Down & Out in Chicago Again

from Bootlickers​/​Bombthrowers by City Barricades

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I refuse to learn how to play the accordion

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I came back to Chicago
this time I think I'm gonna stay
this time I think there's finally
nowhere left to run to

I'll hold up a few days
at the motorway inn
if you come by to share a drink
please don't remind me
of the shape I'm in
I think you can see I'm well aware

Rum's not so bad as long
as it's in a plastic bottle
I can't afford the glassware
for some reason I can't shake
this awful tremble

why don't you pull up a chair,
kill some time, if you don't mind

how many times do I have to tell you
you dumb motherfuckers
that nothing really matters

I'm doing fine, I'm just alright
got my booze, got my cigarettes
I've grown accustomed
to being laid so low
I made up my mind
what kind of man I'd be
a long long time ago
It doesn't matter much to me

I'm running from things again
but that's something I think you already know
why else would I be back here
down and out again
in the goddamn streets of Chicago

how many times do I have to tell you
you gorgeous motherfuckers
that nothing really matters

It's 2 for 1s at every shitty bar
named after some sex pest
who's just like the rest of us
Someone too stupid to see
how everyone's the same kind of
lonely, the same kind of broke
and the same kind of unlucky

If you wanna pull up a chair
pull up a chair
kill some time
tell stories about the worst things we've ever done
we can sit together at least a little while
I don't mind
I don't mind much these days

how many times do I have to tell you
you gorgeous perfect motherfuckers
that nothing really matters

how many times?
I don't mind

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from Bootlickers​/​Bombthrowers, released February 23, 2022

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