Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Bonus track on the Japanese release of Bright Future.
This song was debuted in August 2021 at the band’s first show since the start of the pandemic. Adrianne mentioned that it was written a few days before the show. As a kid, her sister mixed up the phrase “once upon a time” and thought it was actu...
[Verse 1]
Once a buncha times I took it to heart
Everything you told me I took it apart
I pulled you in, pushed you out right from the start
I was leaving before I'd arrived
[Verse 2]
Eyes magnetic, that moldavite flame
Stopping the traffic, all six lanes
Calling me baby, barely sayin' my name
I was leaving before I'd arrived
[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let's fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 3]
On a Tuesday in August, I was holding your hand
Wednesday in August, I was playing with my band
Thursday in August, I was makin' a plan
Then I shut like a shuttеred Friday
[Verse 4]
Your lips are elеctric like lightning and rain
Your tastes are eclectic, multigrain
You pull on my shoestrings and you open my brain
But I was leaving before I arrived
[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let's fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 5]
We could talk for hours, I could buy you flowers
We could switch off in the movies, and switch off in showers
We can turn it up, turn it down, watch Austin Powers
I was leavin' before I'd arrived
[Verse 6]
I can take a small thing, blow it up real big
Couldn't fit it in my wallet, couldn't fit it in my rig
I can twist it out and twist it in, I can really dig
About leavin' before I arrive
[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let's fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 7]
You believe in me some, you believe in me a lot
You see all the good stuff I seem to have forgot
You can cheer me up and calm me down, you know the spot
You say "Honey, won't you stay a little while?"
[Verse 8]
And you can make me smile just by looking around
You take me to the invisible lost and found
Where I can find a sweater or an old love letter
About "leaving before I arrive"
[Verse 9]
We can pancake a nickel, we can flapjack a dime
We can waffle a tickle, french toast wine
We can take in bacon, sunshine
Tea off with a coffee and a tan
[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let's fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let's fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
I say lets fine dine the demons and save all the ants
Once A Bunch was written by Adrianne Lenker.
Once A Bunch was produced by Adrianne Lenker & Phil Weinrobe.
Adrianne Lenker released Once A Bunch on Fri Mar 22 2024.