Nowadays The Captain Gets Off First

from Santa Monica Sessions by Steven Gullett

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Oooo she’s so heady
Her greatest work of fiction is herself

Oh she’s so edgy
Her self defense was learned right off the shelf

And nowadays nobody goes down with the ship
No nowadays the captain gets off first
You think it’s really bad but if you pay attention
You realize it’s actually much worse

Oh she’s so pretty
Yeah outta be for all the work she does

Mmm she’s a city
That never sleeps and always has a buzz

The last and the best of the old Peter Pans
No one here is telling their real age
We’re building up the boogeyman
But real life is harder
Excuse me while I crawl back to my cage

The maze has fallen
The bagpipes are calling
But no one can remember what that means
We used to have the others
To pass on information
Then decided to keep our slates real clean

Oh it’s complicated
Cause we decided simple’s not enough

Oh it’s complicated
Did we forget that simple’s hard enough

Oh it’s complicated
Cause we decided simple’s not enough

Oh it’s complicated
Did we forget that simple’s hard enough

And nowadays nobody goes down with the ship
No nowadays the captain gets off first
You think it’s really bad but if you pay attention
You realize it’s actually much worse

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from Santa Monica Sessions, released November 4, 2022

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