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i got free tickets to the shit show
i dodged a bullet, aunt was a skitzo
my moms moms was crazy, i didn’t help at all
snot nose kid i was self involved

my grandfather aggie he was a bookie
he had to find new ways to hide loot, lookie lookie
in the walls,
had bets in his home, because his home was a gamblin hall

all you heard was bets and calls
and long slow drags of cigarette menthols
aggie had a faded mermaid tattoo on his tan skin
when he wiggled his veins he said look she’s dancing

he died of skin cancer
my other grandfather tony was a farmer
why you think i’m such a charmer
only one’s heart was hard as armor
both italian, avid chicken parmers

hook x 2
this the way i am
this the way i am
2020 got me in my feelings with my fam

my mom drove across the country when she was fifteen
i guess it was a different scene
we went on a road trip, me and my mom
it ended up being the bomb

we saw the grand canyon, shed some tears
ate some chicken wings, drank some beers
said when she dies she wants her ashes spread here
toss em in the air … over the canyon

my dad doesn’t only sing the blues,
he’s got real pain you can only feel sitting on pews
he came home one day his first wife and his kid was gone
but he wouldn’t have met martha, that’s my moms

and they made my sister and i
my sister’s been through so much shit and i cry
and i try to tell her she should write a book, why?
i think it would do her and a lot of people good

hook x 2
this the way i am
this the way i am
2020 got me in my feelings with my fam

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from Granata, released March 4, 2022
additional bass and drum machine by Daniel Lawrence

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