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This was the 14th song recorded for the album. At some point I became obsessed with the song Game of Pricks by Guided by Voices and decided to make my own version of it, so this is that attempt. Like many songs in these recording sessions, I had the first line and just went from there with no direction. Even though it’s about working, I was still unemployed when I wrote it, so it feels like me fantasizing about having to work again soon and hoping that will be okay (spoiler: it was not okay). This song gets pretty heavily metaphorical and at the risk of oversimplifying it, I do think it’s about capitalist society and how we’re all just trying our best to make something work within a poisonous structure. But I like how mythic it is as opposed to the previous song which explores those themes in much more direct terms.

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I’ve been working so long, I’ve forgotten what food tastes like
when it comes from a stove
I’ve been singing a song, killing time with the crew
They’re right when they summon Jehovah

When it happens, we will all be saved
Tumbling around inside a cave

I’ve been taking a break to correct the mistake I made
when I butchered your name
I’ve been drinking a shake made from plants
and cake I ate when you finally came

Things were awkward and you were so brave
It is so dark, save me from this cave

And if I fall, they’ll never find my soul
Ancient walls keeping out the cold

I’ve been hanging around hometowns that I don’t know now
cuz they’re rusty and old
I’ve been trying new sounds, getting down with a new school crowd
turning shit into gold

When it happens, we will all be rich
Turning that old cave into a ditch

And when it falls, you will hear the sound
Crumbling walls, people gather ‘round
And when they sing, you better behave
It’s not cool to gloat about the cave

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from The First Songs in the World, released February 3, 2023

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Where Is Your Dog Now? Los Angeles, California

Where Is Your Dog Now? is an alt-rock music project by Andrew Haworth based in Los Angeles. He has recorded hundreds of songs since its inception. Each album is a “greatest hits” compilation of these songs, constructed in large part based on feedback given by his mother. Haworth experiments with a wide range of genres, but most of his songs end up sounding like power-pop, and that's okay. ... more

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