The King of Paper Mountain

from Weep Not for Wandered Fawn by Old Wolves

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We're floating in your fountains
While you work to drown in debt
I warm my hands over a trash fire
You wish that YOU were dead
The things that shine the most
Leave little for you mind
and your crushed under the weight of all these hills to climb

Outside there stands a bearded man
In a month of dirt and grime
He begs for change and so do you
But he's the one holding the sign
If the shoe was on the other foot
What might your cardboard say?
"Will work for food"?
But the hefty truth is that you'd rather find a grave

For all the many ways we live this life
Over the barrel and under the knife
As the oceans, or the rocks on stormy shores
The king of paper mountain, or the locks on every door

Their frozen faces line the walk
In the coldest parts of night
Your scurry past like rotund rats
Into your holes and out of sight
I'm not blind!
You can see my eyes, and I see YOUR eyes and more
I'm the king of paper mountain, you're the lock on every door.

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from Weep Not for Wandered Fawn, released September 8, 2021
Joe Zumpano - Guitar, Bass, Vocals

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Old Wolves Wisconsin

Weaving together elements of doom, blues, folk, and raw feeling, Joe Zumpano is a true force to be reckoned with. Every line he has written and every chord he strikes is littered with the ghosts of a memory. There’s the rest of the world, and then there’s Old Wolves.” ... more

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