Name: Turpentine
Duration: P00H03M04S
Description: Written by Stephen Dennison

Turpentine

from The Worst by Stephen Dennison

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Written by Stephen Dennison

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my mother paints with oils as
she smells of turpentine
her fingers stretch the canvas
out when it is time
if I had her ambition
and respect for tradition
I could make something just as fine

bald men in a smokeless bar
they are playing "that rock & roll"
they've got vintage guitars
but they have lost their souls
it's still a young man's game?
is it?
then why am I not on that stage?
give back the youthfulness you stole
I'll write it if I can have control

words can't be my body
any more than my thoughts can do
so hold that thought a moment
we'll make it much more potent
until I can hold you
you know there's nothing I would rather do.

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from The Worst, released November 8, 2014

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