Red & Green Blues

from Low Twenties, Mostly Sunny by P.T. Collis

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lyrics

Gotta pile my coins
But I’m young and I’m dumb and I am restless
Reeking of reckless e-x-p-e-n-ditures
Tinsel and drummer-boys
Came without warning, nor invitation
Digging for silver and gold in the couch cushion

Gotta train yourself, child
You’re a fool with it laid out in front of you
Cynically cursing “superfluous nothingness”
Such original thought!
If significance is subjective
I’ll drown in indifference, receipts and bad credit lines

Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh

Is there something somewhere that I’m missing?
Did the days pass away between sighs?
How did we end up back here again? Past pollen revenge,
Spider-webs in the corners of eyes

Can I stay in bed til it’s all over?
With the tree bleeding out in the yard
While the birds harmonise hallelujahs
savage your overflown bins
Just to take a great shit on your car

But it’s O so nice to have us all together again
Passin’ gravy down toward the other end
Wondering how to afford your rent
while ladles cross tables
And labels are sailed
o’er nicely carved swine,
or a bird,
a potato,
whatever…

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from Low Twenties, Mostly Sunny, released September 4, 2020

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P.T. Collis Melbourne, Australia

P.T. Collis has spent the last decade or so penning raw tales of suburban absurdism, iconoclasm, psyche struggles, and matter-of-fact romance for cult audiences across Australia and the world. Hailed for his natural storytelling and dynamic stage presence as frontman in Melbourne rock-band The Great Emu War, P.T. Collis has returned from hiatus refocused and re-energised in a big way. ... more

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