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Our Only Entertainment

from Not Your Door by Robert Rotifer

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Our Only Entertainment


Leave that Thesaurus on the shelf
One word and one rhyme for yourself
No need to waste your breath here
Cause it's been done to death, Dear
Just like that old trick you applied
To write a song for you to hide
Behind a you that means an I
The show-off's way to be shy

I'm from a place of little point
We barely bend our stiffened joints
We sing when we're ashamed and
This is what we call entertainment

So here I sit with my guitar
My fingers only reach this far
Watch how they drape around the neck
They've made those shapes for decades
I'm waiting for that minor chord
It comes along and breaks my heart
That's cultural conditioning
And I've no problem with it
No, I've no problem with it

And when our Western bodies meet
The setting must remain discreet
We sing for we're ashamed and
This is our only entertainment

(What do you mean there's "elf"
I know, but come on...)

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from Not Your Door, released July 1, 2016

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Robert Rotifer Canterbury, UK

Robert Rotifer is a musician, writer, sometime artist, singer (of sorts), born in Vienna deep in the last century, He moved to the UK just before it ended (the century, that is), has made some 11 or 12 albums and has been lucky enough to play in bands he rates with people who also turned up on his records over the years.

Also check out: rotifer.bandcamp.com
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