Drinking Man

from Playing the Body by Minim

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lyrics

Chunks of meat and lemon meringue pie
Blast through this chubby sky
My pinkie is made of clay
She's pointing at the Milky Way

Skip, skip, skip to my bloodhound
Punch that clown down
Down down frowny town
Drink a fish and make a wish
That we may live
To see the light of May
Is Friday ok?

I am a drinking man
Trapped inside this can
Clinkity clinkety clinkety clop
Run and run and run and stop
Come, sit your lazy flesh down on this beam
Next to all my broken dreams
And we'll sit together
In the silence and black and slop

Small talk in circles with squares
Who drink to avert my vacant stares
They talk in private about my hair
Or nod politely and pretend to care
Everyone loves a clown
And my old suit is all pressed now
So that the wool is shiny and dank
Compressing the smoke and vomit and stank

And I wait
Until the booze I crave
Washes over me
I am a drinking man
Can’t you see?

credits

from Playing the Body, released October 4, 2022
Jenn Solheim: bass
James Gillespie: lyrics, vocals, guitar, samples
Tim Daisy: drums

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Minim Chicago, Illinois

“Midwestern power post-punk with wit, math rock with sex appeal.”—Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader

Minim (1996-2003) was Jenn Solheim and James Gillespie, with drummers Eric Mahle, Chad Lind, Tim Daisy, Tom Collier.

Listen to our 7"/EP on Dyslexic Records (1997): dyslexicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fine-or-superfine-70-lbs-bonus-track

Band web site: www.facebook.com/MinimChicago/ ... more

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