Name: Greaseball
Duration: P00H02M54S
Description: This song sits on a curb and thinks. It thinks about chasing money and then getting bored and then what. It thinks about time passing click by click and even while you sleep it clicks on by like a waterwheel and it thinks about other stuff too

Greaseball

by Ben Crane

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This song sits on a curb and thinks. It thinks about chasing money and then getting bored and then what. It thinks about time passing click by click and even while you sleep it clicks on by like a waterwheel and it thinks about other stuff too

lyrics

I am unsteady
a lonely wind blowing through like a salesmen
just another lover, an Indian summer
that's trying to shut the door on the past

with you
cause you used to call me a greaseball
but you'd call me all the time
and I miss the emptiness, double Windsor tied around my neck
kept me warm when I was alone

I am not ready
but showing up bells on in a tail spin
i gotta let the seams in, so what it seems is
I got it pulled together right

cause I
used to be peaceful
back when we had the time
now I kiss emptiness
waiting for me on the other side
thinking maybe, we'll align this time

the smile, the hair, the feeling we could go anywhere
the case can fill with memories or money
and no one seems to know
that one'll have to go

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released February 15, 2014
Ben Crane -- acoustic guitar and vocals
Katie McNally -- Fiddle
Laura Wolf -- Cello

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Ben Crane New York, New York

Ben Crane is a singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn by way of Southern California. The Deli Magazine called him "a more light- hearted Lou Reed" and his latest album Spun Honey explores everything from anti-folk to country and Americana roots. A fervent performer, Crane can be seen in venues across NYC and beyond both solo and with his other band, funk/disco army Every Flavor Weather Machine. ... more

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