Eugene Southpaw

from You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream by Paul Kotheimer

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lyrics

“Southpaw, the moon was tacked up too far away, so,
Southpaw, I took it down a notch or two, &
Southpaw, I swaddled up that moon in bubble wrap
and sealed it up and mailed it off to you
—from 61801 or -2.

“Eugene, I’m messaging you this photograph
to prove I’m going to the mailbox now, &
Eugene, I hope that this note finds you and it finds you well.
I can’t imagine how. I can’t imagine how.”

“Southpaw, you might have written back to me,
but as far as I can tell, your letter never came.
Southpaw, I’ll send you off a little paragraph
of lies detected on a polygraph
the aftermath of which is just the same
( —Is “Southpaw” your real name?)”

“—Wait. Of course not. [ : :

“Eugene, I’m wishing you tranquility.
Eugene, I’m wishing you the Sea — of Tranquility.
And if you ever come home again by flying machine,
um, don’t even think about me.”

credits

from You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream, released February 12, 2018
Words and music by Paul Kotheimer. Violin solo by Amanda Ramey, recorded by Ryan Groff at Perennial Studios, Champaign, IL. Vocal, upright bass, piano, harmonium, organ, and stylophone by PK, recorded at home, plus Wurlitzer electric piano, recorded at Perennial.

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Paul Kotheimer Urbana, Illinois

For well over 30 years now, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, way way back in the actual 1980s, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Now he's the proprietor of Pillow Monster Home Studio, complete with lots of musical instruments and recording gear and one actual pillow monster. YAY MUSIC! ... more