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In the Wings

I was standing in the wings
Awaiting your direction
My part was done but I was calm
I had lost my nerve

Above the shattered lights on stage
I could sense you barely breathing
And I wondered who it was
Who now claimed your side

You were my first love
And I had waited for some time.

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Acting right across from you
Was sometimes always daunting
It depended on how you woke
And what I’d done the night before

But your chest was the home where I’d go to peddle
These rambling bones
And when they was played just right
You’d often come to cry:

“Well, this love’s got melody no
Yeah, but it’s in the wrong key…”

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That performance was the biggest thing
Back in my young life
And every night I watched you try
Under those false city lights

I wanted to protect you
And longed for nothing more
But you were so strong behind the scenes
That I couldn’t offer much

So I took you to that bar
Where everyone was acting better than me.

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Then I was tumbling off the stage
Thinking I had blown it
I sat up and caught you leave
And I knew that I had

I shouted out your name,
Proposed my hand in marriage
But you were gone and the crowd all laughed
Thinking this was planned…

That house came down
But the reviews were mixed.

##

As I left that world’s stage
I swore you off once more,
Changed in the dark
And found that exit sign

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from American Doggerel vol. 1, released May 24, 2023

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A.M. Rodriguez Athens, Georgia

Rodriguez is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer currently based out of Athens,
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