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Doldrum Blues
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Doldrum Blues (single)
by Stumble Day
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Single from the forthcoming Stumble Day EP. This track is about a poet friend of mine, stuck by the cruel hand of providence in an IT job. Drink one for him.
lyrics
Sit down, let’s crank out another one
Nobody knows
Ten years that tick tock clockin’ me
How they come and go
I’m the front of the pack on paper,
Push paper, kill a pack a day
Show up, but I never get here somehow
I don’t know what to say
Every cigarette just burns into the next one
Every bottle’s got a bottle at the bottom
Half the world would give an arm to have that problem
So why do I feel so lobotomized in doldrum blues?
Sit down, won’t you make yourself comfortable
This is my domain
Ain’t much but a four wall cubicle with
Cartoons and coffee stains
Fluorescent sun for eight hours
Of I don’t give a fuck about
Who cares if my pockets are green
My days are colorless and runnin’ out
Every cigarette just burns into the next one
Every bottle’s got a bottle at the bottom
Half the world would give an arm to have that problem
Nobody’s happy here, they’re chewin on those doldrum blues
Every cigarette just burns into the next one
Every bottle’s got a bottle in the bottom
Half the world would give an arm to have that problem
Nobody’s happy here, they’re colorless in doldrum blues
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Warning
04:41
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I turn lovers over like the pages of a book
transfixed to the very last line
may have told a dozen that I'm fallin in love
but I meant it every single time
I don't know if I'm gonna see you again
I don't know if I'll cry
but who's to say I'm not in love with you now
I mean it when I tell you goodbye
I'm gonna want you back this time
gonna want you back
cuz I need someone to hold me
Don't go leavin' pretty stains in my mind
can't you see I'm on the road
when I get outta here I'm gonna leave you behind
I can't stay and you can't go
I'm gonna want you back this time
gonna want you back
cuz I need someone to hold me good I cannot be alone
I go through lovers like I pass through towns
this is home as long as I stay
if I had a different life or another go round
I'd walk right through your door and I'd never go away
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Everybody's Cryin'
03:22
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Burned my bridges
said goodbye to everyone
I'm headed on my way
just a kind of sick vacation
I dunno
I'll pay the bill some other day
well I don't mean to
make no trouble
I figured all my grief would be my own
lock the door and
eat the key and in the dark
I start to feel I'm not alone
And everybody's cryin' now
got a break around the corner
I got a windfall
got another thing comin
hate to say I told you so
but I'm only human
guess I better start runnin
cuz everybody's cryin' now
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My Man
04:45
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My man's got a big and a broken heart
equipped with an ache and a rancid memory
got pride, got shame as a hand me down
he don't know what it means when he says
it'll be like that for a long time
if you get started at all
it'll feel like that for a long time
My man's got a home that's far away
he gonna get em all back there one sunny day
and my man's got a problem in every town
solve one with another I guess
it'll be like that for a long time
if it changes at all
gonna hurt like that for a long time
he's tender and soft like a child
got skin like leather but it splits easy
I wish he'd leave me alone
I wish he'd just believe me
I'm hungry and lost like a child
I'm sick like a leper but I hide neatly
I gotta keep him sane
and barkin' up the wrong tree
my man, he's a slave to the soft eye
hands to hold, lips to kiss him and sing him lullabies
but those lips don't sing like they used to do
He just can't leave em I guess
It'll be like that for a long time
if it changes at all
gonna hurt like that for a long time
he's tender and soft like a child
got skin like leather but it splits easy
I wish he'd leave me alone
I wish he'd just believe me
I'm hungry and lost like a child
I'm sick like a leper but I hide neatly
I gotta keep him sane
and barkin' up the wrong tree
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Enough
03:33
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I’ll have the one of each with everything
I want your fingers up and down my spine
I’ll have the fuel with the highest octane
And I’ll suck it on up ‘til I’m blue in the face
Just as soon as I got it it’s missing
I got this hunger that’s incredible
I know the next bite gonna save my soul
I’ll clean you out, man, I’m insatiable
And I’ll keep it on up ‘til I’m six feet down
And the devil come to collect
I want one more my next will
be the perfect fix will satisfy
Me
I can’t drive fast enough
I can’t get high enough
I’m gonna go downtown and see about it
Well, everybody’s got a different medicine
Some like the brown sugar, some hold the pastor’s hand
I think you might have a clue what’s happenin’
But if you keep an eye out then you can’t look in
Just get on the wheel, keep spinnin’
I want one more my next will
be the perfect fix will satisfy
Me
I can’t get flush enough,
I can’t get fucked enough
I’m gonna go downtown and see about it
Just as soon as I got it it’s missin
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Stumble Day San Francisco, California
Stumble day is a song-driven rock band from the SF Bay Area.
Inspired by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell,
Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd, Stumble Day’s songwriting is thoughtful, wry, gritty, and accessible with a distinct edge that reveals the influence of Soundgarden, Jeff Buckley, Nirvana, and Porcupine Tree.
Formed in 2019, they are set to release their self-titled debut EP in 2020.
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