Paper Light

from Paper Light by Julian Cartwright

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Meet you in the courtyard
Or the Wawa at the edge of town
If you want to make it tomorrow,
Today you want to hang around?

1967, 1972
2020: That’s the year I forgot to call you

Wanna go find my bike?
I’m feeling paper-light
Alive beyond all my means
Tennis courts open late
Stage lights on Peter’s gate
Such sights rarely really seen.

I’m sorta losing track of time
Hot summer soda, hint of lime
And a rush of bad AC
You wanna call me first?
You know this town is cursed.
Heaven is you and me.

Now years slip by
Like moments in your room
I think I might sleep over
Or see you soon
It’s hard to remember
To brute force ahead.
Hard to remember
To sustain the gentleness we had.

Thursday, Friday
Mark the calendar full.
Everything I say is empty
Like “sure” and “thanks” and “cool”.

You always did hate to play the violin.
Now tell me straight, is it too late
For me to play the fool?

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from Paper Light, released September 1, 2023

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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