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NOWHERE TO BACK AWAY FROM

Caged in on the overpass
Just above the keystone
Grout turns to mud and you're falling

Now you're a ways away
Can't hold you in place
No gas money to bring you home

Spring pokes through the cracks
Nowhere to back away from, so you pass the time
Kicking dandelions
Kicking dandelions

An inch above the wrist
Shirtwaist to the middle of your fist
The suit fits and you're calling

I can see your face now
It's glowing in the dark
Through the windshield ahead of you
Out into the stars
But you're calling and you're calling with nothing left to say

Bentley in the front on Monday
Gun in the back on Tuesday
Cocked by your thumb
And you're calling

Spring pokes through the cracks
Nowhere to back away from, so you pass the time
Kicking dandelions
Kicking dandelions

I'm not gonna answer you
There's nothing to decide
Illuminations painted
On the inside of our eyes
But you're calling and you're calling with nothing left to say

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©2020 Brian Michael Kelly (ASCAP, IPI #499946663), Tied to My Hand Music (ASCAP, IPI #490669418)
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from Thirteen Songs About Driving Nowhere in Alphabetical Order, track released October 10, 2021
writer: Brian Michael Kelly (ASCAP 499946663), publisher: Tied to My Hand Music (ASCAP 490669418) www.oceanographymusic.com

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Oceanography is the solo project of Oakland-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Brian Kelly. He brings a unique pop sensibility to bittersweet songs of heartbreak, loss, and longing, recalling at times The War on Drugs, My Morning Jacket, and Damien Jurado. His literary eye for detail and deceptively powerful voice create moments of catharsis and beauty amid the bleak and mundane. ... more

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