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Better Half

from Big Star by Haley

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what happened to you? you used to be punk. now they filled up your head and you spend your days drunk on the itty bitty sound of your itty bitty guitar, thanking god that your old image has helped you get this far. but when you exhale do you still smell smoke, when you laugh now is it still at a joke or are you so full of fire that you feel yourself choke, on your better half. i guess when you age you start realizing things, you start doing your part and wearing left-handed rings. then you wake up at night in the middle of your past at the edge of your bed with your head floating fast. i used to get high at the sound of your laugh now you're boring and sad and you've always got cash. but when you close your eyes are you still waving back on your better half. we called ourselves free, but we loved the weight of the chains and the smile on your mouth is run with old coffee stains. standing right in front, 4 bucks for the show, i felt myself lifting and my ears start to blow. the windows were easy to crawl out at night, it'd be just you and me and the bright starry light. i said
‘i wanna forget you but i don't know how' but you must not have heard me cause you started to laugh at your better half.

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from Big Star, released June 10, 2008

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Haley Saint Paul, Minnesota

Hi! You've found my band camp page. The sales from purchasing these albums goes directly to the artist (me!) with the exception of the band camp fee of course. So, thank you!
You may also notice my name says just "Haley" and my records still say Haley Bonar. This year I legally changed my name to reflect my maternal lineage, Haley McCallum, and decided to go mononymous with my stage name. ... more

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