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(Just Like) Money In the Bank

from Throw the Lions to the Christians by Larry O. Dean

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If I had a nickel for every problem
a dime for every slight
a quarter of my time would be spent fretting
every little thing that hasn't gone right
still I'm here, no, I'm not there
in my sensory deprivation tank
counting the profits I made off my worries
just like money in the bank

Days go by, I hardly notice
the passage of my heart
jumping through hoops of fiery disdain
after being trained to do its part
I've focused my energies on all the wrong problems
shooting gets easier loaded with blanks
& I'll stoop to count my smoking casings
just like money in the bank

In our youth, we smile & dance
each day heralds something new
the warmth of the sun or the taste of the wind
makes us feel there's nothing we can't do
then one day, you wake up older
& think, "What a dirty prank
led to believe we could add up experience
just like money in the bank"

I'd give anything to know what was right
that feeling's an aphrodisiac
but wrongness somehow always gets a hold
& turns you into an amnesiac
there's safety in forgetting
& for that you know who you can thank
that other self safely tucked away
just like money in the bank

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from Throw the Lions to the Christians, released March 6, 2012
Recorded at Olde West, San Francisco, CA 1993. Engineered by James Schaefer. Remastered at Kingsize Sound Labs, Chicago, IL October 2011 with Mike Hagler.

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Larry O. Dean Chicago, Illinois

Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. His numerous chapbooks include I Am Spam (2004), a series of poems “inspired” by junk email, abbrev (2011), and About the Author (2011). A full-length collection, Brief Nudity is forthcoming in 2013. He is also an acclaimed songwriter whose most recent CD release is Fun with a Purpose (2009) with The Injured Parties. ... more

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