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White Flag

by Dan Bauer

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Dan Bauer - White Flag
Track 1 of 5 of "The Man Upstairs" EP (coming June 2018
// 2020 update: lolz nah I actually got depressed that year and flaked on its release. I'll drop this sucker in full when "The After Life' comes out, though).

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Dad’s waving the white flag ‘cause he thinks it’s just too much
To get up and start the day, get up and start the day.
I want to say I helped him, but, hey what can I do?
Get up and lock the cabinets, get up and hide the food?
We all got free will and I guess that’s what he chose,
Now he’s fucking sick and mom’s fucking sick of it.
Hope she don’t wave the white flag, too, ‘cause she’s the only one I love,
Except my brother and the dog. Just the above

Now they’re choosing apathy,
Everyone but me.

Dad’s waving the white flag and, mom, don’t you see it, too?
Don’t you hear when he puffs up the stairs? Come on, I know you do.
Don’t you see the wrappers he’s hiding and the pretzel crumbs in the seats?
Want to admit it’s true? ‘Cause now we in the ICU.
Didn’t you feel when he fell down the steps? ‘Cause that shit it shook the house,
Kind of like I did that time when I opened my mouth
And called him every name that I thought you and his sister should -
Co-workers, too, but he lost his job. Shit, now he might lose his foot.

Ain’t nobody notice but me?
We can’t just let this be.
And if you can, then I guess

I’m a douchebag and a dickhead.
He told y’all what’s been said,
So guess I’m wrong.

They’re all waving the white flag and I guess I’m seeing why.
By now they’ve shot all the rounds their sympathy supplied.
They’ve probably been here before, cussing him out under their breath.
The ROI’s some peanuts, so why reinvest?
And maybe I’m getting there, too, but for now we all see the Cokes
He didn’t tell the docs about, so who else wants to clear their throat?
What? Nobody but me.
We can’t just let this be,
And if you can, then I guess

I’m a douchebag and a dickhead.
He told y’all what’s been said,
So guess I’m wrong.

credits

released April 26, 2018
Written, produced, performed by Dan Bauer.
Mixed/mastered by Dean Palya, Jr.

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Dan Bauer Manchester, New Hampshire

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumental recording artist making experimental pop. Also former rapper, but we don't have to talk about that.

Both 2023 albums, "My Demons & Me" and "Divinity Infinity," now available to stream or purchase. Happy listening! ... more

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