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Blink

by Eric Butterfield

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"Blink" is a song about growing up too fast, working in fast food, and facing disastrous consequences for someone else's mistake. Don't blink, summer fades.

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Blink
By Eric Butterfield
©2021 Eric Butterfield/Red Dirt Ditties (BMI)

Took a summer drive to the record store
Licking ice cream, she says she's bored
Her high-cut shorts pushing blood to my brain

Her father thinks she's sweet sixteen
Her fake ID's teasing broken dreams
Everybody knows fast living ain't free

She's home alone, mother left the scene
Dad wears skin-tight designer jeans
Says if I touch his baby, I'm dead

L.A. freeway, don't blink

Stole your daddy's car with the hidden keys
Unlocked the glove box, hit your bare knees
Is that pistol loaded? What's his name?

Don't preach, she cried, at the clinic door
I can turn the screw, if you want war
Everybody knows fast living ain't free

Chorus:
L.A. freeway
L.A. freeway, don't blink, summer fades
L.A. freeway, don't blink, summer fades
L.A. freeway, don't blink, don't blink

At the fashion island shopping mall
She bought a crucifix to forget all about it
But her secret had escaped

I was working down at the KFC
When her dad stormed in, said, you're dead meat
I know what you've done and where you've been

Thought I'd die right there in the chicken grease
Swearing to god it wasn't me
He works down at the karaoke bar

Her dad jumped in his muscle car
Burning rubber on the melting tar
Swearing to god that boy will sing

Look at the fake ID, she's just sixteen
Hey, man, don't shoot, it wasn't me

Chorus:
L.A. freeway, don't blink, summer fades
L.A. freeway, don't blink, get away
L.A. freeway, don't blink, don't blink

Keep your hands where I can see them
Don't move too fast
Summer love, it's open season
The prophet of suburbia has spoken

Chorus:
L.A. freeway, don't blink, summer fades
L.A. freeway, don't blink, get away
L.A. freeway, don't blink, summer fades
L.A. freeway, don't blink, don't blink

Sweet sixteen

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released October 22, 2022
Produced by Eric Butterfield
Background vocals by Diego Fernandes

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Eric Butterfield California

I write songs that are personal yet universal. Of late, I've been digging into my early adult life in Los Angeles, where I grew up. I like American stories and tales that paint a picture of modern life. Thank you for listening!

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