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Joe Dickinson's Special Surprise

from In a Certain Light by Joe Dickinson

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lyrics

Welcome

It’s unfortunate
I don’t think I can make it
Ashamed to show my face here anymore

A smile can be faked
There’s nothing they can’t take
Everything’s become a total chore

The world is not real
The world is not real
Existence is my palette
And my body is my paintbrush

(Left)
To board the train
Is to start again
And like a firefly
I am burning
My nocturnal energy
All in hopes
That you see

(Right)
A bored request
Made in half jest
Frightens me into feeling
Like I have no place to go
Or like I’m only a speck
Of dust or whatever
That I happen to be

(Center)
A little girl
In a made up world
Makes me feel bad
Because I think
That she would rather
Be an animal
Than be free


It’s a flash of sight
A vision of that night
And days and weeks and months and hours and minutes

Oh dear oh dear
What’s happening here
Up or down or stay ok I’m in it

The world is real
The world is real
Existence is my palette
And my body is my paintbrush

(Left)
I heard that four years ago
There was a man from the hills
Came down here looking for gold
And some local guy named something
Told him that the gold was up in them hills
And easy to find
So the drifter went up looking for it
And he had a hard time
And never did find anything

(Right)
I never really felt too connected
To anyone or anything
Well kind of
There are people and places
I guess I’ve always just felt a bit isolated
I’m looking for someone to just knock me off my feet
Now I’m talking major here
At this point though I don’t even care
Honestly
I’m just rolling along

(Center)
Last night on the train
I kind of realized
How everything is connected
Yest not connected
I think I compared it
To a stack of something
One thing piled up
On another thing
And so on and so on
Until something big happens
And the pile just collapses

Thank you

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from In a Certain Light, released September 2, 2007

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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois

Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.

I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago, IL.

It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen. ... more

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