====== Seconds Away ======
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The song was written in 1979.  

Like many Chinese Forehead songs the first version was a crude recording done by bouncing multiple guitar takes between portable cassette players.

There were no vocals on that version; there was  ad-hoc guitar line that was then adapted to become the vocal line.


===== Lyrics  =====


    Pursue distraction
    Keep breaking fingers
    The wall's the mirror to avoid

    Decrease in action
    Watched pots don't boil
    Look at your watch thne ger annoyed

    Seconds away, relief from sorrow
    And so you wait untl tomorrow


    Nervous reaction
    Pull up the covers
    Maybe soon; it's getting late
    
    Strategic dodge
    Grants absolution
    The second hand sweeps clean the slate

    Seconds away, relief from sorrow
    And so you wait until tomorrow
 


===== Recordings =====

This is a recording done at the first-ever Chinese Forehead gig, at CBGB, in 1979.

{{archive>Chinese_Forehead__CBGBs___02._Seconds_Away| Seconds Away, recorded @ CBGB }}