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Didn't We Get Down

from Noyo: a Love Story by Will Stenberg

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Hanging out on Laurel Street.
I got a hangover for a head.
I’m about as much fun as a sack of meat.
Guess I’d be better off dead.
That’s what she said:
I’d be better off dead.
And if this life’s a joke then I don’t get it.

I met her at the bowling alley.
She was seventeen.
I was ten years older.
I was scared as I could be
if you know what I mean.
She was seventeen.
I said, “Hey, how are you? C’mon, let’s hit it.”

We walked down to the harbor
to watch the fog come rolling in.
We smoked a bowl and then we opened our souls
and filled them up with Pabst Blue Ribbon
and that ain’t no sin.
It’s just a place to begin.
She said, “I’d give to you my heart if I knew where I hid it.”

We walked on up to Main Street
where the mill used to scrape the sky.
She said, “Ain’t it a shame?” and then she spoke my name
and then she began to cry
but my eyes were dry.
I was way too high.
She kept on crying and crying till I told her to quit it.

We had nowhere else to go.
So we went back to her home.
Not much happens in this town.

But for at least one night we didn’t fuss and fight.
Everything was wrong but it felt all right.
She was just my size; she was just my height.
She was full of lies; she was full of light.
And though not much happens in this town …

didn’t we get down?

credits

from Noyo: a Love Story, released May 23, 2013
Will Stenberg - rhythm guitar, lead vocals.
Colin Anderson - drums, percussion, backing vocals.
Bennet Strauss - bass.
Henry Nagle - nylon-stringed guitar, pedal steel guitar.
Caleb Baker - backing vocals.

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Will Stenberg Portland, Oregon

Will Stenberg is searching for the perfect marriage of text and tune, mediated by himself with maximum honesty. He spends a lot of time writing songs and has a vague, persistent hope that there is an audience for them. He is from a small town, has lived in various parts of the US, and is full of love and unease. ... more

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