Baseless Optimism

from Otras Alhóndigas EP by Ryan Morgan

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Well, he's a country boy
in upper middle class clothes
doing upper middle class drugs
until he's passed out.

Drinking middle class booze
to drown his upper middle class blues.
Always the first one in,
and the last out.

He's got upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head,
but he's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
with upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head.
He's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die one day.
He's gonna die some day.

He never ever eats McDonald's,
but he's got no problem with blow, though.
He bought his Che Guevara shirt
at a chain boutique down in Soho.

He's got upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head,
but he's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
with upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head.
He's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die one day.
He's gonna die some day.

I said he makes his noise
with a cigarette voice
that he stole from some
TV show.

And he never did find
his upper middle class mind
until he started drawing lines
like his heroes.

He's got upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head,
but he's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
with upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head.
He's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
with upper middle class dreams
in his Tennessee head.
He's still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die one day.
He's gonna die some day.

He's just a country boy
in upper middle class clothes
doing upper middle class drugs
until he's passed out.

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from Otras Alhóndigas EP, released September 24, 2017

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