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Tortured Artist

from Chicken On a Bicycle by Hop On Pop

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I brought this song to the old lineup a couple of times but, as I did not have any lyrics at the time, they refused to play it (even though it was complete in every other way). No matter, I finished the lyrics and brought it up to Wisconsin for a reunion with my old friend John Swamy. We recorded the whole arrangement over a day and a half up in John’s home studio and, as you can hear, that was a good choice. The man is a monster in the studio.

lyrics

"Tortured Artist"

There goes my disappointment, the fly in the ointment has -- flown
I thought I had all the answers, it turned out that I was -- wrong
I’m all thumbs, dropping the ball and locked out in the hall it’s too -- late
I guess that I should start sooner, what can I do that’s my -- fate

You think I should work through it, but I just keep loosing what’s -- mine
You think I’m a bit angry, and I might be but that’s just -- fine

I’m on-time….

I show up at the wrong place
Just in-time for a pie in the face

And I’ll be
Happy
Wallowing in messes that I’ve made
It brings on
Inspiration
Molding all these troubles that I’ve saved

I just want to be there when the shit hits the fan
Catch it all in a bucket
And then use what I can…
Filthy…
Happy…

©2010 Todd Leiter-Weintraub

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from Chicken On a Bicycle, track released February 14, 2010
Recorded and mixed by: John Swamy at Mission Control, Baraboo, WI
Produced by: Todd Leiter-Weintraub and John Swamy
Todd: Guitars, vocals, bass, percussion; John: Drums, keyboards, and pretty much everything else.

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