From the recording Camouflage: Stories by T.J. Gerlach
Music by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP) & Lucy Martinez Torito en la Jaula Music (ASCAP)
Lyrics by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP), Lucy Martinez Torito en la Jaula Music (ASCAP), & Thomas J. Gerlach / Exile Incorporated (ASCAP)
©2024 Sado-Domestics
Chris Gleason: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Bass; Lucy Martinez: Vocals; Eric Royer: Pedal Steel; Jimmy Ryan: Mandolin.
Audio engineering, mixing, and production by Christopher Gleason at Noise Floor Delirium, Boston, MA.
Based on the short story, "Shades" by T.J. Gerlach from the book CAMOUFLAGE (Lithic Press, 2018)
Lyrics
There is a place
I’ll take you where
Rollerskating handmaids twirl with
Food-stacked trays, braced on fingertips
Sundae’s cold cream lingers…
On your lips
We lie awake
Under blankets warm
As whispers blown together
Memories of a past gone cold
Reaching through and carving…
At our souls
There is a place
I’ll take you where
Thunderbirds and Fairlanes purr
We choose this past that’s not our own
Confuse this house with
A home