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Dale's Pale Fail

from Short Stormy by Matt Leech

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It started so simple, late 4th of July
A trash can fire, a spent match, bourbon and lime.
Cooking burgers over burning bank offers,
Who in the hell's offering you a credit line?
Too old to keep up, too young to say no
Each year you get closer to slowing your roll,
Each year you get closer to burning yourself out,
It's tangible.

Dale, I admire your confidence,
But you gotta quit pulling shit like this on purpose.
Any way you spin it, it's gonna come off crooked.

You gotta take your time, and slow things down,
Set up shop in your parent 's cabin south of town.
You can split things up, you can calibrate,
You can right some people you wronged.
You can walk into town, and return what you stole,
Beg for pardon from the girls you made uncomfortable.
And when dusk sets in, try to keep it together:
This town is small , you won't be welcome forever.

Pretty soon it's in the local weekly,
Just some trash rag afterthought shat out on Fridays
By some helpless hillbillies
Printing post-paid kindling for fires.
They said you were overworked, and that you were over-served,
And depending on the party I asked, they said you were undeserved.
Maybe you're provoked, the butt of some girl's joke.
They twisted what your neighbor said, they threw it in quotes,
And then they threw you under the bus.
It'll happen to you eventually if you stick with us.

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from Short Stormy, released June 1, 2012

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Dad, dude, designer, and unofficial Virginia advocate™ living, working, and writing in the shadow of the Blue Ridge.

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