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Natural 20

from cicada by ilyAIMY

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A love song for the cellist, and for geeks everywhere. If you don't come along with us on the geek stuff, it's a song about people with beards and the people who love them.

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My woman she likes to tug on my beard
She says it helps keep a handle on me
And I can see that
As long as she's gentle
I am a delicate thing

I only like the rough & tumble
When it's time to come & level up for the occasion
And so I'd say
That when I need some direction
My woman, she can tug on my beard

CHORUS
And I say to myself
"How'd I get so lucky?"
And my friends they all say
"Man, how'd you get so lucky?"
Well with Life I kissed the dice
And I rolled a natural 20

My woman she likes to drive
My woman she likes the sci fi
She drove us round 695 & down 29
To see Star Wars eight or nine times

But my woman she's got her rage
She's got opinions on lanes & Rey & orks
We blasted past soccer moms & swerving husbands
And we were screaming
"That's not how the Force works!!!"

CHORUS

My woman she's independent!
Kind of worried about singing "my woman" when she finally hears this
She's either gonna love it or she's gonna hate it
And if she hates it, no-one else will ever, ever, ever hear this...
Maybe if I gave her a solo?
Not one of those pizz parts that she hates but one with her bow?

So by way of preemptive apology
For accepted song forms with possessive terminology
Here we go with Kristen Jones on the cello!

My woman she just likes board games
No RPGs no PC games no TV sports no psychodrama
Scrabble yes, Paranoia no, she don't even care about Fallout... Fo'
She just don't play those games.

CHORUS

I rolled a natural 20


©2016 rob hinkal

credits

from cicada, released June 15, 2017
rob Hinkal: guitar, vocals
Heather Lloyd: vocals
Kristen Jones: cello, electric cello, vocals
Sharif Kellogg: piano, vocals
Rowan Corbett: vocals
Joey Jenkins: drums, vocals
The Natural 20 Chorus: Susan Schneider & Ryan Kunkle

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ilyAIMY Baltimore, Maryland

ilyAIMY is a percussive acoustic rock animal hailing from Baltimore, MD. Mixing genres from rock to folk to soul to bluegrass; flavours as varied as jazz and hip hop curl through what is undoubtedly one of the most exciting sounds in today’s folk(ish) music scene. Instrumentation includes acoustic guitars, cello, djembe, cajon, Irish bones, keyboard, bass, drums & harmonies. ... more

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