We've All Got Scars

from Prize For Writing by Matthew Grimson

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WE’VE ALL GOT SCARS

I’m the kind of boy

All the parlours enjoy

I won’t dent their cushions
I know just how they feel

Nine years old and I can never fall down
My little body’s just a little like a china shop
The world is a bull

And I’m a waving red flag

I can’t tell you why

That’s another story

I can’t come home muddy

I just read the Hardy Boys and things I study

All the other boys and girls
Dreaming of their summer
Jumping jacks and running
Alongside the railroad tracks
What a bummer
But I can fly!

Three cheers for little Bobby

I’m the pay dirt of averages
One in a million kind of kid
I’m just like that parlour
Always seen and never did

Can of worms and Rosaries
Everything a house should be
Catching footballs, leaving dents
Like bananas bruised black
Organs drowning in my blood
Like bananas bruised black

Three cheers for little Bobby

Are you there?

Little Bobby?

Little Bobby, are you there?
Are you there?

Are you there?

Are you there little Bobby?
Little Bobby, are you there?
Are you there?

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

Matt 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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