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The Mean Things

from Cowards EP by Old Town Wake

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The old man’s hands, I study them,
and I wonder what they’ve seen.
Skin and bone and ring of gold
that tendered countless deeds.
I don’t mean the mean things, no.
But there are things we cannot show.
Have you ever seen your mother’s face
in the face of other men?
Matchings batched through history,
a coupling come again.
And they come in dozens voices peeling,
standing tall to say
‘Come behold the miracles we deal in.’
I turn my face away.
A medicine before the end
to mollify my brethren.
Or better yet, the antonym.
We cannot stop if we do not begin.
My own man’s hands I understand.
I know what they must take.
Scars and lines that fall each night
from each day’s new mistakes.
And they come the countless curses bleeding,
falling from my face.
Though I bow my head so they can’t see me,
I know not what to pray.
I don’t mean the mean things, no.
But there are things we cannot show.

credits

from Cowards EP, released June 1, 2016
AK- voice, guitar
Jonesy- bass
K Young- drums, percussion
Liz Filios- accordion, voice

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Old Town Wake Pennsylvania

"A band that artfully combines punk, Americana and country sounds in original music that resonates with immediate authenticity. It’s an irresistible combination that draws on the earnest expressiveness of each genre, eliciting the deeply emotional experience that good heartfelt music does. Find them, hear them, feel alive."
--Daisy Willis, Lehigh Valley Style
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