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Keep 'em Guessin'

by Lucas Carpenter

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Off the upcoming EP "Art Kids from the Country: Volume One"

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Ever since my high school dances
I’ve been raising eyebrows taking chances
While other guys sat back, looking bored
I was tearing it up on the dance floor
With a hippie girl from some other district
Pretty exotic for some small town living
They muttered to each other
While we made out in our corduroys
“I could’ve swore he liked boys…“
Well, they tried to figure me out
But I was comfortable being myself
You see

We’re living in a world where everyone wants to be labeled
Don’t put me in a box until I’m dead
I’d rather be a little and that
They gotta know “Are you one of us
Hey, are you in the club?”
It’s like they’re all waiting for some confession
That’s why I like to keep ‘em guessin’
I like to keep ‘em guessin’

You can catch me at the NASCAR race
With a Cherry Coke and a sunburnt face
And you know what’s gonna make me cry
Watching every episode of Queer Eye
You know I shot that buck on my wall
I tracked it miles and I ate it all
I’m living in the city, singing ‘bout God
Doing whatever I want
When everybody’s got a brand
That they’re trying to be
Well, can’t I just be who I am:
Me

When we’re living in a world where everyone wants to be labeled
Don’t put me in a box until I’m dead
I’d rather be a little and that
They gotta know “Are you one of us
Hey, are you in the club?”
It’s like they’re all waiting for some confession
That’s why I like to keep ‘em guessin’
I like to keep ‘em guessin’

We check off a list
Just trying to fit
Cause we’ve all decided
How we’re divided
Why can’t we be more?
Can’t we be, can’t we be
Can’t we be more than who we voted for?

Living in a world where everyone wants to be labeled
Don’t put me in a box until I’m dead
I’d rather be a little and that
They gotta know “Are you one of us
Hey, are you in the club?”
It’s like they’re all waiting for some confession
Well I love Hank Williams and Carly Rae Jepsen
Well they look at me and they’ve got so many questions
That’s why I like to keep ‘em guessin’
I like to keep ‘em guessin’

Cause ever since my high school dance
I’ve been raising eyebrows taking chances

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released February 9, 2024
Words and Music by Lucas Carpenter

Performed by Lucas Carpenter

Produced by Bleu and Steeple Doves
Mixed by Bleu
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA

Vocals and electric guitar by Lucas Carpenter
All other instruments, programming, and additional vocals by Bleu and Steeple Doves

Cover art photography and design by Bleu
Deer hunted (and consumed) by Lucas Carpenter

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Lucas Carpenter Nashville, Tennessee

PA born. Nashville based. Bringer of hot jammie jamz.

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