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Field Training

from A Year Selling Fire Escapes by Evening Man

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Worked a year selling fire escapes,
Then one day the place was shuttered.
Spent a month home all the time.
All those bottles. So much clutter.

One day I left the house.
Found a job as a crisis actor.
Interviewed on a Wednesday afternoon.
Hired right there like it was meant for me to do,
Like it was a movie.

In a mall, I'd lie around
Educating first responders.
Show them wounds they cannot see,
Other actors over yonder.

Always new scenarios.
Any place can frame disaster.
Put yourself in a verdant park in June,
Or running through alleyways beneath a Brooklyn moon,
Like you're in a movie.

So baby, when you look at me,
Don't look at me that way
'Cause there is something wrong with me
That you need me to say.

This all takes a toll on me.
There's a shift in my perception.
All my stations play at once
In stereo, with bad reception.

Even you, who I adore.
I've been losing you much faster.
Knowing me is deciphering a rune
That doesn't mean anything, which you'll discover soon.
It's only a movie.

Baby, when you play with me
Don't act as if it's play.
I saw the car that brought them here
And you need me to say.
Baby, I'm the witness.
You can't let me walk away.
I saw the guy who fired it
And you need me to say.

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from A Year Selling Fire Escapes, released March 28, 2023

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Evening Man Washington, D.C.

Evening Man is singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Erik Lipp. He currently lives and works in Connecticut.

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