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Face to the ground,
blanket of clouds,
and a monochrome army of friends.
I'll fake my way out of this,
I'm only playing pretend.

But you play for keeps,
now I need my release.
Tore through the ice and found tacks underneath.
You can't deceive what is already clear,
it's a sin.

Wrap me up tight in my pine overcoat,
and we'll dance our way out to the end.
Tumbling over like drunken toy soldiers,
I'll play the part of the sergeant who swears he would
sacrifice everything, anything, nothing at all.

Stagger stage right,
as vermilion lights exit and nod off to bed.
It's always been dark in my head,
all the candlelight's dead.

You held the match, but burned it too fast,
now the pilot light's filling my head full of gas.
Surely, you know,
even iron corrodes
in the end.

Dress me up nice in my pine overcoat,
and we'll dance our way out to the end.
Tumbling over like drunken toy soldiers,
I'll play the part of the sergeant who swears he would
sacrifice everything, anything, nothing at all.

Nothing at all,
so don't waste your time.
I was already lost before you.
The storm's in my mind,
and it rains all the time,
and the sun don't shine.
You look so divine when you wear your
pine overcoat
too.

Wrap me up tight in my pine overcoat,
and we'll dance our way out to the end.
Making up plans that we'll never undo,
and I'll be the fool who would think they'd come true.
I would sacrifice everything, anything,
something I hold very dear to the end.
But this isn't real, and we're only playing pretend.
This isn't real,
and we're only playing pretend.

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from Polyester Day / Pine Overcoats, released March 1, 2017
produced & performed by Cale Hawkins
music & lyrics by Cale Hawkins

engineered by Cale Hawkins & Ben Talmi at Greylock Records, Brooklyn, NY, and Eric Tait, Jr. at The Farm, West Chester, PA
engineer assisted by Stephen Maxwell
mixed by Ben Talmi
mastered by Andrew Sarlo

cello by Ansel Cohen
violin & viola by Anthony Bracewell
all vocals & other instruments by Cale Hawkins

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Hailing from Bemus Point, NY (population: 364), Cale Hawkins has toured, written, and produced internationally since 2012. Credits include Quincy Jones, Charli XCX, Linda Perry, Bilal, Raveena, and Amber Mark.

He produces, mixes, writes, and performs all of his music. His debut LP "I Broke My Shoulders" came out in 2023 via Switch Hit Records, and was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered." ... more

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