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Go Fascinate Someone Else

from Holy Crap, A New Album by Tom Smith

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I'd completely forgotten I wrote this.

A friend and I are cleaning my house a bit at a time, and we found a couple of old stacks of lyrics. This is inspired by the spate of faux Oscar Wildes that I keep running into, and it's also a cautionary tale about becoming one yourself.

I also really played with the chord progressions on this one, which is why it might sound strange.

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I showed up at this party in the hope of spending time with several
People who I like and who I never get to see,
But before I even started I was waylaid and now I'm in social
Limbo in the corner where you sat down next to me.

Up until this moment, I was trying to be polite and smile and
Listen as you rattled on and on till you were through,
Except that you kept going and there was no end in sight —— on every
Topic in creation and how they relate to you.

It's rude to scream while fleeing, I wanted to demur,
I wanted to escape more gracefully, ,
But a "wit" is what you're being, With that I must concur.
Except I spell it starting with a T.

I hate to interrupt your little alternate reality where
Everybody's interested in your point of view.
I don't like to be abrupt, but I've O.D’d on your banality -- l’d
Rather eat a garden weasel than hear more of you.

If you absolutely have to keep on talking, just pretend that l am
Sitting here, attentive to each little thing you've said.
I'm sure that other people walking by will be more friendly and will
Ask if you're insane or if you maybe hit your head.

That was a party killer, but at last the air is clear,
If the universe is kind, l will forget...
At last! Someone familiar! Wait a moment, sit right here,
Let me tell you all about this guy I met....

I showed up at this party in the hope of spending time with several
People who I like and who I never get to see,
But before I even started I was waylaid and I was in social
Limbo in the corner where he sat down next to me....

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from Holy Crap, A New Album, released March 20, 2020

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Weird Al with more books, JoCo with more jokes, Carlin with more Cthulhu. Since 1985, Tom Smith has been breaking hearts, minds, and laws of propriety and physics with his insane blend of sf/fantasy, Life With Computers, pop culture, politics, and puns. More than twenty albums later, he maintains the best is yet to come. ... more

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