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Couch Surfing on Tour in Ohio

from Senza Amanti by Meaner Pencil

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I was on the road. I was supposed to be on the road with a lover but the lover bailed. So I was alone. and going a little crazy from heartbreak. but everywhere I went kind people were hosting me, because they wanted to help artists. That feeling was amazing. So I began to get a crazy feeling that all of the different places I was staying were actually different entrances to the same giant fortress, a fortress to protect artists.

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On the road alone for two long
months in the fall
everyday
broke cold and new

On a clumsy quest to scrounge
some art
for myself
scared of what I had to do

But then when night fell they
would take me in
to the house

And they would show me
where the bathroom is
and the couch

And they would feed me
something green
to eat

And before long I would
fall asleep in
strangers sheets


Amber and Moriah
were
roommates at Cleveland Arts

Karaoke, Kundera and
Cat Piss Rugs

They let me stay with them for
three days longer than we'd planned
when my next host turned out to be
an unreliable man
they were considerate and
I was shy
And I missed them, later,
when we said goodbye

Oberlin was once
an underground
railroad stop
And that is how it felt to me

I bought a musty book on
Eleanor Roosevelt
And the years that she spent free

The girls at Kunsthalle gave me
a warm corner to read
They listened to my songs
critiqued my feminine rhyme scheme

They were deliberate
and I was shy
and I missed them, later
when we said goodbye

I lived in a pro-art fortress
with ten thousand rooms
If I'm brave and wage some music
can I go back soon?

On the road again for two more months
in the spring
Everyday broke cold and new
On a clumsy quest to scrounge some art
for myself.
and to run away from you!

I know when night falls they will take me in
to the house
and they will show me where the bathroom is
and the couch
and they will feed me something green to eat
and before long
before long
and before long
before long....*

credits

from Senza Amanti, released February 3, 2014
Words and music by Meaner Pencil (Lenna Pierce). Recording Tech/album midwife: Steve Nelson. Shaina Allison: producer. Album Art by Leigh McLinden. Blue Dragon Moon records.

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Meaner Pencil is a singing cellist whose style is influenced by blues, post-punk, and romantic opera. She uses her songs to glorify everyday experiences and acts of kindness, but is also willing to face the darkness. She is often heard singing in the New York subway system late at night. Her newest album Senza Amanti, was named WFMU's new album of the day on March 23rd 2014 ... more

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