Fair Warning

from Wazonek III by Wazonek

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From the album 'Wazonek III'

Written & Recorded by Adam Wazonek

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Stated my name to the operator
Said she’d patch me through
Standing in the rain in a payphone booth
Just trying to get a hold of you
Been dealt my share of hard luck
Of the likes I’ve never known
So keep your porch light burning, mama
Cause I’m on my way back home

Baby, won’t you pick up please
You know I haven’t got much time
The coach is pulling out of the station
About half past nine
I’ve been dying to see your face
I’ve been wondering how you are
But how are you gonna be my saving grace
If you won’t pick up the charge
Should there be somebody in my place
Well, I’ll give him fair warning
If he don’t want trouble, then you’d better implore him
To make sure he’s out of there by Monday morning

They promised me a steady position
Said I’d work most every day
But they made my post redundant
And sent me off with one week’s pay
Street toughs burgled the stepside
With half of my life locked up inside
And I can’t drink enough of that Kentucky bourbon
To ease you off my mind

Baby, won’t you pick up please
You know I haven’t got much time
The coach is pulling out of the station
About half past nine
I’ve been dying to see your face
I’ve been wondering how you are
But how are you gonna be my saving grace
If you won’t pick up the charge
Should there be somebody in my place
Well, I’ll give him fair warning
If he don’t want trouble, then you’d better implore him
To make sure he’s out of there by Monday morning

So I suppose I’m about to run out the tape on your answering machine
And if my words are slow and slurred is because of the state I’m in
I’ll get back to you somehow
Seems like I’ve got to, anyhow
Find a way out of this wicked world of sin
Open the door and let me in

Baby, won’t you pick up please
You know I haven’t got much time
The coach is pulling out of the station
About half past nine
I’ve been dying to see your face
I’ve been wondering how you are
But how are you gonna be my saving grace
If you won’t pick up the charge
Should there be somebody in my place
Well, I’ll give him fair warning
If he don’t want trouble, then you’d better implore him
To make sure he’s out of there by Monday morning

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from Wazonek III, released December 31, 2019
All instruments and production - Adam Wazonek

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Wazonek Vancouver, British Columbia

Adam Wazonek is Canadian songwriter and musician who has released a handful of self-produced albums recorded in his native Vancouver. Drawing from Americana, power pop and psychedelia, Wazonek crafts songs about the whole gamut of the human experience with a introspective, compassionate lens. ... more

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