Spigot (Draw the Pirate)

from The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat by Mike Keneally

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This is the second song from the Sweetwater sessions, with Pete and Nick on bass and drums. Lyrically, this grew out of my love and admiration for the work of Charles Schulz. The phrase “Draw the pirate” refers to old advertisements for the Art Instruction School of Minneapolis, to which Schulz sent artwork as a young boy for assessment, and then later went on to work there to support himself as his burgeoning cartoonist career began to, um, burgeon. Reference to Schulz’ admiration of painter Andrew Wyeth is also made. Somehow these references are folded into a love song, encouraging the recipient of the narrator’s affections to come out of their shell and experience the world.

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Charles Schulz wished that he was Andrew Wyeth
You wrote: “I stand to fall before Goliath”

You’ve got so much soul
Oh don’t go quiet
Mooney, roam our town with me
Undo the down

Can you feel yourself?

Ten types of sadness in your eyes
I snap, you blink the pain away, away, away, away

You’ve got so much soul
So draw the pirate
You could be sad to be,
Or you could love

Ten types of sadness in your eyes
I snap, you blink the pain away

Ten types of sadness hypnotize
I snap, you blink the pain away, away, away, away

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from The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat, released February 24, 2023
Mike Keneally guitars, vocals, piano, synths
Pete Griffin bass
Nick D’Virgilio drums

All instruments except synths recorded at Sweetwater Studio, engineer: Mark Hornsby, 2015
Lead vocal done at Chatfield Manor, engineer and initial mix: Mike Harris, 2019
Background vocals and synths done at home, engineer: MK, 2021
Final assembly done by MK at home, 2022

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Mike Keneally San Diego, California

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

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