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Keys to Paradise

from Yard Deer by Jasper Lewis

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Behind a broke down palace
there's a jester stealing coins
from the glove box of a rusted out old chevy
he tries to spin a nickel
but he flips it every time
he's trying to hold on to the river
he just can't let it be

maybe a fate can be written
with a roll of the dice
but when the garden talks, don't listen
it hands out bad advice

I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted trying to steal the keys to paradise

I knew a guy who worked his whole life
and never managed to escape
the steel and glass middle finger flipping off the clear blue sky
he always said, "a wise man doesn't play games
unless he knows they're gonna tilt his way."
and then he waited for his moment to hit
until the day he died

maybe the years can pass as quickly
as a roll of the dice
tumbling down a green felt canyon
and shining in the light

I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted trying to steal the keys to paradise

but papa needs a new pair of shoes
papa needs a new lease on life
and the house can always tell
whose here to sell
and whose ready to buy

behind the broke down palace
where the jack is always lost in the cut
you know, it's natural for a wave in the water
to come and go
and the jester takes another hit
cause some hands you just hate to fold
but whose gonna tell the joker who the joke is on
if the joker doesn't know?

Maybe your fate could be rewritten
with a roll of the dice
but you can't get back what you lost
by losing it twice

I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted
trying to steal the keys to paradise

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from Yard Deer, released October 20, 2020
words & music by Jasper Lewis

Drums - Sean Ryan
Drums recorded by Wayne Silver at The Ice Plant in Queens, NY

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