes
Anything is better than nothing
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight, or live to die this way
It was the great escape, the prison break
The light of freedom on my face
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From the sky we looked so organized and brave
With Pennsylvania under me
I know flying over water makes you cry
Are there still beautiful things?
The moon hangs like the blade of an axe tonight
I stand by the light of the four-way
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All the people we knew were the actors
I’d always hoped for better
Heaven knows
It’s got to be this time
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy that’s why it sells
So I remember when we were driving
City lights lay out before us
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Mulholland Drive
Up in the sky
Red rain is coming down
Stupidity tries
‘cause everyone is fucking pro
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The radio reminds me of my home far away
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Come to me
You are warming weather
I’m out of step and closing down
I need you to show me the way from crazy
Flashback, warm nights
You said, “Go Slow”
Well I lagged behind
So you got ahead
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A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts (The Get Up Kids)
Michigan (The Milk Carton Kids)
Flying Over Water (Jason Isbell)
seven (Taylor Swift)
Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
Blackbird (The Beatles)
Electrolite (REM)
Downtown Train (Tom Waits)
Stupidity Tries (Elliott Smith)
Memory Lane (Elliott Smith)
Like a Prayer (Madonna)
Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
Gold Mine Gutted (Bright Eyes)
Red Rain (Peter Gabriel)
Trance Manual (John Vanderslice)
Ten (Jimmy Eat World)
King’s Crossing (Elliott Smith)
St. Ides Heaven (Elliott Smith)
My Sundown (Jimmy Eat World)
Closedown (The Cure)
New Monkey (Elliott Smith)
All I’m losing is me (Saves The Day)
Burnin’ for You (Blue Öyster Cult)
Bankrupt on Selling (Modest Mouse)
Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 (The Mountain Goats)
Ceremony (New Order)
Getaway Car (Taylor Swift)