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After The Show

from Farewell Motel by Matthew Connor

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after the show the fiddler stops and drops her bow
in the gauzy glow
after the show rye on the rocks splash of pernod
and away we go
to some party in the valley where the leading ladies are
in a city night too bright to see a star
while you’re drinking straight into the dawn
i’m sleeping with my makeup on
it’s darker now than you could ever know
there’s nothing much to see after the show

i’m overdressed, got all the cards close to my chest
still i’m a mess
i’m not like you, can’t do that breezy thing you do
it feels untrue
see, i’m the kind of man who puts his pants on one leg at a time
you’re the kind who doesn’t give a crying dime
and though i stiffen up my upper lip
i’m knee deep in the worst of it
and when the lights go up i’m all alone
there’s garbage in the aisles after the show

oh darling, it’s been ages since the stages where we met
and even so you hardly know me yet
and i still don’t know who i am

but i’ve got my name, and when i’m gone it might remain
but who’s to say?
it’s all a game, a play of silver cellophane
a fleeting flame
from the onyx room to the lion’s den
the battle cry of the bleeding pen
you loved me once so why not once again?
but then it’s just a business, kid, that’s how it goes
’til the final curtain call it’s all a show

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from Farewell Motel, released October 14, 2014

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Matthew Connor Boston, Massachusetts

Matthew Connor is a crooner for the 21st century, writing heart-wrenching songs that combine the windswept ideals of classic American balladry with stark depictions of modern-day alienation. The Boston-based Connor has a haunting voice that conjures ghosts of past heartbreaks, and he pairs it with spectral guitars that recall country tearjerkers and alt-pop brooding.

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