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Hit a Deer and Die

from Witchtopher Columbus by Presto Bando

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well I would rather hit a deer and die
than hit it and have it die
and have me survive
cause that would be letting me know that
it's all gonna, we're all gonna
I'm all gonna die too

well I would rather hit a dog and die
than hit it and have to watch it seethe and writhe
and decide if I had to kill it
or if I could just drive away
and kick out the dent
and have the car look like it's brand new

though I would rather hit a dog than a wife
stirring quaker oats like some sort of homebody archetype
just like in some people's dreams
and other people's imaginations

well I would rather hit a thing rolling
than one that happens to be walking
or a four-legged chasing after stuff and happenstance

well I would rather hit a deer and die
than hit it and have it die
and then have me survive
cause that would be letting me know that
it's all gonna, we're all gonna
I'm all gonna die too

I would rather hit a cursing type
while he's circled by young families
who of course then go on to pardon him

I would rather hit a raucous like
than cause a ruckus by
picking on the quiet man

well I would rather hit the sin
than drive it to where it thinks it can win
some of that spontaneous, immediate, instantaneous pleasure

well I would rather hit a pop fly
than a lousy little ground out little dribbler
little bunt to the pitcher
or a foul ball off my footwear
and then both the ump and the catcher
laugh at my emasculation
laugh at my emasculation
laugh at my emasculation

hit a
deer and die
hit it and have it die
that's right then have me survive
cause that would be letting me know that
it's all gonna, we're all gonna
I'm all gonna die too

I would rather cap some short suspense
with a real small let down
than have a fall from the absolute highest
of man-made creation

I would rather rush a fortress
than be left fort-less
when the invaders come to portion up my maps

I would rather charge a bug his life
for blurring my view
with lines of his entrails
drawn out parabolically by my windshield wipers

I would rather salt a plate
with the head chef that happens to be watching
than be salted for being the slug that I am

I would rather hit a deer and die
than hit it and have it die
that's right and then have me survive
cause that would be letting me know that
it's all gonna, we're all gonna
I'm all gonna die too

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from Witchtopher Columbus, released December 4, 2013

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