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As Long As They Let Me

from The Skin Of My Teeth by Happy Tooth

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I started Pulling Teeth, now I'm hanging by the skin of them.
A loose tooth to take and a tape of where I've been again.
Winter went and took me A Mile Away.
The ship always sinks, but I'll still smile today.
I'll die tonight screaming W.H.Y.G.O.D.W.H.Y.
and you can try to fly but your life's a lie.
Now I'm making music on Oak Hollow like there's no tomorrow.
I try and use all the sorrow to remove my bar-code.
Punch me in the solarplex or hold your breath.
Even if we don't believe in war, we mourn a soldiers death.
Everything's connected, you can't fist fight this life.
It's like it's always midnight and I'm ready to hitchhike.
I've got all these dead heroes, batteries not included.
All my friends are weirdos, this apathy's not exclusive.
That's why I'm sitting in the living room sifting through
fifty-two shitty tunes to stick to you or get only sixty views.
I broke the ice with countless open mics,
and played a house show with those Momus guys.
It's all broken ties and spoken lies.
Another hopeless night and I feel gross inside.
I don't mean to poke and pry, but you seem soaked in pride.
Take your oversight, go and die,
close your eyes, it's closing time.
I continue to email venues with no reply.
Hold the line. I hope I wrote this write....
Make a toast to life and this ghost of mine.
I'm a cafe ashtray in the rain on a sad day.
I'll surrender to the embers and escape in a bad way.
Mass graves full of people who aren't dead yet.
And everyone's already said yes to getting their head checked.
The next step for me is to occupy the corners.
Busking or something for a five or maybe some quarters.
Supporters always come and go casually,
telling me they loved the shows or poems passively.
Naturally I'm happy with all of your feedback.
I need that to keep making these free raps.
Screens cracked, technology's outdated.
A starving artist hardly marches, and they always downplay it.
Found pavement and wrote out my will in chalk.
I filled the spots with skill and thought,
but all I gots these building blocks.
I can't leave much, just a foundation for improvement.
But the rain washed it away today. Now I'm facing the music.
They say just to breathe, but that's whats left of me.
Words on a page, another shaky text to read.
Debt is free, so I'll collect some more of that,
leave it to my loved ones. Make my grave say, "Born to rap."
Awww nevermind, I remember the better times,
with desperate eyes so dead inside,
but at least the weathers fine.
I'm paying homage and being honest I promise.
Waiting for August, but the wait is always the longest.
Everything's going extinct and getting clipped wings,
and I just wanna use six-strings to do big things.
So here's a cutthroat love note from an over done dumb joke.
Thank you for listening to what I've done and just spoke.
I went from cars, to living rooms, to basements.
From aimless strange kid to slaying stages with pages.
I don't need fame or to ever be glamorized.
I just wanna remember this, even if the camera dies.
As Long As They Let Me.
God damn it.

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from The Skin Of My Teeth, released May 12, 2015

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Happy Tooth Columbus, Ohio

"Both Happy Tooth and BDotJeff spoke to the idea that music can be therapeutic, and writing and recording is now less about reaching a larger audience than steadying the turmoil within. “You do start to question your own motivations, like, why am I doing this?” Happy Tooth said. “And I’ve realized that I love the art, and I have to make it because deep down it makes me feel better.” - MatterNews ... more

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