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Boulder Sunshine

from Sonic Viagra by The Bell Riots

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Anna and Westy moved from Boulder to Austin in September of 2009. This song by Anna does a really good job of explaining in the first person why it was time for us to get out of there.

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The Boulder sunshine burns my feet
My armpits stink in the dry heat
The Subarus and buses pass
Their way down Broadway, I'm here on my ass

I know there is a better way to spend my time
I know I'm not put on this Earth to sit and rhyme
But pour me something cold to drink
'Cause right now is no time to think
I just want to rejoice in what is mine

The boys are chillin' in the van
Long blonde hair and cigarette-smelling hands
The one that I love best is sweet Jerome
He's twenty-five, still lives at home

I know I ought to clean my act and find a job
I know some people think they've gotta fight to love
But bring me something strong to drink
'Cause right now is no time to think
I just want to rejoice in what is mine

The bums on Pearl Street beg for change
And Ari says that they're deranged
She will not talk to them or toss them her spare coins
But I do, because it makes me feel self-satisfied

My mama came and got me shoes for my feet
And I'm still sitting here in this dry heat
Somebody buy me something strong to drink
Cause right now is neither the time nor place to think

I know that I'm an upper-middle class white girl
I know I'm soft and privileged as all hell
Outside there's lots of things I fear
So I'm not getting out of here
I just need to rejoice in what is mine

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from Sonic Viagra, released November 14, 2010

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