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portrait of the artist as a cheese & pickle sandwich

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I'm a dog-eared book with a well-thumbed look
I'm a scratchy 45
I'm a true fish tale from the belly of the whale
Trying to swim through all the jive
But still you know that...

If you look for me, I'll be here
(If you look I'll be here)
Turn my rock over, I'll appear
(Turn over the rock)
I'll cook you supper, we can split a beer
(If I have any here)
'Cause I know you know
I need you here
Beside me
(need you here
besi-i-ide me)

I'm a nine-sided nickel, I'm a cheese-and-pickle sarnie
Made on yesterday's bread
I'm a rotary 'phone, I'm a last bus home
With a song going round in my head
But still you know that...

If you look for me, I'll be here
(If you look I'll be here)
Turn my rock over, I'll appear
(Turn over the rock)
I'll cook you supper, we can split a beer
(If I have any here)
'Cause I know you know
I need you here
Beside me
(need you here
besi-i-ide me)

I didn't think about classes to play this old guitar
At home I drink out of glasses, that I brought home from bars
An old piggy-bank is my retirement plan
And the clothes on my back come from the Sally Ann
The babble from Babylon says I'm rabble & only half a man
But I try to raise a family merrily, happily, do the best I can.

I'm an old leather jacket, I'm a slim wage packet
Trying to stretch until next weekend
I'm a three-speed bike on a ten-mile hike
But I'll make it right to the end
But still you know that...

If you look for me, I'll be here
(If you look I'll be here)
Turn my rock over, I'll appear
(Turn over the rock)
I'll cook you supper, we can split a beer
(If I have any here)
'Cause I know you know
I need you here
Beside me
(need you here
besi-i-ide me)


© Patrick Hutchinson, SOCAN 2005

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from Joe's Report from the Afterlife, released February 2, 2005

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18-stringed Worldbilly trio from Montréal: "Hotter than a plate of pierogis, cooler than the sour cream on the side." (Montreal Gazette) "Un vrai bijou de l'underground montréalais." (Le Devoir)
Bob Cussen: mandolin etc
Patrick Hutchinson: guitars
Suzanne Ungar: bass ... more

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