Slowdown

from Sketchpad: (Non-Rat Opera) demos and releases from 1994-2014 by Brian Franklin

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You got caught in a slowdown.
You were working on midstream
Yeah, they caught you in a slowdown
Baby wasted on the balance beam

You’re feeling like the time is right
you’ve been dreaming about it for quite some time
You’ve been waiting for a new direction
You keep knocking but there aint no sign

And there in the backseat
A faint transmission of a girl
Not quite ready to let you hear her whirl

You got caught in a slowdown.
You were working on midstream
Yeah, they caught you in a slowdown
Baby wasted on the balance beam

You been listening for the next instructions
You’ve been diving down for all the drills
You gave up wishing for the night to come
You broke 30 then they pulled you in

But there on the wall
Is a nine hundred dollar guitar
And a cord that only lets you go so far√â

You got caught in a slowdown.
You were banking on a old dream
Yeah, they caught you in a slowdown
Baby wasted on the balance beam

You got caught in a slowdown.
Just like you did when you were 19
Yeah, they caught you in a slowdown
Baby wasted on the balance beam

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from Sketchpad: (Non-Rat Opera) demos and releases from 1994-2014, released February 20, 2014

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