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Bill White and Corinnelucy - chasing the center of everything

from The K​-​Mart Tapes Volume Five by Bill White

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I was walking through streets that were paved with litter
I was watching the rats in the verges mating
I was looking for something I hoped might deliver
I was finding it hard to remember my first name
I was reading the signs in the sewage swirling
I was hoping the undertow might take me
I was meeting a friend I had known since the morning
I was looking for salvation in whatever he could sell me

And I suddenly stopped and I noticed the notice
It said he who has nothing has everything
And I knew it was speaking to no-one except me
And I knew it was lying, I knew it was lying
I knew it was lying even as I lay there
I knew it was lying, I knew it was lying

I was watching the sky as it threatened to burn me
I was seeking an answer in license plates
I was watching a stranger and I knew I was hated
I was scratching an itch I’d been nursing for three days
I was looking for someone who wouldn’t look through me
I was never so happy as when I was weeping
I was moving in spirals or circles maybe
I was chasing the centre of everything

And I suddenly stopped and the sign was before me
It said you have a purpose and you must have faith
And I knew I was expected to fall to my knees
ButI knew it was lying, I knew it was lying
I knew it was lying even as I lay there
I knew it was lying, I knew it was lying

I was talking to God and the faces in shadows
I was meeting a friend in the devil’s lair
I was telling the demons to get thee behind me
I was nowhere and nowhere was everywhere

And I suddenly stopped and I read from the reading
It said heed to the word of the Lord your GOD
And I knew it was placed in a place I would see it
And I knew it was lying, I knew it was lying
I knew it was lying even as I lay there
I knew it was lying, I knew it was lying

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from The K​-​Mart Tapes Volume Five, track released August 14, 2018
lyric by Corinnelucy

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