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All of the Lonely Expatriates

from No Wires by John Shakespear

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Down with the lonely expatriates
out in a cocktail dress, making the rounds,
smoking those cigarettes you’d never smoke
in Tacoma, where you were a loner.

You’ve got the bracelet that your baby gave you;
you know that he bought it at a pawn shop
it’s frayed but it’s all that remains of him,
no solid facts, just a circle of cloth that will snap

under pressure
from any confessor
who buys you a jack and a coke
or a Singapore Sling—

so you’re down with the lonely expatriates
Down with the lonely expatriates

Like it or not we’ve arrived in the dirty resort town
where promises go when they die.
Call it their own private Florida.
I hope I’m not boring you.

Watch as his memory fades,
ordering takeaway, sweating all day,
smiling at men that you’d never smile at
in Seattle, losing the battle.

Faithful’s a four-letter word,
well it starts with an F and it ends with an L
but you’re bored, there in your black dress,
bored as hell.

So you’re down with the lonely expatriates
Down with the lonely expatriates,
Bored, there in your black dress,
bored as hell.

Light your last cigarette, sip on that jack,
talk about home though you’re not going back.
Here in the desert there’s no solid facts,
so if you should need me, I’ll be in the back.

And you’re down with the lonely expatriates
Down with the lonely expatriates
Down with the lonely expatriates
Down with the lonely expatriates

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from No Wires, released March 25, 2016
Engineered by Parker Crane at Boca Studios in Somerville, MA.

Mixed by Parker Crane.

Mastered by Chris Graham.

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John Shakespear writes albums that tell a story from start to finish. The next one, 'Hail Bohemia,' comes out on May 17.

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