The Bastard of Love

from The Kid by Eric Schroeder

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    Throughout The Kid, Schroeder taps into an endless well of homey, roots rock inspiration, from Wilco to Neil Young. By pairing a pitch-perfect ability to capture that energy with a vivid imagination, Schroeder reaches something that’s not quite present and not quite past, part nostalgia and part exploration of a new reality. “These songs just flowed easily,” he says. “I just let go and accepted the fact that this record would be a product of its circumstances. I wanted to capture the different parts of my mind, country and rock, stories from my life and from characters. I just need to record songs that are important to my life and share them with the world.”

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lyrics

Where did I go?
What did I do?
I made some plans
Followed ‘em through
Holes in my shoes
Holes in my jeans
What did I do?
What does it mean?

I’m trying again
Crying out loud
A crown on my head
A face in the crows
A streak of bad luck
The changing of times
Trying again
And drawing a line

It still tastes the same
Scrambled or fried
I’m facing the blame
Of saying goodbye
Alone in this room
Like a picture that hangs
Been put to my doom
And I’m facing the blame

I’m trying again
Growing my hair
A usual friend
Is rocking the chair
Icing the cake
Tasting so sweet
Trying again
And feeling complete

I feel that I’ve done
The things that I should
I stay as I was
And stay as I could
A bastard of love
Under the gun
I feel that I should
Do the things that I’ve done

I’m trying again
(The brown of my skin)
Crying out loud
(I fall deeper in)
A crown on my head
(the holes that I’ve dug)
A face in the crowd
(The bastard of love)
A streak of bad luck
(The rivers I swim)
The changing of times
(The bushes I trim)
Trying again
(A white turtle dove)
And drawing a line
(The bastard of love)
I’m trying again
(The deserts I crossed)
Growing my hair
(Still I am lost)
A usual friend
(Been sent from above)
Is rocking the chair
(The bastard of love)
Icing the cake
(The grass in the lawn)
Tasting so sweet
(Hides from the lawn)
Trying again
(The shoulders I rub)
And feeling complete
(The bastard of love)

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from The Kid, released April 20, 2021

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