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I wrote this track in 2015, right after I released my Love Songs and Months album, and it was so well written and so good that for years (and even still today) it's some people's favorite! I have a new favorite now, but this is one of my favorite songs I've been able to write.

I changed the lyrics from "man" to "and" in most cases, as I'm genderqueer (they/them) and the lyrics were outdated.

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I'm a rock, strong and bare!
I'm a bear, tall and scary!
I'm a scarecrow here I stand.
I'm a stand up, and

You're a snowflake there you fall.
You're a follower, hear my call.
You're the call I'd like to hear!
Here to be made near me.

I'm just a stand-up, and a I'm a cardboard cut-out.
More like a rock than a man, I won't spill my guts out.
If I shatter into pieces my heart won't fall out.
Crying would ruin my cardboard hue. I'm not blue.

Like a bluebird whistles a tune.
Like a man inside of the moon:
You are an ocean amidst sand!
In one word: Different!

You are so much better than me.
Who I wish that I could be.
So I wrote this song for you,
It was the least I could do.

I'm just a stand-up, and a I'm a cardboard cut-out.
More like a rock than a man, I won't spill my guts out.
If I shatter into pieces my heart won't fall out.
Crying would ruin my cardboard hue. I'm not blue.

Blue is the color of your eyes.
Blue is the color of the sky.
Blue is the water and the wind and you,
But I'm not blue.

I'm just a simple cardboard cut-out and
I'm just a simple cardboard cut-out and
I'm just a simple cardboard cut-out and
I'm not blue.

Though I was made for you.
I'm not blue.

©Travis Love Benson 2015-2018, All rights reserved.

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from From Butterflies to Moths, released May 1, 2018
To the people that think there are only two genders. (There aren't. You're wrong. Fuck off.)

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TLB // TheyLoveThem Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hey! I changed my name and am releasing as TheyLoveThem now!

Check me out here:
TheyLoveThem.Bandcamp.com

Weird, Queer, Anti-Folk Folk-Punk Mother Folker.

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