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Amateurism

from Bar Paris Street by Paris Street

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Let's get the sad sack shit out of the way . . .

This song takes place at a honky-tonk in downtown Nashville called Robert's Western World.

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Yeah, I’m drunk but it’s alright
It’s just an art crawl drunk so far tonight
But the night’s still young and I am far from done

Stumbling out towards the Broadway scene
The tourist traps and the neon sheen
I can’t tell you why but tonight it just feels right

To disappear in the mass of a crowded bar
The smoke and overpriced drinks
To go somewhere where I can’t hear myself think

Maybe I’ll take some gal here home tonight
Or make the cover band play one of mine
Neither has a chance to actually occur

Yeah, I’m drunk but it’s not too hard
To discern I’m the soberest one here by far
I’m a fraud, I’m a phony, a lightweight amateur

Dissolving into the mass of a crowded bar
The smoke and overpriced drinks
Where - if I’m lucky - I can not hear myself think

And maybe if I stay here long enough I’ll learn
To enjoy it like them
Maybe I can learn to never think again

Yeah, I’m drunk but that’s okay
It’s just an art crawl drunk anyway

Yeah, I’m down but I’ll deal with it
Another bourbon might do the trick

Yeah, I’m drunk but I’m having fun
‘Cause the evening is almost done

Yeah, I know that things could be worse
I know it well; I’m no amateur

credits

from Bar Paris Street, released March 10, 2014
Written by Carl Polgar.

Performed by Carl Polgar with a bass guitar, an electric guitar, a classical guitar, a percussive egg, keys, the SPC app for Android, and a couple mouth and body noises (it's best not to ask).

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