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Upstanding Citizen

from Scavenger's Joy by Driftwood Soldier

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I’m an upstanding citizen, I’m over six feet tall
Six figure salary, office with six walls
I’ve got four little children, and one of them’s alright
I’ve got a wife, and a mistress, but I dream of men at night

I want you to tell me, what the hell is going on
I want you to tell me, where did I go wrong

I’m an uptown Samaritan, I earned my PhD
In advanced philanthropology, back in 1963
I made my reputation, I founded my foundation
I put the status back in status quo, I put the ‘con’ in conservation

I want you to tell me, what the hell is going on
I want you to tell me, where did I go wrong

I’m an outstanding orator, young to sound this old
I’ll make your liver quiver, I’ll send shivers through your soul
I could’ve led a revolution, rearranged the state
But I found silver absolution in that old collection plate

I want you to tell me, what the hell is going on
I want you to tell me, where did I go wrong

I’m an outspoken intellectual, with publishable poise
I can dumb down Derrida and defang Du Bois
I’ve got tenure track tenacity, pointed perspicacity,
I’ve theoretical, hypothetical, rhetorical mastery

I want you to tell me, what the hell is going on
I want you to tell me, where did I go wrong

credits

from Scavenger's Joy, released February 28, 2015
Written by Owen Lyman-Schmidt
Arranged by Driftwood Soldier

Owen Lyman-Schmidt: Vocals, Mandolin, Suitcase, Coffee Can
Bobby Szafranski: Bass Guitar, Bottle Caps

Recorded and Mixed by Kyle Pulley at The Headroom
Mastered by Jarrod Pedone at Electric Jelly Studio

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