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Phantom Thumb

by Animal Electricity

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This song was written about Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac's buddy and muse, and Denver's hometown son, and his adventures through the city, incorporating a quote from his wife Carolyn Cassady long after his death, when she was asked if she had any regrets, and she said she only wished they'd not been so petty when they were younger.

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Hey Jack tell me now that you don’t mind
If I sleep in the car tonight
I don’t feel like seeing her face
And I don’t feel quite right

My hands they shake and my head twists and turns
With a thousand haunted nights
And I can’t tell if I’m wrong or if I’m right
If I stayed too long in this holy light

I don’t really think they’ll get the best of me, but I’m not sure
And I don’t really want to risk finding out

I never saw any ocean, but I sure gunned for the coast
I’s pursued over many a mountain, I’s pursued by many a ghost
I was the sunbreak in the gray forecast
The protagonist horribly miscast
I was truth and lies, railroad ties, disrobed, and unmasked

So where is my country, where’s my wife
Where are my children, where is the night
Cause I’m waiting for the night to come
So the light will stop shining itself on the things that I done

If I had us just one wish
It would sound a little bit like this
I wish we had not been so
Petty when we were younger

Cause there is so much that you miss
When you’re jealous and selfish
You give weight to the phantom thumb
You think your love is under

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released September 9, 2021

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Animal Electricity Denver, Colorado

Animal Electricity is the moniker of Denver-based singer-songwriter CP Carrington. Along with bassist Everrett Ray, Brian Prendergast, and Chip Schoneberger, Carrington and Co has released three full length records, landed on the NACC 200 charts, and even played for members of Neal Cassidy's family at the poet's favorite bar. ... more

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