I've Been Walking Different Avenues Lately

from by Derek Porter

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A touch of excitement when the ground is fresh and loamy.

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I've been walking different avenues lately
I've been trying on different hats
When I look in the mirror it strikes me that my skin is stretched

Yeah my arm is limp
It's deader than my name
The veins inside congeal sometimes I feel their stuff constrict
It pulls me taut until I'm limp

I've been walking different avenues lately
And their trees are of the common fold
They tend to agree and continue to spring
From whatever source it is that makes them grow

I've been walking different avenues lately
Ones that lead me to the shore
Ones that lead me to the people
To the scores of people
Admiring her as an immensity as a solid force

Removed from us by god knows what
And who are we to know for sure?
How can we know for sure?

Yeah the ocean is thin but what it covers is real
But we only regard the nothing the nothing
What of the thick and what of the fat?
Hide yourself in its folds

Hold your breath, it's better than breathing
Make your name unknown
You make your name unknown

credits

from Strangers, Vol. 2, released 15 April 2011
Vocals, guitars, piano, percussion - Derek Porter
Background vocals - Leslie Baird & Erika Porter

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Derek Porter is a songwriter from Chicago currently based out of Nashville, TN. He performs with the group Pageant and writes for the group Little Sisters.

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