For a Song

by Khalid Hanifi

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lyrics

What do you do when you’ve proven, you’ve proven that
When you’ve proven, you’ve proven you can’t prove it
When you know that your doom is in doin’ it
When you’ve blown through all the good juju and it
Doesn’t matter whether you were ever right at all
Doesn’t matter whether you were ever right at all
Doesn’t matter whether you were ever right or wrong

Gave it up for a song baby
It's all make believe
It’s never better for long maybe
I didn’t want to see

I fell hard when it would have been easier to stand up
I took heart when it seemed that you too were corrupt
I gave it up for a song, it didn’t seem to matter much
Is there ever a good time to cut and run?

If I come back it will be with an eye
To holding my head about medium high
And forgiving every phony insight

I’ll take back every petty display
And all the heavy handed dismay
Into the wasteland I’ll foray

If I come back it will be in the guise
Of a man terminally wise
I don’t know any other way to survive

Like it or not I’ve overstayed
Whatever welcome was ever made
I’m the last clown in a lost parade

credits

released November 3, 2021
released November 3, 2021

Khalid: Vocals, Guitars
Gracie Mauk: Keys, Vocals
J. Ronquillio: Bass, Vocals
Peter Kharchenko: Guitar
Chuck Mauk: Drums & Percussion
Olman Eduardo Piedra Carvajal: Percussion

Produced by Khalid
Mixed by Khalid and Geoff Michael at Big Sky Recording, Ann Arbor, MI
Mastered by John Scrip at Massive Mastering, Chicago, IL

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Khalid Hanifi Ann Arbor, Michigan

Over the course of three decades, Khalid Hanifi (Map of the World [Atlantic Records], Kiss Me Screaming, Maypops, and as a solo artist) has built a deeply compelling body of work that combines uniquely thoughtful, personally-charged lyrical content with impeccably crafted, irresistibly infectious melodies. ... more

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