Columbus

from If I Could Rock by Brian Stevens

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Columbus

On Nina or the Pinta
Bounding down the main
The captain called me out
I thought no-one knew my name
“I don’t like your sort”
He said right through a smirk
“You’re getting off this tub”
I said that that would work

I bid good bye to Nina
And left the stinking ship
With Santa and Maria
Tattooed to my hip
The rain ran as spittoons
In strings from down the sky
I went looking for a subway
But they’d burned it in July

Turn away from Columbus
it felt so good, feels so good
to leave it
Look away from Columbus
it felt so good, feels so good
Believe it

Put a cap up on my head
And got a plug for my good ear
Bug spray for the scent
And a cozy for my beer
I couldn’t help my walking
like I was unemployed
Like Woody Hayes in drag
Which I wanted to avoid

I was a drive-up clerk
For christians in their trucks
Chasing aphrodisiacs
They mug after they fuck
I was told to love my job
Or lose my drive-up spot
I began to miss the sea
But the captain maybe not

Turn away from Columbus
it felt so good, feels so good
to leave it
Look away from Columbus
it felt so good, feels so good
Believe it

I read of middle passage
From the center of a book
Of El Salvadoran sisters
And took a closer look
At my sailor past
And how I played along
I became a seasick mate
Who didn’t like the songs

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from If I Could Rock, released October 18, 2019

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Brian Stevens New Milford, Connecticut

I am an alien that was sent to earth to study humans and report my findings to minister Zolumb on the planet Yat. To fit in with other middle aged men in my area, I took up pretending to make music. Enjoy.

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