B-side of Ariana

from Tentative Steps: Solo Live 2014 by S.A. Bach

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music & lyrics by Sebastian Abraham Bach
published by Straight Pathos (ASCAP)
written 7/13/04

originally appeared on sabach.bandcamp.com/album/long-distance-relationship

lyrics

Can't you use me for something?
Won't you string me along a few months more?
Won't you use me for something?
I could make your pencils sharper
Than they've ever been before

I'm so tired of being the captain
Of a brokendown ship
I'd rather sweep the deck
Just as long as you ordain it

Can't you use me for something?
Money? Power? Sex?
Cause without you I'm nothing
I sit here all day every day
Writing myself bad checks

I'm so tired of navigating
This pathetic trip
I'll come along for the ride
Just as long as you're driving

I want to be beside Ariana
I want to be the b-side of Ariana

Can't you use me for something?
Won't you use me? I'm not good for nothing
I'm not useless. I know this
I'm not worthless. I'm reasonably sure of this

So use me, yeah
Come on and use me, yeah
You said you were a Bill Withers fan
So use me, yeah
For something

I want to be beside Ariana
I want to be the b-side of Ariana

I'm so tired of being the captain
Of a sinking ship
I'll stow away
I don't give a shit

Tired of navigating this godforsaken trip
Toss me in the trunk
It can't be worse than this

Can't you use me for something?
Won't you string me along a few months more?
Won't you use me for something?
I could make your pencils sharper
Than they've ever been before

I want to be beside Ariana
I want to be the b-side of Ariana

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from Tentative Steps: Solo Live 2014, released December 31, 2015
recorded 4/25/14 at Brainwash Cafe & Laundromat in Oakland, California

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S.A. Bach Springfield, Missouri

ever-bewildered anti-folkie from LA-via-Branson-via-LA. singer-guitarist-songwriter w/Oh Yeah, the Future (comma is part of the name), The Middle Initials, Star Maps & The Bachs. my name is trademarked :(

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