Be Like a Ghost (10th Anniversary Edition)

from Carpenter Bird: Revisited (10th Anniversary Edition) by David Wax Museum

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lyrics

I spent 16 dollars on beer I never drank
I spent 3 hours in line at the bank
I spent 2 years on a heart but it just sank

I spent several summers waiting for apples from a barren tree
I spent too much of my childhood in front of a TV
I spent 2 years on a heart that in love could not believe

Chorus
Be like a ghost—find a new heart to haunt
I can’t believe there’s anything still here that you’d want
Be like a ghost

I spent 300 dollars on a banjo I never pick
I spent the afternoon out in the rain—enough to make me sick
I spent two years on a heart with walls forest thick

I spent every hour while I was with you
Spending all of my heart but it just left me blue
I spent two years on a heart; I guess I had nothing better to do

Chorus
Be like a parachute—open your heart up
Not for me – it’s too late – but maybe there’s someone else to interrupt
Be like a parachute

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from Carpenter Bird: Revisited (10th Anniversary Edition), released July 3, 2020

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David Wax Museum Charlottesville, Virginia

Pioneering indie folk musicians David Wax and Suz Slezak are the plucky husband-wife duo behind the eclectic, exuberant “Mexo-Americana” band David Wax Museum based in Charlottesville, VA. First reaching national acclaim with a show-stopping debut at the Newport Folk Festival, the band has built a reputation around energetic, heartfelt live shows and sonically adventurous albums. ... more

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shows

Apr 27

Stubblebine Lutherie

Somerville, MA
Apr 28

The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds

Northampton, MA
May 1

Mercury Lounge

New York (NYC), NY
May 3

Birdfest

Pinewood, SC
May 3

Ting Pavilion

Charlottesville, VA
May 18

Stroud Preserve

West Chester, PA
May 19

President Lincoln's Cottage

Washington, DC
Jul 13

Blue Ridge Music Center

Galax, VA
Jul 28

The Farmstand

Tamworth, NH
Jul 29

Cliff Island Wharf

Portland, ME
Aug 1

One Longfellow Square

Portland, ME
Aug 3

Club Passim

Cambridge, MA
Aug 9

The Cultural Center Cape Cod

South Yarmouth, MA
Aug 10

Guyer Art Barn

Hyannis, MA
Aug 24

Rivanna River Company

Charlottesville, VA
Aug 29

Natalie's Grandview

Columbus, OH
Aug 30

Riverdog Retreat, Wakeman

Oberlin, OH
Sep 5

Icehouse

Minneapolis, MN

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