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Another Place To Be

from So Much Hummus For A Day by Eric Petzoldt

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She was a pretty good-looking, married woman
And I lived down the block with a cat by my side.
Oh, I can tell you, every single night was long.
I wandered through the darkness without any hard word one.
They bought a car and immediately she gave birth to a son.
I thought about what light he’ll add to the life of everyone.
You know, it’s kind of funny, I used to know her once a time
When some of our friends had to fight Afghanistan.

She had a view – razor-sharp indeed.
A strong hand at your side helping you to sleep.

So the end of the story, to make a long one short,
She grabbed the ring, she took the keys a thousand miles abroad.
There she stayed at this French hotel, no doubts, but quite alone.
She waited for old Jimmy boy to carry her back home.
He’s a better cook, he’s a better dad, he’s a better man, and he was never sad.
He did not forget to hope, not even during the war times.
So here they are and here am I. It was a long way back to fly.
She used to paint, I see it now. Do it again.

There she was going to another place to be.
Maybe there’s she’s happy, maybe there she’s free.

And if she’s still as clever as in the first night when we met,
She’ll raise her hand and say a word and kick me in my back.
Yes, she was a tough one, I know it by my heart.
Sometimes she didn’t sleep for days and then began to carve.
Yes, she made some sculptures, too, and jewelry with wire.
I never saw her doing it with less than pure desire.
I told you she had hands, she made you realize
That life is such a bitch when you look into its eyes.

There she was going to another place to be.
Maybe there’s she’s happy, maybe there she’s free.

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from So Much Hummus For A Day, released July 25, 2016

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Improviser-composer-songwriter Eric Petzoldt is a musician and scholar, who interrogates the guitar and saxophone in various formats and contexts in Europe and North Africa.

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