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Flightless Bird

from k'Have This On Vinyl? by Tokyo Speirs

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I wrote, recorded, mixed and mastered this on my last day of MIA (with the help of friends).

Matthew 25:40

lyrics

Oh to wear these shoes
'Till I'm baring my toes
I leave the tongue loose
Past the tears in my sole

My tongue is dried out,
crying out for a spring,
You call me to
Leave my shoes and my wings

For every father regretting to fight
And every orphan yelling "Daddy" at night,
For every blind man who claims they saw the light.

For every heathen who keeps me expelled,
And promises heaven if I make it through hell,
The soles of these feet kiss the coals in these streets
I'm too old to be taking this heat,
But I might as well...

I'm a flightless bird, but I'm still at ease
Now I'm never looking down at my enemies
With a righteous word and a pair of knees
I am the weak, as the least of these

credits

from k'Have This On Vinyl?, track released April 16, 2011
Doors, flashlights, water gargles, harmonies, cameron hurd, tokyos voice, organ, melodyned buzzing bees, pant zippers, phones, stools, cats, cows, acoustic guitar, BCF fader movements, melodyned birds, Roland drum samplers through Marshall cabs, brita filters, cardboard boxes, ear mufflers, seals, timpanis, wine glasses and water bottles, blanket snares, scissors, caulking guns, sharp objects, ATV's revving, AND THE DUCKER that is actually a duck!

Recording by Tokyo, Paul Mack, Alex DiCarlo and Cameron Hurd

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Tokyo Speirs Aylmer, Québec

I'm a gingerbearded music producer and songwriter, and if you twist my arm I'll sing.

I also like long walks on the beach, and hate sand in my sandwiches.

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