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Silvertongue

from Bummer City's Best Lawn by La Chancla

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lyrics

I was taught to fight pug-nosed bullies
Self righteous like a picket sign
I was taught to stand for something
As long as I didn't sit down for mine
Fighting the bull as a small bronze girl
Defense quickly turns to threats
Already on top with ropes and scales
Calling the shots, taking the bets

s-s-s-s-Silvertongue,
s-s-s-silvertongue,
It's b-b-b-b-blessing and curse.
s-s-s-s -Silvertongue,
Insults can be slung in verse.

Maintaining the look of cool in the day
Hiding behind smiles at night
I drew a pocketknife to prove I was someone
Even though I knew better than to start a fight
Modeled like a glue stained balsa jet
Held together in tiny hands
Efforts to make it seem real or even something
But so it goes with pitch perfect plans

So I've let my words lash out like knives, a silver set, polished to shine
Sharper than a thoughtful cow
So if I could take back each time
By being silent now [x2]

Darker than a blood moon's glow
So if I could take back each time
By being silent now [x2]

s-s-s-s-Silvertonguee
s--s-s-silvertongue,
What fate could remain worse?
S-s-s-sSilvertongue, s-s-s-s-silvertongue,
Insults can be slung in verse.

Don't praise my efforts,
or lull to my charm
Disease on my tongue,
flys forth swarms of harm
Or could it be the fatal reverse?
My curse a gift to bring forth worth? [Near, Dallas, TX]
Laid as bricks and set in place,
no longer at a sneering face!

If I could take back each time by being silent now...
I'd probably never speak again.

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from Bummer City's Best Lawn, released March 5, 2019

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Out they came, from a pile of radioactive ooze, mutated through the ages to the tune of halcyon humming and the aural auras of intergalactic crickets, and rising now, instruments of cosmic tomfoolery in hand... La Chancla!

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