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Precious Rhinestone

from Corto by Rent Party

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lyrics

This road, you built it yourself, you laid that asphalt down
Your escape right out of your factory town
When you cross the red steel bridge over the railroad yard
Your pain may disappear you’ll lower your guard

You’re a nobody nobody sent*
(nobody, nobody, nobody knows)
a raisin in the sun+
The past is a string of events about to
come undone

You got your carpet bag you bought for a song
Worried lines on your face, you won’t be worried long
Push your luck like pedals on your old bike if you please
The rubber hits the road, you push through the rust with ease

You’re a nobody nobody sent
(nobody, nobody, nobody knows)
a raisin in the sun
The past is a string of events about to
come undone

Just past the Skyway toll you check your face in your phone
Paint your lips red and line your eyes, you’re a precious rhinestone

You’re a nobody nobody sent
(nobody, nobody, nobody knows)
a raisin in the sun
The past is a string of events about to
come undone

* This song is not about Abner Mikva.
+ A reference to Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem" and Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun."

credits

from Corto, released June 16, 2023
drums: Holly Rose Shapiro
cigar box guitar, regular guitar, vocals: Snežana Žabić
bass: Matt Sobczyk

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Rent Party Chicago, Illinois

We're Sneza (the axe-wielding wailer), Holly (the beat master extraordinaire), and Matt (bass-string and vocal-cord vibrations), and we're your favorite feminist garage folk band. Since 2014, we've been peddling original tunes and multilingual covers on stages and streets of our hometown Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, New Jersey, and New York. Featured on The Watt From Pedro Show. ... more

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