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When I arrive and you are closing down tables and chairs overturned
The lights are low and my timings bad but two seats are left and we have to talk one on one
I can't say how but you look different at least where the sun hits your skin
I look the same you say and I say what's more is I tried to stay that way
and you say

“If I've cried in your car you don't owe me anything
If it's sweet and a little dark I'll show you everything you need to know”

When you arrive I'm dozing off while waiting for a train that won't show up
I say it's been a while and you said “it never was or will ever be”
I say you're bald and get embarrassed and ask “how are you? how old am I ?”
The spring becomes a backward winter and somehow that's our cue to say goodbye
So I say
“If I've cried in your car you don't owe me anything
If it's sweet and a little dark I'll show you everything you need to know”

I want to be known as young unfinished without the eye contact games
And I've been told it's all composite, a combination of face and name
And I'm not lost at all around here, I know it's late but I live nearby
Well I miss them all the time, all these new friends for a friendly guy

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from You'll Have To Take My Word For It, released May 27, 2022

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Ethan T. Parcell Chicago, Illinois

Ethan T. Parcell is a composer, artist and educator based in Chicago. His work explores ideas of smallness, hospitality, and union, and is realized primarily though composition and drawing.

He is the leader of experimental opera ensemble Focus Group LLC/Solutions, the ongoing recording project The World Without Parking Lots, and the Duck Brain Anniversary Band. ... more

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