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Ordinary Computer

from Knack for Negligence by Eric Dahl

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Ordinary Computer

© 1995 by Eric Dahl

Drivin through the city 4:30 on Tuesday
Everybody’s down here with the same thing in mind
Swimming in circles tryin to find a tear in the net
Sometimes I give up and I park her by the railyards
Walk down to the water leave it all behind
Try to think about something that I want
Something I gotta have something I might not get

I’m just an ordinary computer.
Never been programmed for a broken heart.
Wouldn’t know if I had one,
give me some data, tell me how does it start?
Is it like all systems down,
melt through the table into the ground?

I work the Lazy B and right now it’s real borin
If I gotta be bored I want this breeze in my face
Lookin at the water shine watchin a train come down the line
Nothing better to do.
Somewhere in the sky there’s three years of my best thinking
Part of a machine they shot into space
Next time I’m gonna go I wanna see that window
Where we all glide through

I’m just an ordinary computer.
Never been programmed for a broken heart.
Wouldn’t know if I had one,
give me some data, tell me how does it start?
Is it like all systems down?

Guess it all got started when I missed that time last winter,
Came back after ten days they said, "Fill out this form."
When I got the part that said "reason" I just stared at it
Wrote down "unknown".

I shoulda said: I went to see the Sonics
cause I had a lot of money,
Met a woman in the ticket line.
They were talking bout when Gus
used to take a pass from DJ,
Rippin up the LA Lakers,
headed down court all alone.

Went to see the Sonics cause I had a lotta of money,
We walked out of the ticket line.
She said, “Let’s drive tonight to the ocean.
Don’t you dream about open water?”
Hell no I couldn’t phone.

I’m just an ordinary computer.
Never been programmed for a broken heart.
Wouldn’t know if I had one,
give me some data, tell me how does it start?
Is it like all systems down?

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from Knack for Negligence, released July 1, 1995

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Eric Dahl Seattle, Washington

His music ranges from acoustic neo-rockabilly to thoughtful and reflective with a voice somewhere between Johnny Cash and Lou Reed.

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