The Hungry Man

by Starsapien

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Recorded at Siebold Sound Mobile in Durham, NC.
Mastered by Don Fremonté at GKG Laboratories in Los Angeles, CA.
Special thanks to Jesse Moorefield and Andrew Wishon.
Words & music by Jay Siebold.

lyrics

I'm not trying to die today
No I'm not trying to kill
But the hungry man is here
With a hole to fill

He caught a stray from around the way
Didn't see it coming that day

Protest his violence
Pretend and pray
Time is slipping away

If you know how it ends
When the bottle of medicine is through
(Threw it away)
And the battle for Waterloo we lost
(Lost and found in love)
The love I had and what it cost

Lord Jim sailed the Malay way
He took his lead in the chest
So forgive the shame and guilt
That's all in the past

Fill it in with your dirt and sin
Heaping stacks of cigarette ash in the wind

Poor man spilled his Irish
Last call called too soon
One more story or two

Dozing whore
Not much more a man can do
When he's barreling toward you

How can it be
I had eyes but couldn't see
The cliche was a sad truth

credits

released March 5, 2019
Xavier Ware - drums
Kevin Beardsley - bass
Logan Butler - guitar
Nathan Mason - vibes
Elijah Freeman - tenor sax
Jakob Bower - trombone
Collin Williams - sax solo
Lauren Harrold - mix consult
Andrew McClenney - assistant engineer
Jay Siebold - keys, vox

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Starsapien Los Angeles, California

Cosmic country & western from songwriter-producer Jay Siebold and his back-east band.

Apes Scrapes and Bandages out October 13, 2023.

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