Bearded Lady

from Desperate Flotsam by Dinner with Matt Gilchrest

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“I know time, to have its ways
but how come as soon as I can grow a beard
it started going grey?”
that’s what she said, lying next to me
the bearded lady was the wisest gal that I did ever meet
And I don’t mean to boast
But she gives it her most, nightly

At the time I was throwing knives
At every dame who deigned it fine
To fill my hands up with her life

But that’s not true it was only you
Spinning through a cavalcade of blades
Who moved like horses without their hooves
And I miss you the most
But I’m the virus not the host
So I’ll move on

Through dark halls of nightfall
I move along, against the dawn
Flew through tomb like rooms whose musk and dust
Beckon the dust

“People are mean, and they love to talk,
but I have never known a pile of shit to grow two legs and walk”
that’s what I hear as she is shaving her beard
She and I are going to take a ride
And get the hell out of here
Cuz I threw one too close
Accidently slit your throat
And now I’m on the run

Through dark halls of night fall
Pushing on, against the dawn
Flew through mushroom plumes whose frightening light
Consumed the night

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from Desperate Flotsam, released August 18, 2021

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Dinner with Matt Gilchrest Austin, Texas

A good portion of projects featuring a full name in their handle tend to promote the chief songwriter over the backing band. Despite that trend, Austin’s own Dinner With Matt Gilchrest is a well-balanced buffet of talent, whisking up a stew of folk, country, pop, rock, and psychedelia that’ll keep you coming back for seconds. ... more

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