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don't stake your claim

from let me drive by Everything in Pen

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lyrics

next time I'll write my name on everything in pen
so it'll be easier to know what stuff belongs to him
and then we won't end up in this most awkward place
where you want to come and get your things
and I don't want to see your face

take the garlic salt, the basil plant, the old bay
hell, you should just pack up all the condiments
cause I never cook anyway
but there's a box in the hallway, I just don't know
if these are pieces left from us
or from some other man I loved

but if there's lines on my face
they belong to you
any gray hair, you can have that too
but if there's joy or laughter
those don't deserve your name
all that stuff is mine, don't stake your claim

take the keyboard, it's a gift from me to you
so you can write your songs of lust and betrayal
and sing them to someone new
I'll keep the guitar, but don't take the credit for yourself
although you taught me these three chords
the rest I learned from someone else

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from let me drive, released April 30, 2010

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Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and narrative observations of Jonathan Richman and Aimee Mann, Everything in Pen’s songs cover many topics---war criminals, sexism, and Dave Eggers--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader. She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all. ... more

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