Penny and a Pistol

from Mean Time by Quiet Choir

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A song about someone else's addiction.

The spoken word part is a segment of a poem I wrote in Amsterdam, 5 years prior to the song called 'All You Can Feel is You're Moving'.

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I gave you food to eat and a bed to sleep, they were mine to give, they're not yours to keep. I will shoot you up, I will take you down, to my level, somewhere underground. Life is clear as crystal, life is clear, life is clear as crystal, with a PENNY AND A PISTOL. When the night falls on the lonely man, he will build a bridge, he will build a damn, in his mind so he can't reach you, in his mind so he can't teach. Life is clear as crystal, life is clear, life is clear as crystal, then it disappears. You thought you were the only one to ever exist, to ever feel numb, remember me? Every sound crisp and clear, every taste fresh, every dream spilt, trousers stained from rotten nightmares, forests burning around you. You are white you are golden. Trumpets sound, you are light, you are frozen. My arms busy, my arms free.I remember a time, a time you were so like me. You gave me Neil Young, I gave you Patti Smith, they were ours to give, they are ours to keep.

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from Mean Time, released December 12, 2013
Esther Yoxall - vocals, guitar
Michael Yoxall (The Toad) - guitar intro

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