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Tell Me Once Again

from Wading in the Lesser Middle by Tom Alter

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What do you recall
Of your summer days and falls?
Of the mornings you would rise
A whole life before your eyes?
What do you recall?

What was it all like
When stars still shown at night?
When Dillinger was caught
And your father was not lost?
What was it all like?

I've let the decades pass.
If only I had asked
When you could have told me all.
And in this final stand
I'm now ready to listen
To your stories never told.

What do you remember
Of that seventh of December?
Though you were years too shy,
Did you clench your fist to fight?
What do you remember?
What do you remember?

I've been too wrapped up in a tale
Where the protagonist is me.
Where you're in a supporting role,
Where my life would lead.
Why then in this final hour
Do I have this sudden thirst
To get an accounting of your path
Through the better and the worst?

Tell me once again
How you asked a girl to dance.
And one year just passed by
You made that girl your wife.

Tell me once again.

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from Wading in the Lesser Middle, released May 1, 2020
Written and performed by Tom Alter

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Tom Alter Detroit, Michigan

Tom Alter is a singer-songwriter based in Detroit. The influences of jazz, folk, pop, and Latin genres are found in his original compositions. Tom's lyrics mix world events with the affect on his personal ideals. He has released 3 EPs and 2 albums since 2019. His work can be found on digital and streaming music platforms. He is also a member of the duo After Blue.
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