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Nerve

from Callous Year by Steev baker

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1
Well my dear, we are so limited
in what we can wear.
Folks like us are doomed to
spend hours before a mirror.
You and I have a fatal case
of “not-quite-innocent”
and you and I must lie to
keep ourselves in loneliness

Twenty years down the road
we’ll be better off,
we’ll have the nerve
to tell our kids
to never give up.

2
My God, my dear, please please put out
that cigarette!
You know we’ve started our stories,
but the ending’s not quite clear yet.
I know you used to lie to yourself
but you’re no longer the type.
You and I are from the same womb,
we’ve got the same wounds, we’re on the same side.

Twenty years down the road
we’ll be better off,
we’ll have the nerve
to tell our kids
to never give up.

3
Some day my dear, we’ll finally find
some time to reminisce.
And laugh about the dramas
and all the stupid, careless things we said,
where I can finally talk about
those failed suicide attempts
and how you finally lost your nerve
and gave in to happiness. . .

Twenty years down the road
we stumbled home,
our head in our hands
and we wished we were alone.
We’ll have the nerve
to tell our kids
that everything is under control...

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from Callous Year, released January 16, 2019
Steev: acoustic guitars
Rob: bass guitar
Andy: drums

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Steev baker Madison, Wisconsin

Steev baker is a lo-fi singer-songwriter from rural Wisconsin. He has spent time in the music scenes of Oshkosh, West Bend, Milwaukee, and Madison over the past 20 years playing songs about faith, doubt, anxiety, love, and the places we call home.

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