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The Wounded Wheel

from Everything Stands Back Up by Nire Nah

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lyrics

I wonder if one day we'll have any money
We laugh 'cause we have to, but one day
We'll laugh 'cause it's funny

Sure, I make predictions, I don't make decisions
I don't lead the band after all
And this megaphone makes me sound so small

I might as well try reinventing the wheel
What business have I telling time
Which wounds to heal

I wonder if ever the planet will turn
On an axis of evenness, each person given
A day when they'll smile for no reason

That's too much to ask, an electionless effort
'Cause no one is up for the task
So we're stuck throwing stones
From a house built of bones

I love my society, treat it like family
Wish I could tell it to tear itself free
From the talons of tyrants who tower like toddlers
Above every block they can seize, A to Z

I might as well try reinventing the wheel
What business have I telling time
Which wounds to heal

Still I'd like to think that we're perched
On the brink of enlightenment
If I catch a glint of it, what the hell
Might as well brighten it

And try telling time
Telling time how it's better spent

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from Everything Stands Back Up, released February 28, 2020
Lyrics and music by Nire Nah
Produced by Patrick Budde
Preserve Records 2020

Vocals and guitar: Nire Nah
Keys and percussion: Patrick Budde
Strings: Caitlin Shantz
Bass: John Francis Klingle

Mixed & mastered at The Preservatory
Chicago, Illinois

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Influences include Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Rilo Kiley, Daniel Johnston, The Decemberists

Album Art by Nire Nah

Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

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