Things Never Done ('96 version)

from Handwedge From the Trap by Walter Ehresman

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Trying to be a nice guy with girls who want the bad boy. An old story....... However, when I look online at the path that girl's life has taken since 1989, I realize that I dodged a bullet in a BIG way.

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Things Never Done
(© 1989 Walter Ehresman)

I can tell you every single thing I do not want to be,
and I can look into your eyes and see the things I want to see;
But the space between us multiplies as I stand on and stare,
and I see the webs of kindness dissipate into the air, and
the words are there, the thoughts are sung, it still does not apply
to the rare moments in time I find to look one in the eye;
It’s an old cliche’, a tired song, that I’ve been hurt before,
but the newest is the deepest, disillusion is the score.
I am wrong again.

The last thing I would try to say is that I have the right
to dictate in the slightest way the way you spend the night;
But I can’t help thinking that we come from the same point of view--
reactionary insecurity, I call out to you.....

[chorus]
No presumption;
No intrusion;
No interaction;
No collusion;
No emotion;
No infusion;
No discussion;
No union;
Just reality.

Propriety just seems to be a method to despair;
As I try to do the right thing, what I want just isn’t there.
As I look into your eyes and revel in your golden hair,
the last thing that I see is image fade into the air.

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from Handwedge From the Trap, released January 1, 1999
Walter Ehresman: vocals, acoustic guitar.

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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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