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lyrics

black and tan at midnight
a pen that’s out of ink
sometimes the paper
is more blank than you think
black coffee at sunrise
I’m the Sunday ghost
writing in the margins
of the Sunday Post

I’ve got ambitions
or so I’ve heard
I’ve got ambitions
or maybe that’s just a word
and I will stay right here although
I ought to be there when you go

stumble to the subway
newspaper in hand
I’m scanning the headlines
but there’s nothing all that grand
just someone’s losses
and someone else’s gains
and someone on the subway
staying entertained

I’ve got ambitions
or so it seems
I’ve got ambitions
or maybe they’re just dreams
and I will stay right here although
I want to be there when you go

I read your story
I don’t remember where
and what surprised me
was that I actually cared
when I needed something
to drive away the gloom
I read installments
in the darkness of my room

I ought to be there when you go
I want to be there when you go

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from Ballast and Bromides, released September 21, 2018
©2018 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon and Scott Goodrick (ASCAP/WMM Songs).

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Arms of Kismet Winchester, Virginia

Brooding and poppy, funny and foreboding, it’s toe-tapping, tragicomic rock ’n’ roll.

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