We drank cold coffee in a bible study
It was an auto body shop by day and
A church every thursday
The youngest son banged on a drum like a champion
While his father played guitar
And the mother banged on a tambourine and praised the lord
In and out of key
The oldest one did nothing
He just stuck to his seat
Dad said boy don’t make fool out of me
Son said Dad don’t get wrong I just don’t feel like singing.
They gathered all us kids into a living room
Soda in every cup and every eye on the good word
Videos of cartoons of Jesus Christ on the cross
Hoping none of us kids get lost
Look at the body they drew on Mother Mary
Look at the red in the savior’s side
Although you’re stunting your growth
Drinking coffee made you feel so grown as a child
I drank cold coffee in a bible study
Ten years later in a church
All my friends from the body shop
All got jobs and keep what they earn
If the youngest son stuck to the drum
He must play like a God
It’s no sacriledge its the way it was meant
The way the lord waves its magic wand
Can only think of we’ve all grown
We all used to be innocent smiles
Though we stunted our growth
Drinking coffee made you feel so grown as a child.
I’ve got these dreams tugging on my sleeve
Stretch and span 10000 football fields
Where the gridiron is the only church
Picked up a drawl
Found someone to lift up my disease
You are with me and for once it doesn’t hurt
(CHORUS)
Its sad its sweet
You here with me
And the korean war memorial
Somewhere back I lost those seeds
Same place back home where I left my knees
In the cold cold ground
Somewhere my heart broke from my soul
We live separate but we love each other so
You’re with me but for once you’re not around
-CHORUS-
I”ve got these cracks in my head
Where the light and the water and the wind can rush on through
These towns they reek of a hundred dumpsters
But I caught a wind and it kissed like you.
Its sad its sweet
You here with me
In a moaning graveyard
Its sad its sweet
It's you and me
…and the korean war memorial
about
Another A-B visit back to the days of Gobloots. Some of these songs sorta didn't suck and it's nice to revisit and edit them a bit.
credits
released October 6, 2023
Alex Salcido - guitar, vocals
All songs written by Alex Salcido
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