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Ten Watt

from Little Sun by Charlie Parr

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lyrics

I can feel my energy getting dimmer
This generator won’t quite light up the road
My engine only fires on 5 cylinders
Straining to pull up this heavy load

About 20 watts is what’s needed
I’m generating about 7 on a good day
Everybody’s just gonna have to be patient
Cuz I really don’t need to come outside anyway

And I guess it’s always been that way

My room is situated in the corner
I can see three directions from my chair
It’s a box canyon apartment in the city
And no one can sneak up on me there

And I guess it’s always been that way

There’s no need for you to be lonely
I’m just sitting around here all day
You can stop by when you wanna
And sit down with your violin and play

I took a long walk this morning
Just to get outside and take the air
October reminds me of my childhood
Kicking leaves and starting fires everywhere

And I guess it’s always been that way

I tried to walk the way the birds fly
Cutting over all of the neighbors’ lawns
Climbing fences? at my age?
Yeah, but I’m just an old man when the cops are called

And I guess it’s always been that way

Now 20 watts is what’s required
And I think I might be up to 10
I’m gonna sit on the stoop and watch the traffic
And I might never get up again

And I guess it’s always been that way

credits

from Little Sun, released March 22, 2024
Charlie Parr: vocals / guitars / harmonicas
Marisa Anderson: electric guitar
Victor Krummenacher: electric bass / upright bass / bass VI
Andrew Borger: drums / percussion
Asher Fulero: piano / Hammond / keyboard
Anna Tivel: backing vocals
Mary DuShane: fiddle
Liz Draper: Bass
Mikkel Beckmen: percussion

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Charlie Parr Duluth, Minnesota

"Parr is scruffy and uncomfortable looking, with a longish beard and balding head. He dropped out of high school in the 1980s, but he looks older than that. He's pathologically deadpan in his delivery of in between song banter. The crowd really enjoyed his depressingly hilarious dead cat story. He never smiles." - Lucy Steigerwald

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