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Creatures of the Tried

from Past Imperfect by John Allee

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"Creatures of the Tried" is another sob sad story about the usual betrayal, told in a contemporary jazz pop vein.

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Creatures of the Tried
Words and Music by John Allee

My respect went out the window
When you handed me that line
And you can guess you won’t be hearing from me soon
Unless you like to catch me cryin’

See, I don’t cotton much to common
You gotta reach, you gotta strive
There were a hundred ways to deal with what went wrong
You chose the one we can’t survive

You know I heard it before you said it
It’s so damn typical, yeah, I get it
Don’t you have something that doesn’t sound like old clichés?
Like you don’t know how it could have happened
It just got out of hand and so what
Am I supposed to be impressed by you confessing your betrayal?

See we get hooked on repetition
A kind of porno of the soul
And while we’re getting off on getting what we want
We lose all sense of self-control

So what’s the secret to our hunger?
Are we just creatures of the tried?
We get a little taste and sometimes just for fun
We get a little on the side

You know I heard it before you said it
It’s so damn typical, yeah, I get it
Don’t you have something that doesn’t sound like old clichés?
Like you don’t know how it could have happened
It just got out of hand and now what?
Are we supposed to just forget about it?

Like you don’t know how it could have happened
It just got out of hand and now what?
Are we supposed to just forget about it?
Supposed to just forget about it?
Supposed to just forget about it?

© 2023 Portuguese Knees Music/ASCAP

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from Past Imperfect, released May 5, 2023
John Allee, Vocals, Piano; Mike Schnoebelen, Bass; John Harvey, Drums; Javier Vergara, Tenor Saxophone

Engineered by Paul Tavenner and Jeff Peters
Mixed by Jeff Peters
Recorded at Big City and Studio F - Los Angeles
Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering

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John Allee Los Angeles, California

John Allee is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is a recipient of the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award for excellence in lyric writing and his music has been featured in regional theatre, and on TV. His latest album is 'Bardfly' (“Fantastic!”- Jazz Weekly, “Otherworldly, super-literate and supremely swinging” – Broadway World, “A standout” - All About Jazz) ... more

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