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Here's the Thing, Winnie

from Here's the Thing, Winnie by Courtesy of Tim

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This song started with a few drinks and a drum beat in Taylor's basement. It was actually the first song that Taylor wrote with the band and the first one we approached without a real plan. The music came together in a few hours, but the lyrics would take almost six months. The breakdown lyrics weren't 100% finalized until studio day two, when Jeremy was doing vocals. The last two lines were what took the longest.

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Here's the Thing, Winnie
Verse
Like Giles Corey before me this weight is always pressing me down,
Got a debonair smile but when I get home that mask cannot be found.

Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.

Verse
I got some hang ups but I'm still functional, you can't say I'm not trying, not getting by.
You don’t know my pulse and you can’t feel my vitals so just hear me out.
It's all I can do to get out of bed, what more do you think you deserve?
You don't know my answers can't feel my pain so just hear me out.

Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.

Breakdown
my playbook is flawless, i got home field advantage
but these extra innings are begging for a mistake
Keep on searching your paper man you won’t find my name,
Keep on looking you won’t find my dates
Let’s break through the stigma yeah we’ve gotta talk it out.
Just hear me out.

Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.

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from Here's the Thing, Winnie, released December 12, 2019

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Courtesy of Tim Madison, Wisconsin

Lots of horns and ska stuff with some not-ska stuff.

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