Corkboard

from Borono by Wood Burning Cat

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The stupid thing is I know just exactly what I'm up against
and no strategic planning is going to save me from defeat
and yet I'm stockpiling all my maps and .. and ammunition
and sailing towards the front line with no plans of retreat

and all because I was too dumb to play it cool
to refuse invitation
to adhere to simple rules
the kid with the empty corkboard is not prepared to fight
has no grasp of the etiquette
is dead upon first sight

when August came around I was too frustrated to follow through
I found enough restraint to stop begging for replies from you
choke the air supply behind our moving lips
let my pen scratch all the shapes it wants but let your eyes never interpret it

Like a stack of scratch off lotto tickets in the end
the few rewards I get from you couldn't pay for half of what I spend
the kid with the empty corkboard is sailing towards the land
with reckless disabandon he will run aground again

(Editors note: Of my greatest musical regrets, my failure to realize that "disabandon" is in absolutely no way an actual word is amongst the greatest.)

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from Borono, released February 28, 2009
Jason Unterreiner: lead vocals, bass, organ
Tony Bitetti: backing vocals, guitar, drums

Written by Jason Unterreiner
Recorded and Mixed by Tony Bitetti

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