Errands

from A Man Could Get Tired and Other Songs by Ryan Sutter

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I miss my Dad and the only reason I ever see him is if he has an errand that requires it. So, there's this song.

Recorded in 2007 for RPM Challenge, previously released on the Trumpet Marine album "Louder, Longer, Lobster".

lyrics

he came by
a day before the party
with watery eyes
and I asked myself
what were the odds he'd be there?
then I knew
he must have had some powerful excuse
an errand to run
or else I wouldn't be seeing him at all

thank the bank
thank the couches
thank the fact he hasn't retired yet
thank the bank
for the privilege
of an errand to run run run run

I came by
to tell him that in his view
I would probably die
I tore out his heart
what other choice did I have?
I was tied
by circumstances I did not create
I wished I could stay
but that was a card I had no strength to play

damn the park
damn the sunshine
damn myself for making such a mess of this
damn the park
innocent though it is
for being the place where I had to run run run

I hold by
the hope the rift will close
before he or I die
but I tell myself
the odds of that happening are slim
yes I know
I haven't got a weapon to use
to tear down the wall
without errands I wouldn't be seeing him at all

thank the bank
thank the couches
thank the fact he hasn't retired yet
thank the bank
for the privilege
of an errand to run run run run

run

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from A Man Could Get Tired and Other Songs, released July 20, 2013
Written, produced and engineered by Ryan Sutter. Performed by Ryan Sutter, Kevin Robertson, and Bob Aderhold.

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Ryan Sutter Hugo, Minnesota

Minnesota-based singer-songwriter formerly of The Lavone, Trumpet Marine and Nuclear Gopher Records.

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