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Terra, Forgive Me

from Black Mission Figs by Matt Oleksa

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Well, I never crossed the man
I never crossed myself
I'm just a star-crossed lover-man
At the crossroads by himself
Well, you ain’t supposed to cross the bridge
Until you come to it
But I was on the run
So I jumped the gun
Got caught on my way through it
Whoa, since been stranglin', danglin’ over the blue pit

Terra, forgive me for what I’m about to do
Terra, forgive me before the six o’clock news

Down in Arkansas
Up a bare gum tree
Over a kid with a razor blade
He says he wants a piece of me
Well, you ain’t supposed to kick a kid
No matter how big or mean
But one sure gets sick
Of arithmetic
By the tenth punch to the spleen
Whoa, since been slippin’, drippin’ through the in between

Terra, forgive me for what I’m about to do
Terra, forgive me before the six o’clock news

Poor boy, Matty O (that's me)
Wanderin’ around his song
As harmless as the last dodo
At the prom for design gone wrong
Well, you ain’t supposed to leave a song
Unless it’s got a moral code
So eat your fruit
And wear a suit
And beware of the holes in the road
Whoa, since been drinkin’, sinkin’ with Tom Joad

Terra, forgive me for what I’m about to do
Terra, forgive me before the six o’clock news

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from Black Mission Figs, released June 16, 2015
Matt Oleksa: vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, cowbell
Kevin Bass: bass, vibraphone
Erik Roget: backup vocals

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