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Week 24 - Vampire in Reverse (06​-​16​-​16)

from Song A Week, Volume 1 by James Tristan Redding

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When the sun tags out and the moon tags in
You won’t find my feet on the street again
All that is the yin cannot abide the yang
From a stately smile losing all its fangs

How do you know on which side you belong
Partly it’s the sidewalk that you stand upon
Also it’s the apple that claims the careless tooth
The bloodline back before you the jeans within your boots

Somewhere in America there’s a real live scare
A bat from Transylvania second shift beware
Lucky me to linger and elude the midnight curse
One lost incisor and a coin in my purse
I’m a vampire in reverse

A long way from Wisconsin the last weekend in May
Two parents and a brother and a sister one sunny Saturday
Hopped a silver bullet to a modest pizza joint
On the corner of Mott St & Spring but that’s not the point

With a greasy paper napkin and some pepperoni breath
I found proof the Tooth Fairy’s real but I bet you’d never guess
Turns out her name is Larry she’s been there for 20 years
She spends 40 hours a week serving kids cold root beer

At the hotel back in Jersey, as the daylight faded slow
We all watched the evening kiss the Hackensack below
Talked about the Statue, Ellis Island and the Mets
Vampires don’t do anything like this and I’ll never forget

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from Song A Week, Volume 1, released February 12, 2017
Words and music copyright 2016 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

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