Charisma Kingpin

from Blinded Nights EP by Ryan Jordan

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You’ve got the energy of a battery
And still you’ve got the guts to take mine from me
Now my time is running low
The simple fact is that
You’ve been going it alone since you
Put yourself on high speed

You left me in the dust with your busted stuff
And expected me to muster up
The rest of my leftover love
But I’m done with all these games that
I feign to consider fun, cause it pains me to
Pretend that you’re fooling anyone

Cause baby I
Been living longer days
Since you caught me up
I’ve been living longer days
Cause sleep won’t come
And the truth is easier to ignore
When I’m awake

In the early days, we were one and the same
You stole my attention with your temperament
Like a master racketeer
You’ve got it polished and
Here I thought I’d fallen for
A charisma kingpin

But words can be recycled and I could tell
Over time your mind had worked me like a
Purist works the all-original
So darling now I’m calling cause
I wanted you to know that
This is the closing act of our last show

Cause baby I
Been living longer days
Since you caught me up
I’ve been living longer days
Cause sleep won’t come
And the truth is easier to ignore
When I’m awake

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from Blinded Nights EP, released October 19, 2012

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Ryan Jordan Boston, Massachusetts

Ryan Jordan is a Boston-based singer/songwriter/multi-intstrumentalist. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Jordan's musical career has bridged genres, from folk/alternative, to funk/soul, to new wave/synthpop, and most recently to indie rock.

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