Morningstar Blues

from Semblance by Casey Tepp

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I got the oil from Mississippi,
I'm bringing it back to Denmark town.
A lot of pretty people seem to crash and burn
when I'm around.
A dreary winter, the blood on my hands
a millimeter thick.
Stories about trust and bread,
and well they need a little kick.

I've been to Holland,
and I've been to France,
and I've been to temptation,
whoa, what a kick in the pants.

[CHORUS]
Life is a drinking game,
better start filling it up.
A blind invitation, the odds are a million to one.
Freedom from freedom,
freedom to do what you think that it is that you want;
Free of a lot of things,
chained in the heart.

The morningstar blues got me cursing around my mind.
The finger of death,
the smell of a touch of pine.
I drive my car to the big bad deal,
but it's just a bit too late.
If you make me the king of the obvious things,
well I think that I can wait.

I've been to Sweeden,
and I've been to Rome,
and I've been to enlightenment,
and then I came back home.

[CHORUS]

Luck be a loser,
luck be a pile of scraps!
And life be a lot of things,
better go grab a new map!
Tripping the wire attached to the great undead,
and that delicious liar's doing a provocative dance on your head again.

I've been to Norway,
I've been to the isle of Crete.
I've been a lot of places,
even once I was whole and complete.

[CHORUS]

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from Semblance, released February 3, 2012

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