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This is This

by Staufferland

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Photo from The War in Vietnam: A Story in Photographs, U.S. National Archives www.archives.gov/education/lessons/vietnam-photos

For Uncle Mike, Michael Paul Vases (1937-2018), who answered questions about Vietnam other adults didn't want to answer. He also got me a Yumbo at a Cleveland Burger King on the way to an Indians game in old Muni stadium. Don't so much remember the game as I do the Yumbo.

Starring my lifelong imaginary companion and alter ego Donnie Butler.

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THIS IS THIS (Stauffer)

We'll be even after tonight if that would ease your mind.
I'll be at the East door at 9:00, feelin fine.
What's the worst that could happen instead of doing nothing again?
I'm outta my head here in bed, the sky so blue.
This is not going away. This is This.
We might as well put away that wish.
And it's not up to luck, it's not to be missed.
There's no get-out-of-jail card for something like this.
I'll get up, up, up, up and at my wildest dreams of you
Up and in my shoes.
What's the worst that could happen instead of doing nothing again?
I'm outta my head here in bed, the sky so blue.
Reading out of some old, cold book won't heal these scars, Donnie
Baring my soul don't put gas in my car, Donnie.
You can ferret out your enemies.
I'll be swimming in a sea of cheese.
Go and give em all the ninth degree.
I'll be swimming in a sea of cheese.

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released January 1, 2024
Tom Stauffer: vocals and instruments

This is This (Stauffer) © 2019 Major Dental Music, BMI
Recorded at the Ice House Lofts, Tucson, Arizona
Produced by Staufferland

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Staufferland Tucson, Arizona

A lo-fi, acoustic cavalcade of pseudo-ruminations.

Previous townie bands: The Drakes, Bullhorn, Howlin Molinas, Big Joe, Chonie Down, Marvin.

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