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Charlie

from Apartments by Built Like Alaska

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Charlie was Richard's brother. He was caretaker of the oddfellows cemetery until he got too old to do the physical labor. He fought in WWII on a navy ship. He often painted pictures from memory of the places he'd been. He was a pretty good painter. He wasn't as lighthearted as his brother and resented Richard's warnings about being a sucker for women. He had these two sisters that hung around his apartment. They were his "girlfriends" but, really they just siphoned his pension just to stay supplied in Marlboros and Mad Dog 20/20. They disappeared as soon as his money was gone.

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Charlie-
I’m paranoid and I’m looking
old as I feel.
I’ve seen the world
but, missed most
from the ballast of a boat.

And, I’ve put my memories down
in water and orange and brown.
In the oils I have around.
Before the cemetery tied me down.

I’m paranoid and I’m looking
old as I feel.
That’s my love,
that’s my love,
it’s my love.

She don’t come around very much
since my pension is all dried up.
I’ve got my cooking and cleaning up
and the painting is all I’ve got.
So this one belongs to her.
And this one’s an elephant herd.
And this one’s an ocean bird.
And this one’s a forgotten world.

That’s how it is, and how it was.
At least for us,
that’s how it really was.

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from Apartments, released January 17, 2020

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Built Like Alaska Oakdale, California

Built Like Alaska: a rock band from California. Surrounded by rolling pastures, a cold river, and stony foot hills, the band has developed their craft to reflect the scenery surrounding them. Bringing a rural perspective to sturdy rock songs, the music has been said to conjure images both "warm and rich as the central valley sun” and as isolated as a “mic stand draped in cob webs...." ... more

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