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Longshot

from Yard Deer by Jasper Lewis

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I was thumbing through my emails the other day
thinking how lucky I am to live in the USA
when suddenly, I found myself in the strangest place
when I looked in the mirror, I didn't know that face

and a long shot is all I thought I could be
when I was young and I believed in a dream
before the years piled up here like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?

take the tall one and the short one, set them up side by side
because I paid for my ticket, boys, I want to take the ride
I thought I could find my own way through the dark by feel
I thought the weight on my chest would give me an even keel

but a long shot is all I turned out to be
like when I was young and I believed in a dream
before the years added up like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?

while the cat stalks the mouse camped out in the toaster
and the cars roll by outside, and the world turns itself over
one more time..
sing it one more time..
please mister singer man, sing it one more time..

I was breathing into a paper bag the other day
thinking how lucky I am to live in the USA
I never saw myself in those comfortable shoes
dressed like a man with something to lose

no, a long shot is all I thought I would be
when I was young and I believed in my dreams
but the years stacked up like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?

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

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