Name: The Last Tycoon
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: First single from our debut LP

The Last Tycoon

from How The West Is Won by Step Children

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First single from our debut LP

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The moon's working overtime
The sun slept in
The lark is asking, "Why?"
The bees are buzzing, "When?"

The loons will lose their minds
When the tale spins
The fun is in the high
Which ends as it begins

Soon the land is brilliant & bright
And everything in Abilene is good & right
All the leaves on every tree
Quiver with delight

I feed on watermelon down to the rind
I need a reason to forget the rhyme
I'm at the end of the line in a blue monsoon
I'm the last tycoon

Tune it out any time
It don't make sense
Maria's asking, "Why?"
Sabrina's wondering, "When?"

The moon is a satellite
Or is it a flashlight?
All the clouds are smoldering
Like vacant campsites

Soon the land is wrought with blight
And everything in Abilene is fight or flight
All the leaves on every tree
Shiver in the night

I'm a Leo, but I'm more like a cancer
I'm a CEO with the answers
I'm a Briscoe swap meet banjo
Self-saboteur, an adequate dancer

From the Rio Grande to Port Arthur
Through calico columns of cat fur
I've grown accustomed
To eating crow

I'm not a felon, I'm the shoe-in kind
This is the season for a new design
I'll send a clue in the line
Of a Seuss cartoon

I'm fraught with dollar signs & a silver spoon

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from How The West Is Won, released September 22, 2017

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Step Children San Francisco, California

Post-apocalyptic electronic rock

Derek Shaw
Daniel Owens

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