Name: The gate is open
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: Another leaving song. An old one I wrote before I left for India in 2013. It's about feeling like you're spinning your tires, it's about being a dog and seeing that gate that someone left open and deciding to go for it. You know it'll probably end in you getting in trouble, but you make a run for it and you go tear some trash cans apart anyways.

The gate is open

from Baritone Cats by LAWNMOWER MAN

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Another leaving song. An old one I wrote before I left for India in 2013. It's about feeling like you're spinning your tires, it's about being a dog and seeing that gate that someone left open and deciding to go for it. You know it'll probably end in you getting in trouble, but you make a run for it and you go tear some trash cans apart anyways.

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Still holding onto fantasies I pretend I don't believe in anymore. Still living in this town I always swore I'd leave. I told everyone I'd never be back again. I guess this place is home. How many nights alone do I have to spend before I can let this place go? Are we kindred spirits or are we just killing time? Still tilting bottles back as if there's something liquid that can fix this. Still drawn to situations I know I'll live to regret. You can forget about me once I'm gone. You can laugh and say, "you'll never leave!" But one day I'll be strong. I think my legs are pumping blood and I'm running. I think my mind has been made up: this dog is long gone.

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from Baritone Cats, released January 15, 2014
Jeff "sex lips" Meszaros - trumpet
Jayme Hagen - guitar, bass, vocals

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