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Smooth (or What I Should Have Said Instead)

from The Twilight Fall by Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School

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You are twenty-one, and you have had the worst day of your entire life. So you hit the bar on your way home to grab a drink, when you find yourself instead trying to make amends with the one person you least wanted to see tonight.

lyrics

I move over the bar line, slide up beside you, find a new lie
Try to decide: who should I be this time?
I shift over the timeline, make myself young and beautiful, politically neutral
Hoping to make an impression and not get kicked out this time

I was someone you wanted long ago
I want to be someone you still want tomorrow
I was someone you wanted long ago
I want to be someone you still want tomorrow

If I had a moment to spare, a minute to lose: tell me, could I be smooth?
If I had all the right words, and all the right moves, would you let me in?
If I had something to say, and something to prove, would you just be confused?
Or would you follow me through the end of my tale
To find out what I could do; tell me could I be

I move over the bar line, tell you a story or two, but words get confused
And drinks keep pouring in as we speak
I shift over the timeline, fast-forward to the part where I get to say
What should we do? Should I get you home or something?

I was someone you wanted long ago
I want to be someone you still want tomorrow
I was someone you wanted long ago
I want to be someone you still want tomorrow

If I had a moment to spare, a minute to lose: tell me, could I be smooth?
If I had all the right words, and all the right moves, would you let me in?
If I had something to say, and something to prove, would you just be confused?
Or would you follow me through the end of my tale
To find out what I could do; tell me could I be

I have a moment to spare, a minute to lose: tell me, can I be smooth
Do I have all the right words and all the right moves; would you let me in?
If I have something to say and something to prove, would you just be confused?
Or would you follow me through the end of my tale to find out what I could do
Tell me could I be
Tell me could I be, tell me could I be, tell me could I be – smooth?

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from The Twilight Fall, released January 13, 2017

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Chelsea McBride Toronto, Ontario

woodwinds + vocals + composer/arranger + educator

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