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Baby, What'd You Come Here For?

from Unpopular Pop by Blair Packham

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My usual excuses
Are usually enough
But tonight my biggest critic
Is made of stronger stuff
If you ask me for my story
Then you say it’s all a bore
Then, baby, what'd you come here for?

Subtext kinda baffles me:
What is it that you mean?
Tell your truth directly, please
And free of mystery
I’m sick and tired of asking
I won’t beg but I’ll implore:
Baby, what'd you come here for?

Baby, what’d you come here for?
To sit me down and tell me how your heart got torn?
Baby, what’d you come here for?
Were you expecting we’d add up
Like two and three makes four?
Your expectations aren’t my business
And I won’t change for you no more
So baby, what'd you come here for?

I’ve wrestled tinhorn tyrants
Drawing lines across the sand
And bettered backroom bullies
Shaking babies, kissing hands
I hate to play the victim
After winning every war
So baby, what'd you come here for

Baby, what’d you come here for?
To sit me down and tell me how your heart got torn?
Baby, what’d you come here for?
Were you expecting I’d add up
Like two and three makes four?
Your expectations aren’t my business
And I won’t change for you no more
So baby, what'd you come here for?

My usual excuses
Are usually enough
But tonight my biggest critic
Is made of stronger stuff
If you ask me for my story
Then declare it all a bore
Baby, what'd you come here for?
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© 2017 No. 1 Imperfects {SOCAN}

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from Unpopular Pop, released May 18, 2017
Co-written with Patrick Ballantyne, featuring Tim Timleck on drums

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Blair Packham Toronto, Ontario

New album "The Impossible Dream" coming soon! Thirteen years after 2004’s “Could’ve Been King," Blair Packham returned with a collection of clever and heartfelt songs, called “Unpopular Pop.” A bit Beatle-y, with shades of Elvis Costello, Blair’s songs are undeniably all his. He made the record at home and then called on Ron Sexsmith and ex-Barenaked Ladies’ Steven Page to make vocal appearances. ... more

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