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Bad Penny

from Dispatch by Folios

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about

The label wanted a single. I thought about some things I had heard over the years and came up with the hook. Recorded the vocals in the upstairs bathroom and resisted writing a bridge.

lyrics

You flash a trashcan smile and disappear
Preach to the choir and it falls on deaf ears
A leprechaun whose crock of gold is gone
Shane MacGowan without all the songs

See you every time I come across town
Like a bad penny rolling around

I’m glad that you decided not to die
What will it take to elevate your eyes?
New lease on life but now the rent is due
And Minnesota Nice is rather rude

See you every time I come across town
Like a bad penny rolling around
Borrowing the sorrows that you drown
Like a bad penny rolling around

See you every time I come across town
Like a bad penny rolling around
What did you do with the class clown?
Like a bad penny rolling around

credits

from Dispatch, track released August 13, 2021
Martin Devaney-vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, bucket drums

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Folios Saint Paul, Minnesota

Lo-fi cardigan rock/shambolic pop from songwriter Martin Devaney and friends.

“Dispatch echoes Elliott Smith and Robyn Hitchcock with a unique Minnesotan warmth and sense of resiliency.” -Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Charmingly rickety lo-fi guitar pop songs that combine an ear for hooks with a no-frills approach” -Bandcamp New and Notable
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