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Trapped in California

from Anhedonia by Joe Bartel

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I’ve been lying on the couch
watching way too much TV
I’ve been waiting for permission just to breath
And I think I was daydreaming that you walked through my front door
But tonight this apartment will stay empty

I was thinking back to August
and that party at the University
3AM and you still picked up your phone
And I asked you for a ride
You said ‘I’m drunk’ I said ‘that’s fine
just take your bike, come meet me here and we’ll walk home.’

Then we stopped off at the diner
You got breakfast, I got lunch
And we talked it out until the sun came up
And I wish that I’d done more than chew on ice and watch the floor
When you said this living didn’t suit you much anymore

You said they kicked you off the Amtrak
Drunk and screaming in your seat
And we ain’t ever hopped no freight or thumbed no ride
When I didn’t hear from you, must have been about week two
I was screaming at the phone ‘I thought you died’

You said they stuck you up in LA, they took your license and your shoes
And I still suspected someone done you worse
When I set down the phone I felt the distance we had grown
To this day I wonder who stopped calling first

I miss you most on nights like this
And it rained in Minneapolis all week
But I don’t mind the rain tonight
Year’s been so dry

I’ve been lying on the couch, watching way too much TV
Daydreaming of us in some midwestern state
If you could take a phone call I would fly you out tonight
We’d catch up over drinks and empty plates
We’d get sushi
We’d get pizza
We’d have pasta
We’d have pie
You wouldn’t be stuck out on the west coast
and you wouldn’t have had to die
out on the streets of California, with nowhere to stay
and nothing to eat
So far away from all your friends
You could’ve got back on your feet
If for once I’d made an effort
If for once I would just try
You wouldn’t be stuck out on the west coast
and you wouldn’t have had to die
out on the streets of California
All alone

I miss you most on nights like this
And it rained in Minneapolis all week
But I don’t mind the rain tonight
Year’s been so dry

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from Anhedonia, released December 3, 2021
Cello by Jae Yates

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