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In Someone Else's Hands

from BASKETPUSHER by Chameleon Treat

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I bought a guitar downstate.
It's not easily played.
It's got nicks in the neck and
Buzzing frets and
The more that you play it
The worse that it gets.

The neck pickup twists to the side, and the
One by the bridge is barely alive, and it
Lives in a corner covered in cables. I
Lean it against my bedside table.

It likes
Quiet
And it cries
When it's loud.
No you can't count
On it
To make
Any sound.

But it keeps ticking like an old clock.
Flecks of dirt up on the headstock.
See myself in the chipped paint.
Heit Deluxe never complains.

It sits there
Silent
And it writes
In its head
Finding notes and
Patterns
In the things
That we said.

But it keeps ticking like an old clock.
Flecks of dirt up on the headstock.
See myself in the chipped paint.
Heit Deluxe never complains.

One day I lost it, it got up and left to
Find the potential inside of itself
Or somebody stole it and then they sold it to
Someone who knew how to truly control it
Or I think it ran off and started a band with
My autoharp and my mandolin.

It grew tired of my room... A bitter inmate.
In someone else's hands it'll sound great.

I wonder what it could be
In someone else's hands.
(Someone who spent their time on it)
(Someone who spent their time for it)
No it wouldn't miss me
In someone else's hands.
(Someone who truly cares for it)
(Someone who truly cares for it)
You'd hear it really singing
In someone else's hands.
(Someone who wants to get better)
(Someone who wants to get better)
No I'll never fix it
While it's in my hands.
No I don't think that it's broken
No I don't think that it's broken
No I don't think that it's broken.

I bought a guitar downstate, and I
Should have just let it create.
Give it a home, build it a nest, it would
Get back to you if you just let it rest.
It's not perfect for all that you do, but it
Always tried to bring something new.

I had to let it go. It didn't get far.
Because I left it in the case in the front yard.

But it keeps ticking like an old clock.
Flecks of dirt up on the headstock.
See myself in the chipped paint.
Heit Deluxe never complains.

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from BASKETPUSHER, released November 9, 2018

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Chameleon Treat Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chameleon Treat is an artist interested in neo-psychedelia and offbeat pop.

The band is currently the solo project of Andrew Kruske.

Direct booking inquiries/questions to: chameleontreat@gmail.com


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