Killingsworth

from Op Shop and Elsewhere by Erik Cameron

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I lived my life half asleep among the pimps
And broken pigeon wings
Down on my street, if you can cover your own drinks
You count yourself a king

I loved one girl when we were just sixteen years old
But I missed all of the signs
Skin of porcelain and a mouth of silver forks and tines
Fingertips of gold

Left me when she heard I was a fake
Our story went an apple, a snake,
And our fig leaves in the wrong place
I have to laugh
To think of the faces we'd make

Last October, my friend he stole a million bucks
The teller fell to his gun
Up at Martha's I heard him whispering that I
That i had been the one

When I saw that parked police car
I tried to run, but didn't get far
Here I thought I was the man to meet
Conquistador of Killingsworth Street
I protest that I am much abused
Through rye whiskey shots, but what else is new
They say this time I am sure to hang
Oh what the hell
I always sang blue

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from Op Shop and Elsewhere, released January 31, 2015

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Erik Cameron Chicago, Illinois

Music, words, whiskey and dog. Guitar parts and pickles and print. Brackish beer. Born on Cinco de Mayo.

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