Gobsmacked

from This Time This Year by Scott Gesser

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Gobsmacked like an old hat rucksack
Kick back in a green Adirondack
Staring down at the creaking hands
Too late to negate them best laid plans
Follow through as the times get rough
The quip flows zip when you’ve done enough
Time to count blessings, one, two, three
Then they all fall down eventually
Clever, clover, drink until it’s over
‘Cause the light in sky makes everyone sober
Monkeying around with the iron fist
Who’ll pat you on the back ‘til you slip a disc
Up on the docket is a meaningless task
Time to rally and fling on a hunting mask

I know you’re savvier than me
I saw your ad on my TV
I know I’m living in a dream within a dream
But I don’t care how the time is not random
And I’m gonna run a marathon now
Air out the difference of feeling
And halt the agenda when we hit the ground
Oh, now you’re spinning, spinning
Spinning all around

Band together through the fog of ether
Stand out, shun the nonbelievers
Take turns sifting ill-gotten funds
And hitting each other with finger guns
The stakes lower than they’ve ever been
Until we heighten them up again
Cling to the feeling like an heirloom
Or a sad child swiping at a loose balloon
Hunkering down with the temporary
Feeling that’ll fade when we learn it’s scary
The time is nigh to make it die
Fire before you see the white of its eye
Clamoring around, that’s all she wrote
And if that’s the case, she’s got my vote

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from This Time This Year, released April 10, 2020

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