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Pig In A Poke

from The Small Hours by Stephen Clair

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lyrics

I went looking for some candy
I went looking for something nice
It was you, took my fancy
You were playing me all right

Baby don’t change
Baby don’t leave
Baby don’t even tell me
Until I’m good and ready for the truth
And I’m not

You may not be who i thought you were
But that’s on me not you
I got on pretty happily
In my little fantasy

Pig in a poke
Got me going
Pig in a poke
Y’always blowing
Pig in a poke
Smoke and mirrors
Pig in a poke
Left me standing here
Feeling like a dope

I supposed you had my number
I supposed I couldn’t wait to surrender
Why why why why can’t you let me
Go on pretending

Sweet dreams of you i conjured
These visions made me swoon
You occupied a place
But it wasn’t even you was it

Pig in a poke
Got me going
Pig in a poke
Y’always blowing
Pig in a poke
Smoke and mirrors
Pig in a poke
Left me standing here
Feeling like a dope

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from The Small Hours, released September 18, 2020

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“Blending the kind of jaggedly cool guitar and piano that put Spoon on the map with a deadpan, almost spoken-word vocal delivery, the song quickly evolves into a righteous bar band anthem that feels as much linked to acts like the Hold Steady as it does to Wilco”
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