Name: the life i had
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Description: one of my favourite songs i've ever recorded. matt left me with a number of unpublished poems, & the first verse of this song came from half of a poem he had written. i had lyrics from a song i couldn't seem to finish from several months before that i tried to put with his, & it somehow worked better than any other grouping of lyrics i could have come up with.

the life i had

from where i used to live - EP by the smallest one

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one of my favourite songs i've ever recorded. matt left me with a number of unpublished poems, & the first verse of this song came from half of a poem he had written. i had lyrics from a song i couldn't seem to finish from several months before that i tried to put with his, & it somehow worked better than any other grouping of lyrics i could have come up with.

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turn me upside down
& shake my dreams out
of my pockets
i don’t need them now
i’ve got a desk with
my name on it
this pile of paper grows
i’ve never looked at a page
but i don’t get rid of them
just in case

give my body to the city
where i was born
leave it out for
all the citizens
when they’re bored
to look at, & make
what they want
of the life i had
no, i probably didn’t have

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from where i used to live - EP, released July 31, 2019
verse 1: matt sutton
verse 2: mason mcconnell

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the smallest one Calgary, Alberta

my name is mason & i like to write songs about things.

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