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Family Stump

by Steve Tagliere

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1.
There’s nothing new, under the sun You start with 4, and end with 1 I should lose, everything I have So you can keep, whatever you can grab We were trained, to back you up When the roles reverse, there’s just not enough The urgency, would be replaced But I’m only here, till reformation day Chorus Said you were lonely, without your family Said you were joking, but you never made good Said you were trying, why did I believe you I guess I had forgotten There’s nothing new, in your bag of tricks The work around is just bait and switch I should lose, what I moved here with So you can keep, acting like a kid But you wont grow up, you’re older than me The return on risk, is really just gambling When you laugh, I know I’m right And I wont be there. for silent night Chorus Said you were lonely, without your family Said you were joking, but you never made good Said you were trying, why did I believe you I guess I had forgotten Your word’s no good, it’s not worth the air That it takes to explain, why you really don’t care Your word’s no good, but I gave you a break So easy to promise, so easy to fake With so much to smash, and so much at steak Your word’s no good, but your acting is great There’s nothing new, to criticize Half of the truth, is still a lie You built this war, it’s all you know But I’m only here, to let it go Chorus Said you were lonely, without your family Said you were joking, but you never made good Said you were trying, why did I believe you I guess I had forgotten I’ve been doing this a long time
2.
Crazy, that’s right Might be way off, If you didn’t act like Moving the line to help you forget Who stayed up all night fixing your wedding dress Some of it’s dirt but none of it’s clean The judgement comes down from Abilene Crazy, and reckless Independent, or still helpless Bluring the line demanding honesty Building your truth without reality Dishing it out offended by everything That’s quite a stretch from Abilene You of all people, didn’t like the joke, you let your motives show The heart wants, what the heart wants, and the narcissist, believes we exist for it At the fire pit, where you lost your shit, at the fire pit at the fire pit When you jumped on me, and I couldn’t breath, you of all people, couldn’t let it go, like how we let it go No----body else struggles, we’ve got it so easy, couldn’t be that you’re lazy Crazy, might be way off What the facts say, guess it’s right on Crazy or maybe just stupid That’s too much, to live with Lettin’ yourself off of every hook Tried every scheme but nothing took Everyone ends up an enemy It has nothing to do with Abilene you called her the bitch from Abilene
3.
The house has gotten smaller The trees grew up around us It’s different when I’m dreamin’ And it feels so far away Skateboard in the drive way Thermos in my lunch box My California seasons Feel so far away The cowboys and the steelers Swimming with the neighbors Dixie cups and kool aid Feels so far away Picnics with my grandma The palm trees on the next block Sawdust in the work shop Feels so far away I had to cut the branch off We all have our own blind spots It’s different when I’m dreamin’ Feels so far away
4.
Left it in a hurry The value placed on worry Anything to scratch that itch Love it in the moment Watching while it’s growing Deserving nothing that you get Positions in the mirror Breaking out the fever Thinking that they love your laugh Still expecting something Everything for nothing I can’t believe you had to ask Go ahead I’ll help you pack What you pray for, some kind of trap door Or anything to bail you out Stopped listening, there’s no earning The benefit of the doubt Didn’t make you wrestle I guess it never settled A hold over from Abilene Watch it like a voyeur But the blinds been pulled before you Log into a healthy scene Better off with mercy But you’d rather keep it blurry Passing on a taste for blood Handed down from lazy Justify the crazy Now you’ve found a perfect love The kind to help you hold your grudge I guess it’s time for moving on
5.
how you spend your time, where you spend your money Filling up your heart with something so ugly Open up the blinds let all of the dark out It’s better in the light, it’s better if it might count Polishing your view it’s hangin’ on a new nail Wanna make it rain so you’re bettin’ on a yard sale Waste a lot of time running from the taxman But when you hit it big gonna set yourself a new plan You gotta push, but I think it’s over You say it’s close but it’s not any closer I think you’re scared you just wont own it Do I love you? What do you mean? Should I be askin’? Do you love me? You wanna buy a yacht we wanna keep the lights on I used to bite my tongue not since I took the gloves off Need to check your words need to check your station I’ll help you find the door and we’ll call it education What you’re gonna preach and what you really hope for Might be fine for some but you really do deserve more Open up the blinds let some of the light in Wanna change the plot we know you’ve been playin’ You gotta push, but I think it’s over You say it’s close but it’s not any closer I think you’re scared you just wont own it Do I love you? What do you mean? Should I be askin’? Do you love me? Should I question Everything I know the answer And you don’t know me I know the answer And you don’t know me
6.
Fire Blight 01:17
7.
All I will say is good luck I’ve let go of the broken trust I don’t to repeat the past So I’ll make a choice Toward something new You claim your mistakes are not your fault But you’ve taken your eye off the ball And focused on something so mall You missed the point And it passed you by We’ll never be friends we don’t have to be enemies It’s changing so much but it wont ruin everything I’m drawing a line to keep it beyond your reach It might grow something new But I guess that’s up to you All I can say is no thanks But I hope you can fill up your tank And you get where you’ve wanted to go You’ll find the praise You were hoping for Every mistake had a hook Blaming it all on the book Reading the pages you like What should be yours What was denied We’ll never be friends we don’t have to be enemies It’s changing so much but it wont ruin everything I’m drawing a line to keep it beyond your reach It might grow something new But I guess that’s up to you All we have left is goodbye There’s too much to drag to my side I look back and know that I tried I’ll pray for you Pray for me Every mistake an excuse There was nobody coming for you Nobody taking your share It’s over now No one asked me We’ll never be friends we don’t have to be enemies It’s changing so much but it wont ruin everything I’m drawing a line to keep it beyond your reach It might grow something new But I guess that’s up to you
