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The Time We Have

from The Art State by Patricia Taxxon

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Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

Sometimes I have to ask why the fuck I’m still doing this
Has this all been just for me or ‘cause I thought that Mark would like it?
Are the choices that aren’t for him just for my fat pretentious dick?
Is this what AJR was getting at? It doesn’t feel any different.

Look at me! That’s all this is, look at me!
Music’s a call for attention, that’s why I give it out for free.
Just hoping someone will give a damn to my tragedies
I’m squirting my shit all over the internet’s special branches of the tree

So what is it? If that was all I’m looking for,
Then why can’t I just kill my pride and go four on the floor?
All I do is cut off those I could connect to if I tried
But I stay here out of some misguided effort not to lie

Every artist says their work is for them and them only
But the best one on the planet wouldn’t make shit for nobody
And just as high and mighty as I pretend to be
I know I’m just as starved without an audience who prays to me

Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

My inspiration’s tapped
But at least I know a guy who likes self-referential rap
Nine tracks were all I needed, just add another and wrap
This shit’s gone on for too long, at least this track’s last.

How can I say that it’s worth it?
I’ve dropped 19 albums but I still haven’t fucked Brady Corbet.
Everything that tells me not to Synecdoche New York it
Is failing like the flailing mind ready to abort it

‘Cause if I get the chance I’ll live a trillion goddamn years
‘Cause every year I die earlier is nine records you won’t hear
Does that sound narcissistic? That’s something to expect,
Because every time I’m not I’m a self loathing wreck.

But I can’t say that now we have that much hope left
I wish I’d gotten famous before I saw the fucking world end
I’m sorry I made you sit through my self-indulgent screed
Now take a seat right here ask me what the fuck it means.

Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

Roadways inside my head
Did I forget to mention,
The time we have is running out.

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from The Art State, released November 5, 2017

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Patricia Taxxon Santa Cruz, California

Hi, I'm Patricia Taxxon. I make music for different moods. All of my (non-contract) tunes are free to use for any of your projects, commercial or otherwise, with credit.

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