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Better at Saturday Night

from The Isolation Tapes Vol. III by Eric Peter Schwartz

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Written and recorded on July 4, 2020

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BETTER AT SATURDAY NIGHT
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)

Drive two hours west
to the Iowa line
away from the city
traffic is fine
an hour and a half early
sittin' at the bar killing time

Just sitting and thinking
staring into my beer
eavesdropping on locals
what do they want to hear
what they're buying on the jukebox
until my conscience is clear

I'll be working tonight
sweating for bread
nervous that I don't have
all the songs in my head
Christ, I'm almost fifty
I should buy a music stand instead

Bartender grabs a lime
and slides back the lid
They all know each other in here
they all know each others kids
what shit they've been going through
and where the bodies are hid

I check my phone
still 15 minutes to go
folks cast a glance
and wonder about the show
a guy asks what I play
I chuckle "I don't rightly know"

Their evening is relaxed
their laughter is real
they're here to erase
the exact anxieties I feel
tonight as I play
but that's the deal

I am luck to be up here
and to be what I be
and from behind this microphone
I can clearly see
everyone in this place
is better at Saturday night
than me

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from The Isolation Tapes Vol. III, released July 20, 2020

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Eric Peter Schwartz Aurora, Illinois

Acoustic rock and some instrumental rock. Where heart and quirk collide.

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