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Joyce

from Portraits by Pale People

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lyrics

The channel flickers and it lights the room
The lovely lady Joyce inspects her face
The end of days approaching soon

The way she looks, I think she's had enough
Of TV murmurs and barren space
The way she thinks, I doubt she's ever known grace

Over the years she learns to keep them out
The dirty people who disfigure her
Lecherous—barbaric—devout

Her beauty dulls each day she stays inside
It's not the kind of beauty she'd prefer
But she's forgotten what her choices were

Joyce dies gasping today
Joyce rests inside her pretty skin
The channel flickers and it lights her way

The years erode her and the quiet stays
The sofa buries her when she caves in
The channel flickers and her show begins

Can you remember when you saw her last?
And if you could see her now, what would you ask?
And if you saw her rot as years go past—
What then, friend?

Can you describe what she looked like then—
When she retreated to begin again?
And if she loved her perfect ugly end—
What then?

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from Portraits, released March 24, 2017
MACK GILCREST Piano, Vocals
KURT SKRIVSETH Bass, Guitar
BRIAN TREMPER Drums
Additional percussion and insane announcer on "Josephine" by Brian Tremper
Additional violin, accordion, trombone effects on "Josephine" by Mack Gilcrest
Lyrics by Mack Gilcrest I Music by Pale People
Engineered by Jon Filkins at RedBall Recording Studios - Missoula, MT | Produced by Jake Whitecar
Mixed by Jake Whitecar and Jon Filkins at Orangutan Sound - Missoula, MT
Mastered by Jason Suko at South Sound Sound - Seattle
Copyright © 2017 Pale People Music I Cover artwork by Rachel Chansler
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Pale People Missoula, montana

Missoula, MT’s worst-kept secret.
An eccentric piano-rock quartet with a varied oeuvre, from soft confessionals to howling rants about the lonely and insane.
Better than sex. Cheaper than therapy.

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