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Sorry, Pittsburgh
01:18
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I am sorry Pittsburgh I don't mean to be ungrateful
but I think it's time we part now that I am able
and I am sorry friends I don't meant to sound hateful
but I went away and changed and now I'm able
to leave
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Ukulele Queen
02:37
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I sometimes leave the house without looking in the mirror
people tell me how brave I am but I don't feel that superior
it's one part forgetfulness and two parts I don't care
and about twenty parts I'm afraid to look at my own skin or my own hair
but I'm too lazy for makeup and too poor for the salons
so I'll spend my money on pizza spend my mornings writing songs
how many times have I been late cause of my ukulele
and lied about how far I was sending messages I was faking
I show up to basements where half the people hate me
and half of those will come up to me and tell me I'm amazing
I'll sing songs about myself but always in relation to you
and you won't be there but you'll hear about it soon
I'm planning my return as the ukulele queen
like I can just forget about all the times you were so mean
maybe I deserved it, but I can no longer tell
every thought gets second guessed cause I can't trust myself
like every dude I've fallen for is horrible for me
or horrible to everyone or maybe it's just to me
and it's nice to be told that I deserve to be loved
but you use that as an excuse to destroy all you touch
and how do people put up with that, I don't have a clue
but I just do my best so that I don't end up like you
I'm planning my return as the ukulele queen
like I can just forget about all the times you were so mean
I promise to return as your ukulele queen
but I will not forget about the times you were so mean to me, oh no
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Bathrobes
03:06
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have you ever gotten spooked by random stuff in your room in the dark
like junk piled on the floor or your bathrobe hanging from the door
I don't own a bathrobe anymore but maybe if I did I'd be less of a horrible person
and I know I'm twenty something (in March) but it's not over it's not even started
have you ever gotten down lower then the creepy little bugs in the ground look I know this doesn't really help but it's get better maybe seven on a scale from one to hell
oh goodbye, I'm standing next to the door ready to fight or fly
and I'm old (older than a baby) but it's not over it's not even late yet
and I don't have a driver's license I have take my passport to the bars
but I am not particularly bothered I always had a fear of driving cars
I don't like to brush my hair so I cut it off instead
I don't like most of the people that I know but it's harder to cut off friends
and I know I am twenty something (in March) but it's not over it's not even started
and I am old (but I am still a baby) and it's not over it's not even late yet
nah it's not over it's not even started
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Morning Routine
02:30
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morning routine brush my hair brush my teeth
put on chapstick swallow pills put on backpack go to school
talk to friends sit in class pretend to listen but I can't
go to lunch go to class go insane talk to friends
go home and do my homework
and after today there willl be tomorrow
you wait for me over there but I don't care
poetry I like to write it and I like to sing
I like to fight and I like to cry, I try to sleep through the whole night
I am alone I am just fine I'm really happy that's not a lie
this really is my real life I can't believe it's not a lie
I still got problems I can feel em
they're in my head and I can see em
but I turned the volume down
and after today there will be tomorrow
you wait for me over there but I don't care
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something about disposable cameras feel more genuine feels closer to truth
or am I just waxing poetic about nothing important well isn't that likely
and you were amazing the way that technology can be I found in you the things that I need
but needing a person is no good for happiness and I would hate to disappoint my therapist
I've got a void to fill so I fill it like this full of sand and ocean and the crumbs that hide in the bottom of my purse
well some things just won't ever leave you
and thank goodness for that
and when it ends I'll be stuck in the heart of a rock and a hard place that's difficult to find
between back and forward is unpleasant feelings that guarantee me I will be alone
surrounded by people who want to take it easy but I never made it easy on them
I want memories different from the ones that I have but I know very well I can't say that
so I will take my photos I want to feel closer to truth
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Blankets for Laura Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Blankets for Laura is the mostly defunct solo music project of Shay Park. She now makes music with Soda Club. facebook.com/sodaclubpgh
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