Get Lost Helen Of Troy

from Prize For Writing by Matthew Grimson

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GET LOST HELEN OF TROY

Get lost

Get lost

You towering song

History has got it wrong

There’s a fish in my pocket
‘
Cause I’m happy to see you

You are the wind between my ears

You glowering joke

Your eyes form the green cloth of billiards

There’s an armed Gideon in this crazy refrain

I’d like to eat your apple on a Saturday Night

I’d like to ride your appaloosa on the Isle of Wight

Get lost Helen of Troy

You hold the cards

And I’m only a poor boy who
Came out to play

In Chalk shadow plays

You’ve out crowned the kings

In need of the things

You hold in such plentiful supply
A mouse ran across my foot

But I still heard her say,
“Look at me, Matthew,
It’s all for you,”
Then she jumped, jerked back
And bust out a window

Get lost

You flowering goat

You know I can’t make it to see you tonight
And your fist-loaded vision of dynamite
You sure messed up

Sancho Panza and Chantal Daigle

Get lost Helen of Troy

I’m paid to stand

While you sit on your royal throne

You struck a match on my forehead
And after the fever’s eclipse

I knew it wasn’t your face

That launched a thousand ships
Get lost

Fading proudly in the twilight

Of abjection

My knees won’t buckle to bathe

In the light of your immaculate rejection
Get lost

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from Prize For Writing, released August 7, 2020
Matthew Grimson: vocals, guitar, bass
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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