Punched In The Eye At A Neighborhood Party

from Autobio (Part One) by Val Emmich

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lyrics

freshman year ‘93
a neighborhood party
suddenly an older guy
punched me dead in the eye

i just sat there
in my lawn chair
as my eye turned red
i imagined what I should have said
but you can’t freeze time
in the summer time
first you’re laughing
then it hits you that these are not your friends

before the blood had run dry
he apologized
don’t know why I shook his hand
too in shock to understand

said someone dared him
just to do me in
they didn’t like my face
had to put me in my place
now I freeze time
how my cheek it shined
first I'm laughing
then it hits me these are not my friends

I just sat there
while everybody stared
the faces all blend
been twenty years and they are not my friends

black and blues never fade
you just tuck them away
black and blues never go
follow where you roam
black and blue as a kid
all the damage it did

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from Autobio (Part One), released November 11, 2014

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