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Refrains for a British Policeman

by Marisa Gasper

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Done me wrong (Gasper) 6/10/18 Like a sucker taken from a child, You were taken away from me But I’m the sucker, you’re a child The sucker, sucking; desperately *We treat you like a prize Though no one’s really won You done me wrong, my love, You done me wrong You ever heard of that giving tree? The one that gave the trunk, the limbs, and the leaves *Another bit of tree that the lonely sit upon You done me wrong, my love, You done me wrong You done me wrong, You done me wrong So much I had to put it in a song If I can sing it, maybe you’ll hear it, And then maybe I’ll see the sun You done me wrong, my love, You done me wrong.
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Addicted to being rejected (Gasper) 5/24/18-6/3/18 Words are the way that we give Giving our heart and our soul But sometimes the mechanism of receiving Is twisted and broken, and cold *Addicted to being rejected Used to being so hurt Hurt for being so used Kicked and down in the dirt Addicted to being rejected What a means to get to the end Seeking to find what’s become in your mind An easy kind of defense Words are the way that we say What’s in our hearts and our brains But the repetition of cruelty and being sent away Becomes need for a quick recognizable pain * Comfort’s created sometimes by jaded Ways that we find ourselves in The yearning and dreaming is replaced by a scheming Undermining our needs that are still deep within *
3.
Dueling Prayers (Gasper) 5/21/18 *Dueling prayers - up in the air Where God can see them vacillating Thinking while he’s masticating Oh - what is fair? Destiny becoming fate and End beginning, and debating... I know you pray for me I can feel it in my bones I must seem so desperate When you hear me on the phone You know I have my own That I pray for everyday And though I’m really grateful I have things I need to say * Your compassion is so wise I love to hear advice I know what you must think When you let your God decide As I think upon it Prayers must conflict somehow So as we speak in reverent tones The duel - it begins now... *
4.
Time is through (Gasper) 5/27/18 You shouldn’t make assumptions You know my state can change I may be devoted But feelings rearrange Be careful what you do to me Be careful everyday Because when you want back with me You’ll find that I might say *Goodbye sweet love There’s nothing more to do Goodbye sweet love Because your time is through ...Time is through... (oh lord...) Your time is through... Slow down, sweet love, Slow down, sweet love, hold up You had your chance But enough is enough You’ve been swinging me ‘round From the old ball and chain So It’s time for you to recognize That I am not the same * Your time is through, sweet love Because you yanked me back and forth Time is through, sweet love, Thought I was forever more... *
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Zombie Kind of Love (Gasper) 5/17/18 Life is tough enough Much too hard to face To disappear without the fear Is how we found this place *We took the dreaded swill And passed up all the pills (Smoked ‘til dawn’s above A zombie kind of love) The shadows swallow us As we lie upon the ground One with mother’s womb We cry without a sound * (The needle fills with blood A zombie kind of love) We swear we live for you But we live just for a fix We take and say we love As you give and give and give * (The grave is slowly dug A zombie kind of love)
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Something you’ll learn (Gasper) 6/16/18 An abuser But you think she’s the one Though you are hurt, you can’t seem to be done She’s a liar... and a cheat... But you can’t seem to find... the proof that you need As a child, blows were consequence The pain and confusion led to sick-love defense So it’s love that you think - but only in your mind *And that’s something you’ll learn... in time Woman you’ve been with And she’s the one that you know She has your back, and gets that you’ve grown She’s been there, she’s listened, she’s tried to help Even thinks of people... other than herself Though she’s not perfect, she’s honest and real And you know that for her, it’s true love that you feel When you escape the abuser, it’s this woman you’ll find *And that’s something you’ll learn... in time
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Skater 03:02
Skater (Gasper) 4/29-5/14/18 lyrics 5/9-5/14/18 music Your shadow looms before you As you glide behind its lean Seems you’re on a warm sea wave, But you ride the cold concrete It rare that you’re deluded Or lost in fantasy Because the falls, the banks, the walls You’ll soon be on your knees... *...sailing down the sidewalk so certain yet so free an artist on the asphalt a contrast to the street Your wheels, they scrape the driveway That you carve upon with speed You make a path in patterns The beholder’s eye can see You’re made of soil and sediment You’re human with those needs Though you’re amused among the refuse You’re discarded, then redeemed... *...sailing down the sidewalk so certain yet so free an artist on the asphalt defiance to the street

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released June 18, 2018

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Marisa Gasper Los Angeles, California

www.DelusionalAsUsual.Bandcamp.com. Marisa Gasper doesn't know the word fear, because she pursues her creative visions wherever they take her. Her works explore life, often through sound, and transcend traditional dichotomies in service to healing expansively the rifts between heart and mind, sacred and profane, G*d and philosophy... ~ bio by Betsy Kenoff-Boyd ~Thank You! ... more

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