Sophomore Slump

from JCX Aborts the Pope by The Jesus Christ Experience

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All I've got is these six strings
Four chords to my name
And a stolen melody that only I know how to sing
Never had the patience for luck
Never had the time for love
Every day I sink a little further
I've gone down far enough

But all these bridges will burn, all these tables left unturned
I need something to dimish the chord before this meeting is adjourned
No resolution is nigh, a hapless fool am I, going to get back to C (with a capo) somehow

Back to C somehow

Kyphosis in my gait
And a song in my mind
I need something to wrench out, this derivative at any rate
I'm a stale lefitmotif
Locked up in this key
And I need something to turn the gears that have brought on this defeat

The freshman's dream
Means nothing to me
And I've repudiated notions like a sinner's destiny
The freshman's dream
It's nothing to me

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from JCX Aborts the Pope, released July 22, 2016
Words and music by Sean

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