Now I Know My Place

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

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Recorded at the Saps/Warm Ones rehearsal space, North & Western, Chicago IL on December 14, 2006
Overdubs recorded upstairs at Brotown on January 6, 2007

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I was pushed down and I scraped a fourth-grade knee
(A shadow on the playground)
I jumped up, kicking and swearing and screaming
(At a shadow that laughed loud)
But Stephen Chance was big
He swung and caught me in the teeth
Crying so hard I couldn't speak
And I swear the teachers were smiling

Shaking their heads like "If you can't fight back
Then you don't deserve to be saved"
Well, wipe that smile off your face, please
Now I know my place

She was chewing me out for reading instead of planning
(Our rent would be up soon)
I kept my mouth shut, I kept my drawings in hiding
(Under the chair in the front room)
But Sarah Quick was straight
And she abandoned my fate
"Perhaps your daydream dolls can pay your rent," she said
"Tomorrow's already the tenth"

Now I'm cap in hand "Can I please work here
And I promise I won't be late"
Well hide that look on your face, please
Now I know my place

I know my place now and I don't need reminding
That the world is a spider and its web is tightening
Shake your act up, be a real go-getter
I don't need you to spell it out for me

All my days spent lost in a cubicle maze
Well now I know that I'm a disgrace
Now I know my place

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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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