Name: Geneva
Duration: P00H03M13S
Description: Originally demoed at the Saint Clair Ave apartment, Saint Paul MN on March 24, 2010, this version recorded on December 14, 2010, vocals and final mix on Sept 25, 2016

Geneva

from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ) by Painkiller The Pigeon

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Originally demoed at the Saint Clair Ave apartment, Saint Paul MN on March 24, 2010, this version recorded on December 14, 2010, vocals and final mix on Sept 25, 2016

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Oh Geneva, Geneva, whose radio glows
For phantom men and dangerous drunks in the know
Oh Geneva, who's all grown up into foam
A clever flirt with a child at home

When you're gone I never know where you have been
And when you're strong, I'm weak
And then you take it on the cheek
And on a night so dark
You just had to impress us again, oh no...
Geneva, where did you go?

Oh, Geneva, who stayed out late with a blonde
Who made a senator's call from the dawn to say
"Listen up, cause you will be thrown for a blow,
You'll be shattered and slashed up, believe me, I know"

Why won't you say where you have been?
And when you're gone I'm weak
And when you take it in the streets
You're a headline now, oh Geneva
You won't come back, so sad...

I've built a life because you're gone
Don't get me wrong
It doesn't feel like a life because you're gone
Notable absences:
Spark, gas, and filament
But no.

Sometimes there's hope
Sometime's the weather's mild
Sometimes I like me
It's a whiskey on a hot night
A bad friend's disaster,
A rainbow in June,
A woman on the street and man,
She's wearing your perfume, Geneva

Just tell me where have you been
Oh Geneva, Geneva...

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from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ), released December 4, 2020

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