Name: This is Not a Song
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Description: This is not a wig. It's a spider plant in my back yard, rendered with a woman's face.

This is Not a Song

from Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag by Ric Alba

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Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag CD with 13 tracks composed and performed by Ric Alba. Comes in Jewel Case with 11-pages of lyrics and graphics by the artist.

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This is not a wig. It's a spider plant in my back yard, rendered with a woman's face.

lyrics

These are not lyrics.
I really tried to write you something all intense,with a really pointy point I could stick you with but these guitar parts are complicated enough. No words, no rules, it's not a song.

This is not a song
You can't get it wrong.

No secret meaning from deep beyond.
No need to think about it, just sit back and groove along.
This is not a song.

No mystery, no angry rant, no gospel truth, shut up and dance, or just relax, enjoy some nothing, you know something is nothing new, it's not a song.

This is not a song
You can't get it wrong.

Don't say I'm a protest singer, it's not my plan.
Oh well okay so sometimes I am, but this time I make no stand.
This is not a song.

The last verse would be the hardest, I mean, how do you get closure on a can of worms that was never opened in the first place? I'm just trying to keep a straight face so please oh please don't make me screw up the guitar it's not a song.

This is not a song
You can't get it wrong.

No secret meaning from deep beyond.
No, it's just a nifty riff.
Please tell me if I'm wrong.
This is not a song.

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from Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag, released September 16, 2017

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Ric Alba California

The one who had been in Undercover, The Altar Boys, and now Dead Artist Syndrome, and Moral DK.

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