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Gig Anxiety Dream

from Lentils by Kath Tait

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Gig Anxiety Dream.

When your fingers slide round the guitar
Like the slippery legs of a toad
And sweat pours down like a river
And your spectacles slide off your nose
It’s a posh gig in Fitzrovia
Following a guy who’s better than Segovia
You’re in the wrong key again
You left your capo on the train
And paralysis is taking over
And your set list is home in the washing
In the pocket of your other jeans
So you pray to wake up and find
It’s only a gig anxiety dream.

But your guitar is in lost property in Melbourne
And your bass player’s on the wrong plane
And your flatpick got sucked into a black hole
Along with all of the lyrics in your brain.

So your fumble and mess up the chords
While the audience is looking bored
They’re posting videos of your mistakes on facebook
And three disgruntled babies start to howl
It’s a moonlight gig in Australia
When a firefly in all it’s regalia
Flies into your throat and you choke
And go flat down in bed of prickly Azalea
And your set list is home in the washing
In the pocket of your other jeans
So you pray to wake up and find
It’s only a gig anxiety dream.

But your guitar is in a landfill site in Mumbai
And your smart phone just fell down the drain
Along with the contact details of the venue
And of the man who supplies the cocaine.

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from Lentils, released July 18, 2019

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Kath Tait London, UK

Bio: Kath Tait is a songwriter from New Zealand, living in London. She writes about her life as a carer, a hippy, an itinerant bard and a wholefood freak. Described as ‘wonky and eccentric’ she is an empathetic and intelligent lyricist.

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