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Rotten Apples

from Other People's Lives by Terra Spencer

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Music and lyrics by Terra Spencer, 2018

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Another breaking day of more heartbreaking news
The legends on the a-list being asked to pay their dues
Brothers and sisters taking shit and abuse
So we can be amused

Throwing sticks and stones breaking bones with dirty jokes
Fighting little fires with mirrors and smoke
They’ll still be cashing cheques even in the aftermath
Of us throwing all our babies out with the bath

Do we wipe the writing off the wall
And keep eating these rotten apples as they fall

Another line is crossed every time somebody gets hurt
But the lines are all buried in industry dirt
Do we pull all of our punches to hang on to the hits
That we loved when we were kids

Or will we wipe the writing off the wall
And keep eating these rotten apples as they fall

Will we listen, will we learn, lay down conditions and terms
Spit out all the poison, and get rid of the worms

Hollywood Boulevard’s got a lot of dead wood tonight
Snuff out the stars and turn out the lights
How low will we go for the sake of the show
Will we give up what we feel for the sake of what we know

Or will we wipe the writing off the wall
And keep eating these rotten apples as they fall

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from Other People's Lives, released January 7, 2019
Vocals, piano, guitar: Terra Spencer
Guitar, bass, drums: Jake Smith

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Terra Spencer Windsor, Nova Scotia

Raised on the mud banks of the Avon River, award-winning Nova Scotian funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer has won over audiences in Canada, the UK, and Germany since her 2018 debut. She has already crafted a catalogue of startlingly intimate songs, marrying fingerstyle guitar, gospel piano, and her butterscotch voice with sly humour and '70s wood-paneled warmth. ... more

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