A Better Joke

from A Better Joke b/w Some Revival by Minor Moon

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lyrics

Man, I could use a better joke
I bit a bit too much and I choked
My gold tooth in the apple core
I coughed it up expecting something worse

Man, what's the use in a metaphor
When you're beggin' to break down the door
The one that's silvery 'neath the ocean floor
My god, we're drowning in a sea of words

Sun broke down on the Great Lake shore
Sky cracked and the ground got torn
And the fountain pitched the tethers over
Now you can swing or get swallowed whole

Death wants it clean
But the spidery ring
Of glowing string
Is creepin' out

You feel that line on your skin
You feel that line on your skin
You feel that line on your skin
And all that circles 'round you is trying to let you in
On a beginning

You got me spooked I ain't letting go
I'm flying inward outward all at once
Can't arrive where you cannot go
But I can see it shining way up close

It's not a high it's not a low
It's not the secret to eternal love
It's not a rest, it's not a home
But I will take it before it's gone

And death wants it clean
But the spidery ring
Of glowing string
Is creepin' out

You feel that line on your skin
You feel that line on your skin
You feel that line on your skin
And all that circles 'round you is trying to let you in
On a beginning
On a beginning
It's all beginning

credits

from A Better Joke b/w Some Revival, released October 26, 2021
Written and produced by Sam Cantor. Performed and arranged by Minor Moon.

Musicians:
Sam Cantor - guitar, vocals
Michael Downing - bass, background vocals
Colin Drozdoff - keyboards
Konstantine Stebliy - lap steel guitar
Nathan Bojko - drums
with Alex Blomarz - saxophone

Recorded by Dave Vettraino at Palisade Studios. Additional recording by Dorian Gehring at Foxhall Studio and Sam and Michael at home.

Mixed by Dave Vettraino and Sam Cantor.
Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service.

Album artwork by Benedict Kupstas.

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Minor Moon Chicago, Illinois

songs by Sam Cantor

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Goshen Brewing Company

Goshen, IN
May 2

The Funhouse at Mr. Small's

Millvale, PA
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Cleveland, OH
May 4

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Rochester, NY
May 6

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Ridgewood, NY
May 7

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Philadelphia, PA
May 8

The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds

Northampton, MA
May 9

WSCA Button Factory Stage

Portsmouth, NH
May 10

Radio Bean

Burlington, VT
May 11

New Park Brewing

West Hartford, CT
May 12

Pie Shop

Washington, DC
May 14

Static Age Records

Asheville, NC
May 15

The Cave

Chapel Hill, NC
May 16

The Earl

East Atlanta, GA

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