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Wild Winter

from You Them Me Us by Thinkspeak

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I was noticing REM around this time and this song probably reflects it. I kind of wanted to get it to them but they do (or did) all their own songs so didn't pursue that. A friend had shown me a chord pattern in D, how you could just play around with variations of them so in doing that the words came for this song. Kind of nonsensically surreal and paying tribute to Michigan, Savannah, existentialism and being.

lyrics

Certain as sarsaparilla soft as the ace of clubs
sad as a wink in the soap in my sink
the last day in December

all that I can conceive of all that I drink with beer
has still gotten old so long as it's sold
as the tree top I can't hear

2.
I went north to Michigan Lake Superior shore
the beach is fine in summer time
but I prefer wild winter

whenever I go to Savannah whenever I see the sea
it curls my toes it stirs my soul
the sunrise in the east

3.
I want to have been here long before I go
eternal sleep is something deep that I am willing to wait for

laughter is a meditation reflected on the other side
the glowing health a shining self
a life worthy of praise

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from You Them Me Us, released November 5, 2012

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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