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Songs in the Present Tense

from Yesterday's Kid by Matt Hutchison & the Big 'Gin

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Will you share my fate
If the chips are down and I start to fall?
Or is it too late?
Roughly translated is it written on the wall?

And I take my time
But time isn’t something you think’s worth waiting for
And you are mine
Or so I thought but you’re showing me the door

You’re telling me that everything happens for reasons
And still your reasons don’t make any sense
And now I am a lonely, bitter millennial
Writing songs in the present tense

Do you hear my words?
They’re coming out to find you in real time
And if they hit a nerve
They will be forgotten by tomorrow
And I will just write more
And throw them to the ether and then
What’s mine is yours
And the pain of you leaving will reach me in the end

I know it’s not right to wish someone unhappiness
But wish in one hand and shit ‘til I’m spent
You’ll see I’m a lonely, bitter millennial
Writing songs in the present tense

If “You and I” are prepared to die
Then let’s let some others sing songs of love
Because the meaning of is now lost on you and me

You’re telling me who I should always be scared of
And that beggars aren’t choosers - they lie
You’re telling me that happiness isn’t a virtue
But that you hate it when you see me cry
Or when I think the world could never look more beautiful
And I thank the man in the sky
Or when I hurt so much I thought I could die from it
You said that pigs if they could they would fly
You’re telling me that everything happens for reasons
And still your reasons don’t make any sense

But now I’m a lonely, bitter millennial
Writing songs in the present tense
Yes this is the introduction to my psychology
And it begins just as sad as it ends
Yeah I’m a lonely, bitter millennial
Writing songs in the present tense.

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from Yesterday's Kid, released December 22, 2019

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