Origami Blues

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ORIGAMI BLUES
John Soeder
© 2010

A paper doll under a paper moon
She was beautiful
It was over too soon
Pen to paper
Where do I begin
The line between fact and fiction
Is paper thin

On safari
Chasing paper trails
Catching paper tigers
By paper tails
Paper airplanes flying overhead
A paper loss
A paper bag
Over my head

Fahrenheit 451
Burn baby burn
At the end of the day
No matter what they say
We looked good
On paper anyway

Mountains of paperwork are piling up
I am sipping wine
From a paper cup
I’ve been working out with paperweights
Skipping dinners on paper plates

Fahrenheit 451
Live and learn
At the end of the day
Hey hey hey
We looked good
On paper anyway

Now she’s gone
Life goes on
The note she left ain’t worth the paper
It’s printed on
That’s all she wrote
No ifs, ands or buts
Some die of heartbreak
Some die of paper cuts

Fahrenheit 451
Burn baby burn
When all is said and done
We had fun
And we looked good
On paper anyway
It was good
On paper anyway

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from ORIGAMI BLUES AND OTHER SONGS*, track released January 11, 2011
music & lyrics by John Soeder

cover photo by Andreas Bauer via a Creative Commons license

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