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I'm not sure if I invented this phrase or not - but in my mind, the top pocket pick is from playing pool, and full of confidence calling 'top pocket' - before whatever happens happens...

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There’s no top pocket pick,
no quick riches, no trick.
Don’t hold out – this is it.

All those flowers we pick.
Make a chain, then break it.
Delicate, delicate.

Well we lose sight - myopic.
They’re not there - that’s their trick.
You don’t ask, you don’t get.

I’m no top pocket pick,
Too much left some insist -
let it go, don’t exist.

Right. Endless days. Don’t forget,
that we haven’t slept yet.
Open eyed there’s no rest.

I’m not top pocket pick.

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from sometimes birds fall before they fly, released July 31, 2020
written and performed by michael dollan.
drum loops adapted from Jason McKerr refill, with additional programming by michael.
(c) michael dollan 2020

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michael dollan Hebden Bridge, UK

Out now is my debut album 'our own unique patch of sky'...

I'm a Geordie musician now living in Hebden Bridge.
I've spent the best part of 30 years in various bands as a bass player, or singer/guitarist. I've also performed numerous times as an acoustic singer songwriter, and have sung in several a capella choirs.
For last 20 years I've worked as a Community Musician and Arts Manager. ... more

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