Phoenix

by Robert Earl Thomas

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Phoenix

Five makes ten, ten makes twenty
To the lady at the Tulsa toll stop Monday
I was Phoenix bound from New York.
Lookin’ or a nickel, lookin’ for a dime
Lookin’ for a dollar to get over the line
I still hadn’t found what I was lookin’ for.

Ain’t there nothing netter than nothing?
On your mind
On your Mind

I made Phoenix, I went to the mall
Working a job building a stall
Although, does carpet make it a store?
Surrounded by leather, surrounded by suede
Surrounded by rich folks drinking lemonade
I wondered if they’d found what I was looking for?

Ain’t there nothing better than nothing
Left to buy
Left to buy

Now I’m home and the city don’t sleep
but that don’t really mean much to me
I’m turnin’ round, Phoenix bound once more
Always lookin’ to the skies, always lookin’ to disguise
That nothing is what I’m lookin’ for

Ain’t there nothing better than nothing
Left to hide
Left to hide

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released November 2, 2022
Robert Earl Thomas - lead vocal and acoustic guitar
Connor "Catfish" Gallaher - pedal steel and electric guitar
John Andrews - piano
Noel Friesen - bass
Pierce Gibson - drums

Recorded by Ian Doerr in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed by Rick Spataro in Catskill, NY

Photograph by Michael Stasiak

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Robert Earl Thomas New York, New York

An '88 Chicago birth.

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