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On Your Behalf

by Ned Riseley

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Take down the curtains in my room
Dust up the sand with a grass broom
Wood chest, linen, cactus perfume
I'll carry it on my back

Dirt road, scrub trees and squires
Pool halls, card sharks and liars
The haze is from the western fires
Better stay inside, wait out this ide

I try to be less devoted
I always struggled to sugarcoat it
I worry my way is too full-throated
But you'd tell me, right?

Every curve in the road is hiding a sphinx
Maybe I can charm her if I invite her to drinks
She intimidates me, so I care what she thinks
Even though I know it doesn't matter

I reach a cave by the ocean
Met by a mage with a potion
He tells me he's the victim of erosion
And invites me in

I eat the old witch's dinner
He asks if I am a sinner
Then puts on something sounds like Lynyrd Skynyrd
And I go on my way

I hold a pillow like it's you
I'm told wear the shoe if it fits you
I don't wish I knew how to quit you
My own joke makes me laugh, I laugh on your behalf

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released January 7, 2022
Ned Riseley: Vocals and Piano
Caleb Cressman: Recording and Pedal Steel
Alec Spiegelman: Mix
Philip Shaw Bova: Master

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