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If You Know What's Good For You

from Gethsemane by Reece Sullivan

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Written circa 2018, Lafayette, to January 22, 2022, Baton Rouge.

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I lost my life somehow
To an ugly wife, a sow
To life behind the plow
For to buy her plates of chow

And the thing that'll get me most
Is how I moved here from the coast
To this dump to take my post
Where my dreams burnt up like toast

For to live here in this space
An ugly wasteland of a place
Where druggies like zombies pace
Where your kids can't show their face

Yes, my life went in a ditch
When I got tangled up with that ol' witch
Since the evening when we got hitched
A ten year scratch that I can't itch

Now I work down at this store
As a salesman on the floor
Where we sell cheap junk and more
For a boss we do deplore

What I do I do despise
For not much pay I compromised
Far too late before I realized
That on this treadmill I'd live and die

If I could I would explain
How I crashed into this lane
How I lost such an easy game
Yes, if I could I would explain

But I can't, so what I'll do
Is I'll offer you a word or two
Some advice if you can hear me through
That's if you know what's good for you

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from Gethsemane, released February 23, 2023

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Reece Sullivan Lafayette, Louisiana

Originally from Arkansas, and now in Lafayette, LA, I play the surrounding areas regularly. Over the course of the years, I've reinvented myself musically many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to finger-picking, solely songwriting to performing. My latest incarnation has me playing out often, sometimes touring, and writing and recording consistently. ... more

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