8.
Monster 04:59
Read you like a poem Always wanna hear more Staring out the window But I’ll leave it on the front porch Help me with the wishbone a teacup in a cyclone Afraid that none of it is true Can’t keep it from glowing, in spite of what you’re holding It’s letting all the light shine through, it’s different when they come for you Read you like a poem Memorize what kills me Waiting for your rescue I hope I’m still worth saving Working on a way out a ladder for the let down Dropping all there was to catch Tapping on the counter angles for the rounder Anything that makes you laugh, you love it till it finds a crack You love it till it answers back You love it till it sets a trap And realize it took you off the map You love it till it stops the ride Till the family histories collides You thought that it would save your life Now you see it’s gonna let you die Verse 3 – E picking thing Read it like a poem One that doesn’t make sense Not what you intended But it’s what you ended up with Choose your own adventure, patches for the puncture The poem took a different turn We might have found the exit, it’s leaving if you let it It’s probably time to sell the hurt, the argument no longer works But you love it when it makes ‘em squirm You’ll sell it all day long, your kingdom for a song Your monsters gonna watch it burn You’ll love it till it says no way Till it leaves you with rusty blade You love the monster that you’ve made You loved it till it dug your grave
9.
My Mother 05:21
My mother Comes from the valley Her parents From further far away She grew up with her sister American bandstand And singing at church Different times and different ideas Inbetween lines, accepting agreeing The last will be first and first will stop scheming They’ll to give back what they take They’ll have to repair what they break My Mother Loved her babies Has always been selfless And has nothing to prove My mother Is even and easy Bur she never gets to watch what she wants Different times and different ideas Inbetween lines, accepting agreeing The last will be first and first will stop scheming They’ll to give back what they take They’ll have to repair what they break
10.
Ride on ahead till your guilt meets your shame Shuffle the truth let the facts re-arrange Cause for concern you keep spittin’ it out Lining ‘em up to keep knocking ‘em down I’ve paid for your clue but you never jump in It requires your sweat and you’re not gonna swim Burning the future all we had to lose Nothing to offer but something to prove A link in a chain that once held you in place Contempt always written all over your face Critical spirit try holding ‘em down You’re not gonna like what I’m offering now You’re not gonna like what I’m offering now If it was me you’d have something to say Punishment or the wrong time the wrong place All of our efforts wasted on you Nothing to offer but something to prove He can’t find a coke you can’t pay the rent Which one is worse it’s the one you’ll defend The stick or the carrot or the piles of cash It was only a taste and it’s not coming back A key to a lock that might open the gate Excuses and motives that you’d have to change A critical spirit pulled out of your eyes I can’t make you happy and I’m not gonna try I can’t make you happy and I’m not gonna try A negative man with a pile of stones Lazy resentment intending to throw I don’t like the mood, the spite and the blame It’s thicker than water but I’m changing my name A verse from a book you don’t understand You’re calling it love but you can’t do the math A Critical spirit to keep you on top You’re not gonna like it but I want it to stop You’re not gonna like it but I want it to stop You’re not gonna like it…….and I don’t care
11.
Your arms are tied and your hands are full It spins too fast you can’t break the pull You never rest but you never try Fun house walls on every side You burnt me down but I’m glad I know You can’t cross now and you’ll never float The fires gone out and there’s only smoke When it seemed to matter most You killed the light that kept it close You paint over the ugly shapes But they still show through they still separate You throw your words to blow it up and it might've worked but it's too obvious You burnt me down but I’m glad I know You can’t cross now and you’ll never float The fires gone out and there’s only smoke When it seemed to matter most You killed the light that kept it close I’d cut off my foot if this shoe fit But that scratch the half of it A million chances to forget When and how you might begin You took the thing that you can’t give You win and now I am a burned bridge
12.
Did I get what I wanted Was I grateful enough Did I get what I needed Am I grateful enough It’s like you always say A broken clock is right twice each day But is there grace enough for me Did you get the right answer Did you find enough grace You didn’t ask any questions Keep 'em in the wrong place I guess it’s how you cope How you stay afloat But is there enough grace for me You can’t see all the lies Hiding behind your pride And there’s not enough grace left for me There’s never enough grace left for me There’s never enough grace You got what you needed You got what you needed You got what you wanted

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written on my lunch break.
recorded at home in the middle of the night when the house was quiet and the family slept

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released June 14, 2021

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Steve Tagliere Texas

Former Gingersol, current Junebird and Steve + Mel, singer songwriter. Los Angeles, Houston, Brooklyn, now Fulshear,TX. Makes up songs and sings 'em. Records 'em at home, usually in the middle of the night while the house is quiet and the family sleeps. ... more

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