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Broken Down Boys

from Best Wishes by MAITA

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    Color vinyl back in print on a lovely EMERALD GREEN!

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lyrics

Wild, you flew across the room

And bounced against the walls your arms

Were painted gray like the hearth that birthed you Into a house that you should’ve never entered
I left you in the desert with a broken down tent you said Your Mother would get you back for this

I had just one sip

Of your water it smelled acrid
But it tasted sweet , How can it be, How can it
You tell me that you cannot sing of broken down girls no more It’s no good look it’s just a country hook
Besides you’re older now,

Got your own shit to work out
And so do I but my eyes are wide

And here and there are pieces of these Broken down boys

I typed the names in every square

To find out whether time was fair

But I never got the spelling right

I looked through friends of friends of friends The circle broke scattered in the wind

And Aaron lives in a hospital now

You told tales of bruises, twisted ankles

Half made homes and a bed gone cold
 And I was another hungry girl

I said can I take a picture of you

Print it out and frame it in blue

Hang it on the wall of my room

Keep it close to make myself feel better Keep it close to make myself feel older

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from Best Wishes, released May 15, 2020

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MAITA uses her songs -- bursting, overflowing with language and sharp turns of phrase -- as a forum for unvarnished expression."- KEXP

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