Paperweight
written by: Jak Locke
written by: Jak Locke
version 1:
from Brokedowntown (April 13th 2003) (2:48)
Lookin for my carpet, no one walkin the hall
Rusty nails and thumbtacks hangin out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen talkin to the flies
Old fan blowin stale air, you can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight killin time in the sun
Last week's table scraps nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone, laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon waitin on me
Rusty nails and thumbtacks hangin out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen talkin to the flies
Old fan blowin stale air, you can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight killin time in the sun
Last week's table scraps nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone, laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon waitin on me
version 2:
from Songs For Cello At Night (May 16th 2004) (2:41)
Liquor on my carpet
No one walking the hall
Rusty nails and thumbtacks
Hanging out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen
Talking to the flies
Old fan blowing stale air
You can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight
Killing time in the sun
Last week's table scraps
Nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone
Laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon
Waiting on me
No one walking the hall
Rusty nails and thumbtacks
Hanging out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen
Talking to the flies
Old fan blowing stale air
You can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight
Killing time in the sun
Last week's table scraps
Nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone
Laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon
Waiting on me
version 3:
from Post-Apocalyptic Hymnal (December 3rd 2008) (2:46)
Liquor on my carpet
No one walking the hall
Rusty nails and thumbtacks
Hanging out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen
Talking to the flies
Old fan blowing stale air
You can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight
Killing time in the sun
Last week's table scraps
Nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone
Laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon
Waiting on me
No one walking the hall
Rusty nails and thumbtacks
Hanging out of the wall
There's a TV in the kitchen
Talking to the flies
Old fan blowing stale air
You can hear the room sigh
Two ton paperweight
Killing time in the sun
Last week's table scraps
Nearly halfway done
Dust on the telephone
Laundry wide as the sea
There's a lonesome paragon
Waiting on me
earliest live performance: May 21st 2004