Clean Break

from Poor Pretender by Long Mama

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lyrics

You could have gone so loud
With a holler and pout
Could have slammed the door
Could have called me out
You could have danced all night
‘Til you had to go
You could have held me before
You left me out in the cold

You thought you’d make a clean break
No letters to leave and no goodbyes to say
You thought you’d make a clean break
Didn’t you, babe?

You could have gone so sweet
Could have said some things
Little eulogy
For the love that stings
Could have made believe
Could have told me true
What I did wrong
Or what I couldn’t be to you

You thought you’d make a clean break
Your eyes on the road and your mind off the ache
You thought you’d make a clean break
Didn’t you, babe?
But you went and left
A goddamn mess in your wake

Wondering weighs heavy on a lonesome heart
I’m rattling these chains
Can you hear them from afar?

You could make me free
You could cut me loose
You could deal an ace
To this hand of blues
You could shine a little light
On this darkest mine
Or maybe some night you’ll pull over
And drop me a line.

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from Poor Pretender, track released August 26, 2022
Produced by Long Mama and Erik Koskinen
Recorded and mixed by Erik Koskinen at Real Phonic Studios
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering

Words and music by Kat Wodtke

"Clean Break" Track Credits:
Kat Wodtke: vocals, acoustic guitar
Andrew Koenig: electric guitar
Samual Odin: upright bass
Nick Lang: drums
Eva Nimmer: backing vocals
Erik Koskinen: additional electric guitar

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Long Mama Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Long Mama’s music blisters with the heart and grit of someone who has lost hard, loved harder, and licked her burns until they stung then silvered. In a drafty attic just west of the Milwaukee River she grew up on, you’ll find songwriter Kat Wodtke (Wood-key) raking through notebooks in search of a salve: words, stories, and sounds to temper the dumpster fires we never mean to light. ... more

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