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Critical Spirit

from Family Stump by Steve Tagliere

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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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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

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from Family Stump, released June 14, 2021
written by Steve Tagliere
All Right Reserved
Pablo Honey Music BMI

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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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