Arms Dealers Blues

from Prize For Writing by Matthew Grimson

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ARMS DEALER BLUES

When you’re old, you’ll know

That what you damned as a kid

It’ll damn you right back

Came naked for my funeral

And I’m feeling kind of vulnerable now

If I sold to the British

And I sold to the Irish

I’ve changed neither side of their equation
Yeah, rationalizing came with age

And sin has paid me minimum wage

What once was ethics

Now just seems pathetic

I keep my pepper in an empty grenade

Now it’s just the salt shaker keeping me afraid
I ain’t got much gravy

But I got a lot of savvy

I got a new head

Full of bad ideas

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from Prize For Writing, released August 7, 2020
Matthew Grimson: vocals, guitar, bass, keys
Chris Murphy: drums

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Matthew Grimson Nova Scotia

Matthew Grimson was a gifted and singular songwriter who died in 2018 at the age of 50, leaving behind an enormous body of idiosyncratic work, much of which was never released. Matthew was a unique visionary—as sensitive, uncompromising, funny, and fearless in his art as he was in his life. Of his music, Matthew wrote: “Here lay psychological metal, verbose pop, queasy balladry, and odd trips.” ... more

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