Not to sound melodramatic, but writing and recording this song helped me when I was in a very dark place.
lyrics
September Creep
Kicking the dirt, kicking the hurt to dust
Sticky hot sweaty sweet crispy fried derelict redneck slut
Empty and free like a cat on piano keys
The pain of you leaving me like honeybee stings
in Arkansas
ArKansas
Arkansas
Our Kansas
The sweat on your neck is the last thing that I'll ever taste
The look in your eyes is the last thing I'll ever see
Your've got your friends and an ice chest of liver disease
I've got a trigger-happy nicotine-stained middle finger
and it won't be long 'til I see Jesus
Don't be a liberal, don't take me literally
Don't be afraid 'cause everything bleeds
Fit like an oil slick raspberry Kool-aid Bloody Mary mixer
flowing in a storm ditch
They say when you flinch, it rips out the stitches
in Arkansas
ArKansas
Arkansas
Our Kansas
The sweat on your neck is the last thing that I'll ever taste
The look in your eyes is the last thing I'll ever see
Your've got your friends and an ice chest of liver disease
I've got a trigger-happy nicotine-stained middle finger
and it won't be long 'til I see Jesus
Arkansas
credits
from Defeated Freaks,
track released November 24, 2019
Written, performed, produced, and mixed by Jack Slander
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