This Year I'm Using a Knife

from East of Western by Cat Hair Ensemble

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I sat at my window and wasted
A perfectly good Saturday
I’m not even sure I like coffee
But I drank a whole pot anyway
I think that the winter is coming
But the seasons out here are so flat
I think that I woke up this morning
But no one can verify that
Yes, I think that I woke up this morning
But no one can verify that

I’m here in my little subcompact
The car’s off and I’m still alive
It seems that I’ve gotten home safely
But I can’t remember the drive
And then there’s a realization
That brings on a couple of tears
Honestly, I can’t remember
Too much from the last several years
Oh, honestly, I can’t remember
Much from the last several years

The holiday season’s upon us
And the wolves all line up at the door
I still need to clean out the toilet
Before I can open the store
At home I can fear for my future
But here I must fear for my life
Last year I killed them with kindness
This year I’m using a knife

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from East of Western, released October 12, 2011

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Cat Hair Ensemble Los Angeles, California

Melodies that cough and choke as much as they croon...dance tunes for one-legged dancers...nervous tangos, club-footed waltzes, gallows swing.

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