A Place to Park

from Pleasant by Request by Alex Rake and the Leaves

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i'm having trouble seeing
past the people in my way
and i'm having trouble gripping
at the wheel

i'm having trouble with the girl
who loved me yesterday
she says that i've forgotten
how to feel

i'd love to make it up to her, but now's not the time to start, not while i'm looking for a place to park!

it's harder than i thought
to be a hero for the town
so often you're made villain
for the sake

or else you wind up no one
when nobody knows you're 'round
i couldn't be around
that was my mistake

i haven't found solid ground, i'm like the raven disappointing noah's ark, but you bet i'm looking for a place to park!

you're a real scholar
one who understands the world
and knows how everything
fits in its proper place

yet you hang there in your harness
fingers in a little girl
and seem bewildered
by the dirt across my face

i'm sorry if it bothers you, my feeling through the dark, but don't mind me, i'm just looking for a place to park!

honey, don't you come here
with your sorrows and your needs
you were right
when you hid our love away

i will never help you settle
i will never make you free
i'm only sticking 'round
until my turn to play

i've barely found my own, my love, so don't you even start if you're just looking for a place to park.

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from Pleasant by Request, released September 13, 2019

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Alex Rake and the Leaves Mission, British Columbia

Alex Rake is a songwriter, poet, and playwright from the Fraser Valley and the Leaves are his friends.

They yell and improvise all over troubadour songs.

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