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How Can You Believe

from Monkey Paw Situation by Walter Ehresman

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How Can You Believe
(© 2004 Walter Ehresman)

The words we had flew through the air like acid darts of blame;
It seems I couldn’t help myself, now things can’t be the same.
For you to cling so deeply to those ideas dark and wrong–
I don’t know if you are the one I thought I knew so long.

You know you are my friend, my friend–I value who you are;
But tell me how to reconcile the lucid with the snarl.
I’d thought of you as much too smart to fall into that trap–
and seeing that hurts more than hearing your propagandized rap (and then you go).

The world today is up for sale–a thing you can’t deny;
One thing I know is that I’ve never seen the stakes so high;
With freedom in the balance and their thumb upon the scale,
our friendship cannot be the spear on which the truth impales (and so I go).

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from Monkey Paw Situation, released May 1, 2009
Walter Ehresman: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, 5-string electric bass, keyboards, sequencing.

Special guest: James Rader--trap kit.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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