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Painting the Sidewalk

from Often Coiled by Often Coiled

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Originally recorded in 2010.
Remixed and mastered in August 2017

PLAY LOUD

Mandy Christensen: electric guitar
Matt Gehrung: bass guitar; drum loop
Jeff Sampson: keyboards; vocals; composition

lyrics

I came upon an empty place
wasn't what I thought I'd see.
Another length of time and space
waiting patiently.

Half my time spent wandering
is merely walking in place.
Half my time spent shuffling
is better off erased.

Gathering the chalk to play again
sweeping dirt out of the way;
setting chairs in place around the table
gets me through another day.

No colors in my bag of tricks
no jacks, no dice, no cards.
Not any way to play pick-up-stix
just a note that sends your regards.

Gathering the chalk to draw again
sweeping the dirt out of the way;
setting chairs in places around the table
gets me through another day.

Goodness knows there's opportunity;
goodness knows there are friends.
Happiness is just around the corner
and that's where the sidewalk...

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from Often Coiled, released January 28, 2018

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Jeff Sampson Colorado

no-rules/ progressive/ electronic/ experimental/ improvised and constructed

“...like being stuck inside a huge, haunted castle, straight out of Poe or Lovecraft, where nameless terrors await the unwary.”
— Cyclic Defrost

“...as if groaned by a lethargic vampire singer. ”
— ambientrance
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