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Watershed
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Watershed
I’m situated exactly, running right across the grain
Some might think strategic
Most say just in the way
Never ever been a national obsession, close to a national craze
But all my friends wink, twinkle, twinkle nudge, nudge
They say boy you just wait
Cause there ain’t no doubt about it
They’ve seen it all before
They say I’m just ripe and ready
To get in on the ground floor
Oh, I’m just a watershed 2x
Well I crawl outta my hole
Maybe once or twice a week
Mostly just to scratch myself
Eye the girls, drink a beer, take a peek
There they all standing just grinning
Saying boy where you been so long
I say I’ve just been doing my little thing
And I wrote me a couple new songs
Oh man they say we just knew it
You’re a rare son of a gun
They ain’t seen nothing like it since back in 1961
Oh I’m just a watershed 2x
I sometimes wonder about my rations
and worry just a little out loud
‘cause it’s true it can be a distraction
how’s a body supposed to live anyhow
But my friends say man don’t worry
Just calm yourself right down
‘cause it’s true if you want to be original
You gotta learn to stand alone in a crowd
Oh yes I said that makes me happy
And I want to believe what they say
‘cause I’ve been working real hard and steady
to get ready for the day
oh, I’m just a watershed.
I got a well worn guardian angel
A half a dozen earth bound friends
And they swear I’m just that special
They’ll never see another one again
I’m just a watershed 4x
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Seventeen
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Seventeen
My unruly appetite, innocence just fiction
All there is neon signed but she don’t get it
It’s over
I wanted from her what she won’t discuss
She said she’d never done that much
Curled her lip in feigned disgust
And asked me why I could not hold it
Love requires trust
So what I want she won’t dare
And now I’m mad and just don’t care
Irreducibility
This yellow, kernel, carnal me
At 17
Holding hands I want to kiss
Kissing done move on from it
Nothing makes more sense then this
But what I need most I can’t get
I miss
Something I know is mocking me
Watches me work, won’t let me sleep
Indefatigability
Every single part of me
At 17
I wish I could just buy a map
Maybe find some truth in that
Consultations about sex and love
And what it means when there is none
What’s fun?
Maybe I’ll survive all this and see
Against all probabilities
One day I’ll laugh but guaranteed
I’ll not go back or want to be
17
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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France
Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.
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