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Pretend Like

by Michael Flynn

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1.
I’m going out today I’m gonna gamble with the few lives I’ve got left Before you went away You went and rearranged the contents of my chest Now there’s a hole The size of Greater Charlotte There’s a moon that makes the ocean ebb and flow There’s a note Left on the bloodstained carpet Back later babe, I’m going out for smokes It had a roomy vibe Except for the baggage that a previous tenant left And then you arrived And went and realigned the contents of my chest Now there’s a hole The size of West Virginia There’s a church bell and a graveyard full of ghosts You never know How the dark gets in you Years later you’re still shoveling out the smoke Is this a joke Is it over Is it almost over I’m going out today I’m gonna gamble with the contents of my chest There’s a hole The size of Greater Charlotte There’s a moon that makes the ocean ebb and flow There’s a note Left on the bloodstained carpet Back later babe, I’m going out for smokes There’s a hole The size of West Virginia There’s a church bell and a graveyard full of ghosts You never know How the dark gets in you Years later you’re still shoveling out the smoke
2.
Great Gasp 02:58
I’m never gonna sleep again Can’t relax Lost the center I never thought the world would end With not a bang Not a whimper It’s ending with a great gasp Fake laughs Hard questions, maybe We’re breaking it to bring it back Bring it back, bring it back We lie awake aghast at night Scrolling through All the new normal The music of the satellites Playing the soundtrack to a Funeral It’s ending with a great gasp Fake laughs Hard questions, maybe We’re breaking it to bring it back Bring it back, bring it back It’s ending with a great gasp They’re tearing all the maps in half If breaking it could bring it back Bring it back…
3.
Hold me till the paint flakes off Till our punch-drunk hearts go soft Put your healing hands around my neck We can make a space between the wrecks Kiss me under the burning bridge Love has blossomed in worse than this Kiss me under the purple mist It helps Every little bit helps Let the sirens sing us to sleep Hope there’s still a seed down deep That could push up something sweet Through the bones of our distant memories Kiss me under the burning bridge Love has blossomed in worse than this Kiss me under the purple mist It helps Every little bit helps It helps Every little bit helps
4.
God I love to see you with your church clothes on Glimmer of a weekend almost gone Bowing your heard and whispering to the sky With Saturday night still twinkling in your eye Hey, you and me, we’re just abandoned machines Abandoned machines And heaven ain’t a place for a boy like me Kicking at the fires and sleeping in the trees Begging the lightning for a new tattoo And thanking the devil for a girl like you Hey, you and me, we’re all bruises and steam Bruises and steam Hey, you and me are more dirty than clean More dirty than clean God I love to see you with your church clothes on Sitting with your parents in the second row Boiling the water in the fellowship hall Meeting my eyes when you get up to go God I love to see you with your church clothes on God I love to see you with your church clothes on God I love to see you Goddamn I love to see you
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6.
(I’d like to add you to my professional network) Oh I get up and make no sound Waiting on the phone to light up No messages found I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone In my home Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone In my home Oh I get up and make no sound Waiting on the sun to light up All the cold wet ground I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone In my home Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone In my home Oh I get up and make no sound Waiting on the phone to light up No messages found I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone In my home Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone In my home
7.
Get Old 03:54
Cannonball Into the heart of your vanishing life So full of love it cannot hold It spills into tears that end up in our eyes If this is old, then please Let me get old Over and over Forever Please Let me get old Let me get old Perilous Wistful goodbyes that come year after year Between the bursts of fairy dust And glitter that gets in your food and your hair If this is old, then please Let me get old Over and over Forever Please Let me get old Let me get old Please Let me get old Over and over Forever Please Let me get old…
8.
Roll up the carpets when you leave Crush every teardrop with your sleeve Listening to Foreigner on repeat You threw a shadow on the wall You cut a shadow You leave an echo in the hall You leave an echo You burned your shape into the wall You burned your shape in You leave an echo Love couldn’t keep the wolves away Ten years ago you would have stayed No one was listening when we prayed You leave the nails stuck in the wall You take the pictures You leave some secrets in the wall The wall remembers You leave an echo in the hall You leave an echo in the hall You leave an echo
9.
Old Soul 2 04:16
You’re a blind leap You’re a heartbeat You’re an old soul You’re a songbird You’re a bad word You’re an old soul You’re an old soul Save it for the ride We can keep the secret of tonight The beat is gonna eat us both alive You’re a long sigh You’re a hard goodbye You’re a long pause You’re a lost cause In a dream state Swaying while the backbeat plays You’re an old soul You’re an old soul You’re an old soul Save it for the ride We can keep the secret of tonight The beat is gonna eat us both alive Oh Save it for the ride We can keep the secret of tonight The beat is gonna eat us both alive

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released May 1, 2018

written and produced by Michael Flynn
strings arranged by Michael Flynn, prepared and conducted by Danny Mitchell, and performed by David Davidson, David Angell, Monisa Angell, Carole Rabinowitz
additional MVP-worthy musical contributions by Josh Kaler, Ron Wiltrout, Nathan Koci, and Summer Flynn
mixed by Whit Collar
mastered by Dave Harris
art by Marcus Amaker
recorded in Charleston, Anderson, and Nashville by Michael Flynn, Josh Kaler, Elliott Elsey and Kent Hooper
all songs copyright 2018 Couch Fort Music (BMI)

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