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Automaticity

from Automaticity by J. Robbins

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All of the I Love Yous in the world
Precious as a string of plastic pearls
Bedazzling the landfill of your pure intentions
You’re all set to blow your cover
Will you bet your life?

Automatic pilot, rest your eyes
Slapstick tightrope sleepwalkers survive
Kiss automaticity goodbye, it’s no protection
You don’t get to do this over
You don’t get more time
Your words are meaningless if you never put aside your disguise
Typing “save me” into a browser window won’t make it alright

So lifelike when you take your place
and say what you’re expected to say
In half-light anyway
Some half-baked half-awake embrace
waiting for the end of the day
Or for a slap in the face

You don’t get to do this over
Will you bet your life?

And when I opened my eyes
Unconscious in overdrive
I saw your face in the light, oh

credits

from Automaticity, released March 5, 2021
J. Robbins guitar, voice, etc
Brooks Harlan bass guitar
Darren Zentek drums
Recorded and mixed at the Magpie Cage, Baltimore MD, at the end of January 2021
with the invaluable assistance of Matthew Redenbo
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio
Photographs by Janet Morgan
Music and lyrics by J. Robbins ©2021 Cyni-scope Music, BMI

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J. Robbins Baltimore, Maryland

J. Robbins has been the singer/guitarist and principal songwriter in several DC-and-Baltimore-area post-punk rock bands since the late 1980s, most notably Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and Channels. He is also owner and operator of the Magpie Cage recording studio in Baltimore MD.
T-shirts and other J. Robbins-related merch are available at www.shirtkiller.com/jrobbins

Photo by Shane Gardner
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