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Liquid Pain Procrastination

from My Message by Paul Kotheimer

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I wish that I could torch all this regret
just like the interior of that blue Corvette--
Oh man, I never should have flicked that cigarette,
but what is burned is burnt. You can't unsmoke it.
& You may wish that no one was to blame
and you will never need to walk that walk of shame,
but all the innocence that you would like to claim
is bullshit, girl. It's broke because you broke it,
but just add a little Liquid Pain Procrastination.
One sip'll get you started. Two shots'll set you right.
A little liquid pain procrastination:
Why not put off 'til tomorrow what you don't wanna feel tonight?
A little Liquid Pain Procrastination.
A little Liquid Pain Procrastination.
You put the "hot" in Real Hot Mess.
You were careful not to spill it on your dress,
and you sure ain't no damsel in distress,
but how the hell did you wake up with That in your bed?
& What will you do with this remorse
except to shrug and say it's about par for the course?
It ain't a mystery why it ended in divorce,
but it's unclear how that tattoo got on your forehead.
It must have been Liquid Pain Procrastination.
One sip'll get you started. Two shots'll set you right.
A little liquid pain procrastination:
Why not put off 'til tomorrow what you don't want to feel tonight?
A little Liquid Pain Procrastination.
A little Liquid Pain Procrastination.
--Top shelf or tap or well, it's
on my breath, and you can smell it.
Damn, they oughtta bottle this stuff and sell it!
Liquid Pain Procrastination.
Liquid Pain Procrastination.

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from My Message, released September 1, 2014
Words and music by Paul Kotheimer. Acoustic guitar and vocal by Paul Kotheimer. Late-August central Illinois cricket sounds by the actual crickets of central Illinois. Guitar, vocal, and crickets recorded August 27, 2013, at home in Urbana. Drums by Cody Jensen and bass by Charlie Harris, recorded at Musek Haus in Champaign, IL, deep in the winter of 2014.

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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

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