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First Contact

from Fantoche by Alacartoona

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lyrics

first contact, it's known, is best chanced alone
a brief glance, drop the eyes, then it's done
first contact, they say, is a brave game to play
do you stay, walk away, do you run?

first contact achieved with a knife up one's sleeve
is just luck raining down on a fool
if one draws all is lost at a staggering cost
safe to say, one should play these things cool

no one knows if the morning will come
no one knows if they'll come undone

first contact that's won at the point of a gun
is just fruit rotten through on the tree
first contact that's forced to run a strange course
runs, of course, to a stranger sea

no one knows if the morning will come
no one knows if they'll come undone

be careful as you wind your way
there's no telling how the night will play
there's no guessing just what she might say to you
as you push your point through

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from Fantoche, released September 14, 2012
Words, music: Hankel

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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