Cut and Pasted
from If at first... by Dave Bradley
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Alluding to the wasted lives of amazing people who end up homeless, living day-by-day, lining their holey boots with old newspaper and seeking warmth in discarded cardboard boxes. "Cut and pasted" perhaps obviously alludes to the old print industry, journalism but also a handy rhyming slang for "wasted" here. I added a throwaway line or two about all the "space wasted and the sweets tasted", which is the song's protagonist reminiscing about the good times before he lost his job and ended up on the streets.
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Huddled down into a frozen space
Bracing for the cold is no disgrace
Even though they taught me how to play
I always played the game in my own way
Cut and pasted
In this empty box I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
Waking up to the fact we're not living free
Never reckoned this day I'd ever see
Souls are never saved by worn out lies
Patching up the holes is no disguise
Cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
I'm cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Walk me home to a time I really cared
(All the space I've wasted, all the sweets I've tasted)
Bracing for the cold is no disgrace
Even though they taught me how to play
I always played the game in my own way
Cut and pasted
In this empty box I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
Waking up to the fact we're not living free
Never reckoned this day I'd ever see
Souls are never saved by worn out lies
Patching up the holes is no disguise
Cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
I'm cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Walk me home to a time I really cared
(All the space I've wasted, all the sweets I've tasted)
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from If at first...,
released February 1, 2014
Words, music. guitar, bass, vocals, mixing Dave Bradley
Words, music. guitar, bass, vocals, mixing Dave Bradley
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