Walkin' Around Money

by Spectator Bird

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I am a man of simple pleasures
I don't need much to be doing fine
A tin can of Cafe Bustelo
Your quiet hand reaching out for mine

And I have accepted that I'll never
Be some bigshot son of a gun
But this here's the last of summer weather
And my work week is almost done

Let's go walkin' around, honey
I've got walkin' around money
I've worked the whole week through
To walk around
This sorry town
With you

I am a man of simple sorrows
It don't take much to devastate me
A story I hear on the radio,
The thought that my boy could grow to blame me

Things didn't work out with his mother
We were reckless, we were young
I know he's gonna do better
Than I ever coulda done

Let's go walking around, sonny
I've got walkin' around money!
I've worked my whole life through
To walk around
This sorry town
With you

I hear the townies off of work
Man, they can really tear it up
I milked that life for all it was worth
And when I left, nobody called

Most nights, I'm happy just to stay home
Then something throws me off my stride
A story I hear on the radio
Oh no, but no your quiet hand reaches out for mine

You can call me a fool, honey
But I know the point of money
I know this much to be true
It's to walk around
This sorry town
With you

credits

released February 16, 2019
Lindsey FitzGerald: Vocals, guitar
Rachel FitzGerald: Vocals
Chad Altenberger: Bass
Written by Lindsey FitzGerald
Photo: Lindsey FitzGerald, (Montreal, 35 mm)

Recorded by Gabriel Taylor at Packing Shed Records in Lovingston, VA. Many thanks to Rapunzel's 15th Annual Songwriting Competition and the Further Ado Foundation for making the recording time possible.

Mixed and mastered by Chad Altenberger at Three Arrows Sound in Harrisonburg, VA.

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