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The Artist

from Night Light by Trummer

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08. the artist
the flyer said you were pretty hip back then
that’s what’s got me comin’here today
the crowd is small and they keep talking on
while you play that tune about feeling alone

I see you sittin’up there on stage
and there’s something ’bout every song you play
there’s a lock of grey hair that fell in your face
and I guess you feel outta place

they gonna go home and say they saw you play
You gonna sit in your hotel-room, driftin’away
A spliff not finished in the ashtray beside you
a dream ’bout the dreams in your past that defined you

Oh man, I’d like to know, can you tell me:
Is this really where you thought you would be?
Oh man, is there something that you learned about
How long can a song replace life?

you were not good at lovin’although you loved much
but that love of your life had to stay outta touch
days in a bus between cigarettes and coffee
bloodshot eyes as a proof for your grief
’bout the state of the things in the world
you struggle over it all, but nobody cared
they loved johnny again, they bought townes when he died
but you are the artist and it’s alright

oh man, …

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from Night Light, released January 4, 2004

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Trummer Berne, Switzerland

"Es ist nicht übertrieben zu behaupten, Trummer gehöre zu den ganz wenigen Schweizer Künstlern, die Songs auf einem derart hohen Niveau nicht bloss schreiben und komponieren, sondern auch vortragen können."
Pedro Lenz.
"Trummers Songs berühren, weil sie weder belehren noch beeindrucken wollen, sondern es bei der schlichten Frage belassen: Kennt ihr das auch?“
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