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The Legacy Fallacy

by Anderson, of a Painter

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1.
Monday Went to see about a loan Was told to go back home There's a URL you know So Tuesday Punched my details in online And in 2 minutes' time An email said I was declined Maybe past my earning prime? Old and getting complicated? Been divorced 3 times? Maybe Madly Sadly that's it An algorithm said I didn't fit Wednesday Bought some gardening supplies A couple of new toys Great bulk discounts applied Thursday The SWAT team came to call By kicking down my door Thought I was planning to bomb the mall Planning nothing like that at all But the fertiliser, fireworks The petrol and the drone Had tagged me, nabbed me A profile fit An algorithm said something's amiss Friday Went out and hit the town Feeling the wrong way round Then I saw Sophie from Southdown Saturday morning Woke to calipers on my nose Micrometer on my toes Typing measurements in her phone By the time I got back home She'd text to say that her and I Were not a golden ratio Unlikely to marry Sadly that's it An algorithm said we didn't fit Madly, sadly that's it An algorithm said we didn't fit Madly, sadly that's it An algorithm said we didn't fit
2.
I trained to be a sailor Travelling the seas With angels Watching over me Asking lots of questions Finding the right land Said "I'll never stop travelling Until I've found my man" I drove across the country After visiting most Of the cities And the towns along the coast I was finally directed To the village where I stand With still a lot of work to do Until I've found my man A little boy by the river His sister in the street A shelter from the freezing rain A popular bag of sweets Could you choose Or did you feel compelled? He drinks in the hotel On the corner by the bank Casually (I've planned this in advance) I walk in through the door And look to shake his hand And I stick the knife between his ribs Now I've found my man I stick the knife between his ribs And whisper Now I've found my man For the little boy by the river For his sister in the street
3.
Come On Baby 03:02
Come on Baby, up and go Let's get out of town (Before the police start shutting it down) Come on Baby, travel light Who needs all this stuff? (Not when we might end up sleeping rough) Come on Baby, come on Baby Come on Baby, I can drive I'll take the scenic roads (Where the cops are less likely to go) Come on Baby, hold my hand We'll go hit the coast (Just in case we'll be needing a boat) Come on Baby, come on Baby This Adelaide lady of mine She's a peach! With deep blue eyes And a perfect smile I woke up screaming, dreaming last night She was bloody In the flashing lights I couldn't make it right Come on Baby, up and go Let's get out of town (Before the police start shutting it down) Come on Baby, travel light Who needs all this stuff? (Not when we might end up sleeping rough) Come on Baby, come on Baby
4.
Just ask for Angela If something is wrong She's never far away Or takes very long She'll help raise a smile You'll feel less alone Just ask for Angela She'll help get you home 20 years ago It was a different time With different attitudes People felt expected to Hide away But not anymore Don't hide away Just ask for Angela If something's not right Don't feel you have to stay Or put up a fight She's never too far She'll be right along Just ask for Angela If something is wrong If something is wrong If something is wrong Just ask for Angela If something is wrong
5.
Amy's got a lot on her hands Amy's got a lot on her hands For sure Amy's got her work cut out Amy's got her work cut out For sure Every ornamental vine, every succulent she finds Every orchard tree from a germinating seed Has the strongest life They could ever have Amy's got a lot on her hands Amy's got a lot on her hands For sure Amy's got her work cut out Amy's got her work cut out For sure Every rescued cat and dog, every local banjo frog Every kangaroo, sulphur-crested cockatoo Has the strongest life They could ever have Amy's got a lot on her hands Amy's got a lot on her hands For sure Amy's got her work cut out Amy's got her work cut out For sure I haven't grown up yet, lots of key things I forget Even though I still can't lose the weekly Sunday blues I have the strongest life I have the longest life I could ever have
6.
If in the end I lie with no one That's ok Not one personal possession I could give away Wouldn't mean my life was loveless Absent of friends Treasure-less and empty Beginning to the end If I wane away in winter That's alright In the gloomiest and coldest And darkest of nights Wouldn't mean I hadn't flowered Many years in spring Never had a bright day Or brought some light to shadowed things How do you want to be remembered? What would you like people to say About you For decades to come After your last day? Will it work out that way? Legacy A fallacy I say What matters are the nudges I gave along the way Little things I did for people Even though they may not know Little things I did for culture Even though they may not show As far as audits go Even though they may not show Even though they may not know
