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from No Wires by John Shakespear

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Thanks for taking the time today to talk to me about my better qualities
I know that it's a holiday and that you'd probably rather be
somewhere with your wife and your three perfect children

Thank you for the water too, I really needed water.
Let's talk about my resume: it’s such a lovely resume
It's got all of those bullet points to let you know I'm great

When I was a boy, I thought I'd be some brave explorer,
but the corners of the world had been cornered when I got here
so I saw your ad on Craigslist and thought this could be better than
the nothing I've been doing all year

Now that I am older, I can see the world is colder
than I thought when I was 17 and stoned out in Boulder
so I think I'm finally ready, think I'm finally ready
to be part of this American machine

Let me tell you about myself: I was born between the two Iraq wars
in a house with two floors, in a suburb of a suburb of a town outside a city
that you have never heard of.

I was raised on MTV and lunchables and apathy.
Does that sound good to you? ‘Cause it sounds great to me.
I never thought I'd ever be such a perfect potential employee

When I was a boy, I thought I'd be some brave explorer,
but the corners of the world had been cornered when I got here
so I saw your ad on Craigslist and thought this could be better than
the nothing I've been doing all year

Now that I am older, I can see the world is colder
than I thought when I was 17 and stoned out in Boulder
so I think I'm finally ready, think I'm finally ready
to be part of this American machine

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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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