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Sitting Out the Second Act

by Paul Goodwin

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Sitting Out the Second Act 02:41
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She says "You've got a face like a scrunched up piece of paper With a kind of OK picture on it." I say "Funny you should say, I'm coming off a two year shift As someone's portrait in the attic. Age is nothing but a number, back sweat, owl eyebrows And a tiny bit more understanding." She smirks "I have my doubts" I say "You're lucky that you caught me out Lately I've been mostly hiding In a shitty new build flat, sitting out the second act Wondering if I've bought the clothes I'll die in. Age is nothing but a number, neck rolls, constant sighing Managing your caffeine ration I shuffled down the streets of my old stomping ground Trying to conjure fledgling freedom Neon glow and Kenwood blare, round and round the Market Square Bottoming out over the sleeping policemen" She says "It's not my place, but the same old stuff for old times' sake? I hope I keep on pushing till I can't." I say "Regrets? I'll have a few, but I've got this perma inverse Arsenal From all the days that I've had in the sun. You don't get this far and not get hardened or broken You'd have to be a bit stupid not to be a bit sad. Age is nothing but a number, being scared of teenagers, Baulking at the price of things." She says "Fine, you and I, we're long past keeping powder dry Asda car park, Friday evening. My Corsa has that sporty feel and all its springs are shot to hell I'm always bottoming out over the sleeping policemen. You'll like it, we'll be bottoming out over the sleeping policemen."
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Every Flag is a Red Flag 02:11
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Can you remember the last time there was good news? Every day something you'd think would be unthinkable Boiled frogs, dead cats, a whole deceased menagerie They're scuttling the country they'll be scuttling away It kind of makes you think the older lot meant well Now we've got journalists in Whitehall because lying is a transferable skill All the decent minds are sitting selling advertising Leaving us with know-nothings whose parents couldn't love them The op-ed cockheads, lapdogs and professional arseholes Are preaching to the 4 in 10 vocational arseholes They're out denying water's wet, not caring who believes I'm trying to work out where they sit along the evil:thick continuum Anyone who wants to really shouldn't be in charge But then religion, art and politics shouldn't be career paths It's all unwritten etiquette so nobody can stop you If you don't believe in God and you don't care how you're remembered Burn all the flags, because every flag's a red flag Onward little culture soldiers, marching off to keyboard war I'm grasping at the final straw: At least it's not America I miss never really thinking about this It almost makes you want to do something

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released February 24, 2023

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Paul Goodwin Cambridge, UK

Paul Goodwin has spent the last 10 years or so playing his quietly heartbreaking songs anywhere that would have him, to anyone who would listen, and quite a few people that wouldn't. His music has taken him all over the UK as well as to Canada, France and America and he's played alongside acts ranging from Alessi's Ark to Waterson:Carthy to Wayne Hussey. ... more

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