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stealing sunglasses (alyssa kai)

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leave home and take a drive
thieves in the desert light
rumble up and down the truss
and we hum right along
road rises up to meet us
wheels rend the road to pieces
wrong is just a word for us
when we don't play along
we don't even live here
this massive mountain land
so I put the glasses on my face
and try to understand
the heat is on my shirt is off
my sweat evaporates
not much else that can be done
on such a sunny day

used to never cross the street
without a light there guiding me
I've not grown much but grown enough
to understand the difference
ethics don't amount to much
against a swarm of semitrucks
who'll run you down and run along
whatever light's appearance
so steal just what you have to
or just what you feel
god has not yet come for us
he probably never will
but if the judgement's coming
I know just what I'll say
not much else that can be done
on such a sunny day

pull off the interstate
pause for a bite to eat
pray for rain pray for days
til pain of hunger passes
walk out with what I need
tucked underneath my sleeve
pay respects for all the rest
but never pay for glasses
and if the manager comes running
then we'll just have to run
and do what creatures have to do here
underneath the sun
my shields are up my smile's out
we drive without delay
steal the things to shield yourself
on such a sunny day

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from split w/ r​.​u​.​u​.​n​.​e., released August 12, 2016

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alyssa kai Greenfield, Massachusetts

writer and performer living in western massachusetts.

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