Wisdom Cries

from "Wisdom Cries" / "Druthers" by Annie Perkins

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lyrics

Write another song and y'all can sing along
About the things I need, about the things I see
And there ain't nothin' right if we can touch at night
I need a good job and a man to change the oil

So if you're hangin' out at night, you think it's love at first sight
You'd better stick around to see if it's exhausting with me
Because my brain won't stop and I will want to talk
A dozen words for every feeling — but you "like me a lot"

The truth in life, at hand: the things you love, you can't stand
If you don't work on them you'll see, eventually
Could be my missing link, and we'll swim or we'll sink
But what you don't use you lose, and you don't want to lose me

I'll keep on workin' hard just to pay off that card
'Cause I'm still seein' red and it gets to my head
I'll overanalyze and I know wisdom cries,
"Just keep your good job and find a man
To change the oil in your car;
Just keep that good job and don't you worry about no man"

credits

from "Wisdom Cries" / "Druthers", released October 4, 2016
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"Wisdom Cries" (Perkins)
Arranged by Jack Saturn, Jesse Cunningham, Mike Larson & Annie Perkins
Recorded at Recursive Delete Audio/Visual, Portland, Oregon, between 2011-2016
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Jack Saturn
Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering

Annie Perkins - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Jack Saturn - drums, electric guitar, electric piano, tambourine, handclaps
Jesse Cunningham - pedal steel guitar
Mike Larson - bass guitar
Aaron Andrade - piano
Ian D. Nau - vibraphone
Strings & brass performed by the Recursive Delete Chamber Ensemble with the RDAV Horns, conducted by Jack Saturn

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