7.
Does the moon I gaze upon Look the same to you Or is sunlight in your eyes Where you stand? Do the laws within this country Still apply to you Or are you living in a different sovereign land? Yes I ask But answers I'm not seeking They're just little things That creep in every day Is this lightning bright with you Does the thunder follow quickly Or is it just a forecast storm That didn't show? The rain comes down Or has it eased for hours After watering the flowers That you grow? Yes I ask But answers I'm not seeking They're just little things That creep in every day Time can't heal all wounds, life's too short Too soon I'll just leave behind these lines A lap dog is yapping In a garden down the street Can you hear a neighbour's patience Getting strained? My front steps are creaking There's a knock upon the door Do your knuckles rap on timber That I stained? Yes I ask But answers I'm not seeking They're just little things That creep in every day Yes I ask But answers I'm not seeking They're just little things That creep in every day They're just little things That creep in every day They're just little things That creep in every day
8.
Nightland 04:37
Tin-kicking Rail-licking Fire-lighting Street-fighting Hard-drinking Pint-sinking Chain-smoking Bad-joking Feel the wheels turning slowly now Nightland Feel the wheels turning slowly now Nightland Good partner Bad partner Good parent Bad parent Work ethic Pathetic PC All company Feel the wheels turning slowly now Nightland Feel the wheels turning slowly now Nightland Feel the wheels turning faster now Nightland Feel the wheels turning faster now Nightland Days and nights, and 13 moons And 4 seasons Some get few while others a little more And some of us get to Look on when they go Joints aching Mind aching Supernova Hangover Ex-smoker Tee-totaller Vegetarian Octogenarian Feel the wheels turning faster now Nightland Feel the wheels turning faster now Nightland Tired of this endless spin Reunite me with my kin Nightland
9.
Clouds hang heavy on Pendarren Street Where little children play, the world at their feet 'Til the hiders and seekers are all called in to eat Cars crowd the street and the houses so clean In modern makeup look like prime property Near the Rhymney River clear of heavy industry TV chatter drafts through the open front door Of the house where my mother was born And her father wrote stories of the mines and the wars Where kids now tell mother There's some stranger who stares With tears in his eyes And hands in his pockets Where their wide-eyed faces Now leave the windows And the door shuts with a frown On a garden of roses I close my eyes and feel the passing of years And smell the coal dust as the cars disappear And a black and white movie becomes re-released
10.
Shania Waits 03:11
If you wanna leave then come When she comes home he turns When he's asleep she yearns Thinks of sunlight Thinks of flower Thinks of friends and how they chatted for hours Thinks of love When she's alone she comes When we're alone we run Through the markets Through the strangers Two lovers unaware there's a danger At the movies In the subway Or walking through the door of a cafe He'll be there He'll be watching He'll be baiting He'd have sent out all his spies and they're waiting In the shade Now everybody's got a dream Shania waits Says she'll wait until the moment comes Everybody's got a dream Shania waits one more time Thinks of shelter Thinks of violence Thinks of bruises and the screams and the silence Thinks of moonlight Thinks of power Thinks of seconds through to minutes and hours Thinks of haven Thinks of leaving Turns a corner as she's dropping the keys in In a drain When she comes round it's late but When she comes round it's made I've been waiting Now I'm listening Now I'm looking at her eyes and they're glistening But she's here

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released January 20, 2021

Words and music throughout written by Mike Davies

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Anderson, of a Painter Sydney, Australia

Anderson, of a Painter is the solo recording and performing persona of singer-songwriter guitarist Mike Davies.
The work of Anderson, of a Painter sparks from various literature and musical inspirations, and comes through in the form of contemporary folk and sometimes quirky acoustic guitar-based songs.
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