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Pink Slip

by Blanker

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1.
No Filter 02:59
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I’m not a guy who’s got a lot to say But this time, I’m punching way above my weight She was looking for a one-time thing But I just had to give a friend a ring I don’t know why she’s pissed off I kissed and told But it’s her fault for trusting me Sometimes luck will fall into your lap And you just don’t know how you should react I know she was looking for a one-time thing But I just can’t keep it in my diary I don’t know why she’s pissed off I kissed and told But it’s her fault for trusting me I’ll hold my fingers crossed You know the word’s gonna get around. And I know I’m off-brand For your friends on Instagram This romance, it won’t last This moment is all I have Is that so bad? (Please just let me have this one thing.)
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Pink Slip 04:22
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Nah, I really don’t mind the work here The shoe fits well if you squeeze Now, I’ve just got to find a new spot to wear my heart Since I’ve rolled up both my sleeves And it’s alright if my lips and eye twitch when I kiss I’m just caffeinated Or maybe these long nights under fluorescent lights Are screwing with my head If I give you one more summer I’ll go mental by the spring But if we don’t hit our numbers I lose everything Just fire me I had to ask my baby If it would be okay If I brought my laptop On another vacay And she said “huh…” I took that as a yes Now I’m sitting at the beach Trying not to get it wet And I foresee a long night in a big fight about priorities I promise to be a much better partner after we’re retirees It’s been one hell of a ride Keep your arms and legs safely inside Face forward Don’t you contemplate the life you’ve left behind If I give you one more summer, Well, I guess that falls on me I just can’t seem to make the choice Although my conscience starts to sting Perhaps I should live in the country Just my baby girl and me And I’m just one pink slip away from getting everything I need Well, just fire me
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Theremin 03:49
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A couple thousand miles from home You caught me at my weakest I left a message on your phone It’s best if you delete it Please note these four-letter words Are based on much more than occurred tonight It’s just that I find it best that I trust nobody Nobody’s perfect For me I’m all dressed up in battle armor that I’ve never tested I know that clothes don’t make the man But naked men get arrested I just dug out the mess I’m in I learned to cut the strings and then From halfway round the world you went And played me like a theremin (Played just like a theremin)
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Meaty Oakers 02:16
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I like what you got She gimme street cred I get in her head My friends think I’m different And I talk down to them I like what you got She gimme street cred She’ll sleep in my bed My parents don’t like her And they never did But we’ll take the kids to their church And teach them their Jesus We’ll tell the kids he was white And they’ll all believe us Oh, does the pressure break your heart? Man, you’re sweatin’ bullets Since we know who you are Oh, would you dare to cross the line? If you’re so smart, then prove it But then what if you find You’re just another mediocre white? I like what you got Kinda
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The Chicken Came First 04:15
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I wanna be brave like you and say just what I mean I wanna sell sheep to wolves I’ll count the money to fall asleep To hell with country, I’ll sell my sundries to the wind Buy up the shoreline and draw one more line in the sand Until the tide comes crashing in I guess my conscience just lost consciousness again I’m getting an appetite for these forbidden fruits I’m covered in serpent bites But what’s it all to you? The venom sinks in It’s got me thinking I should pray For the destruction of all my loved ones It’s such a shame Till I take their insurance claims I guess my conscience just lost consciousness today How ‘bout we play a game of chicken First one to break is a rotten egg You said I heard but didn’t listen Eventually someone’s got to pay Either on this side or the next And if the latter’s real is anybody’s guess Well, some of us are content to go and roll the dice Ain’t that the question? “Hell, what are the odds?” I wake up screamin’ with all my demons beside the bed I can’t quite see them, but feel them breathing on me again They just might be my only friends I guess my conscience just lost consciousness again
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Turkey Day 03:12
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Teething on this pencil It seems I’ve got it bad I’m like a pharmacist with no prescription pad My visits are seldom And though your heart is pure I know I wore out my welcome Walking through that door The turkey is fine My girlfriend is fine My job is still stressful But at least I’ve been trying I’m the pot of coffee you forgot to pour Now I’m dripping softly onto your floor Soaking in your carpet You will curse my name Sorry I can’t help but leave a stain The silence Fill the silence The silence Kill the silence The turkey is fine My girlfriend is fine My job’s fucking stressful But at least I’ve been trying I don’t go to church I don’t have the time Or much of an interest But I’m doing fine (So how are you guys doing?)
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Mission to Mars (Ditto) 03:02
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Dozed off in the garage again I should’ve turned off the Benz Gas is leaking I can’t quit breathing it in In a second I’ll go inside And shed the rest of my skin And she’s all questions Asks, “Where the hell have you been?” Just go take out the trash Don’t bother talking back I guess I second that Whatever you just said Smile before the flash Say, “cheese” This cul de sac is so desolate Cut off from all I held dear And now I’m thinking I just might have an idea I’ll sign up for the mission to Mars And leave the family down here I doubt they’d even think twice if I disappeared Just go take out the trash Don’t bother talking back I guess I second that Whatever you just said Or with a rocket blast I’ll leave you in the past Smile before the flash Say, “cheese” They’ll write books about me And I’ll read ‘em all Someday this nobody Will be pivotal I’ll bring my goodies with me It’s medicinal There’s no chains to hold me I would leave it all
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What Do You Do? 04:29
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Drip, drip, drop Beads of sweat dripping off my face I’m on your yacht Acting as if I’m not scared of the waves So what do you do? Her presence was intoxicating But I guess that’s somewhat silly to say I had a bit too much to drink Before she ever stumbled over my way She asked me, “What do you do?’ See, I might be down and out these days But I could always pull my weight I am more than what I make Or so I’ve been taught I swear I’ve always had a lot to say I am more than what I make But maybe not by a lot I’m on your golf course Chipping divots deep into your fairway And I’d be lying if I told you That I ever felt more out of place So what do you do?
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Over My Head 03:54
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I’ll bet anything there’s gold in them there hills There’s got to be We’re not focusing We’re scatterbrained in junk philosophy I counted my blessings And I got to about ten And then my attention shifted To the bullets whizzing Over my head We’re in dire straits I guess we’re not the saints we claim to be In these final days I’ll make things right before I have to leave Could write a confession But just doodled with my pen And then my attention shifted to the bullets whizzing… My love, if you’re still listening We’re somewhere down here I can’t remember where But there’s gold coins in my pocket In case you can’t find us Before we run out of air Mystified We were slaves to our wandering minds Wasting time while artillery lets fly over our heads
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Gotham 05:43
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High atop this cityscape All the noises that we make Carry over Carry so far Carry through And the last words we will say Will breathe after we’ve been laid In the heavens with the peasants And the kings So go on and keep that right hand seat warm Until you choose to call me I’m only passing through these streets It’s a little intense, But I just wanna dig in Before I have to leave Bow your head now, let us pray For this future that we’ve made And the children that we still can’t yet afford Saving up our modest means For apartments next to trees That were planted where the forest used to be We’ve been falling in love with a story we tell ourselves And we swear we belong But it’s all leading up to a plot twist we never foresaw Because we’re not the lead We’ve been the comic relief all along Someday we all have to leave

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released January 24, 2020

All words and music by Blanker.

Cover collage by Flo Gidez (www.florencegidez.com)

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Following the dis-banding of Upstate Escape, frontman John Norwood founded Blanker as an open-ended outlet to continue putting music out into the world.

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