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Oh These Days

from Angeles Mesa by Rafael Bustamante

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Live version submitted to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest:
youtu.be/5I7alg6LDA0

lyrics

he's taking on
the form of muscles squeezing
he's trying to bone up on regular sun burn
he loves anointments

the tip of her tongue
was born so ever speechless
that evil in angels is what she's afraid of remembering
I'm better off avoiding altitudes
I need it to cover my implant of butterfly wings

We're waiting to undress skin covering up a mess
rationing brittle steps I've yet to take
oh these days

Here's hoping to last at sea
cursing at the water
with clothes on my body that'd never had chosen me
what really belongs to me is building up a hoard
I'm lucky if trouble pushes a knife through my bubble
if nobody reads from books they can't feel the pages
in third grade I thought if I wanted to starve the artist

While we're waiting to redress
skin cover us less and less
rationing a little shame to put to rest
oh these days

I'm taking you once more to see the doctors
I'm lifting up your shirt to feel your pain
I'm going back in time before pollution
and driving fathers' fathers' car into the sun
the naked right before you isn't wrapped in any foil
what is left over when you are being born
out of this world

credits

from Angeles Mesa, released February 18, 2015
Song written and mixed by Rafael Bustamante

Guitars for Oh These Days recorded at York Recording Studios in Highland Park CA by Tim Moore

Vocals for Oh These Days recorded at Mario’s Liquor Store in Highland Park CA by Rafael Bustamante

Mastered by Filip Nikolic at The Castle Studios

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Bunnies and Kitties Los Angeles, California

Rafael Bustamante is the heart of Bunnies and Kitties, a collaborative folk act. Formed in 2006, Bustamante's story-telling technique through song involves little and often silly anecdotes that somehow yield larger truths about friendships, love, and life itself. ... more

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