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Recorded at Polarity Studio, Tokyo, August 2023

A video of this performance may be seen at YouTube, here:

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CLIFFHANGER

i wrote 36 chapters
put ‘em all in a book
you can find it down at the bookstore
if you go take a look
at the end of every chapter
something terrible’s about to take place
someone’s gonna have a knife to their throat
or a gun in their face

them’s what you call cliffhangers
them’s what you call cliffhangers
make you wannato keep turning the pages, my friend
right up to the bitter end

like say the end of chapter three
loosely based on something that happened to me
the hero of our little tale
is about to send some email
he'd spent hours composing his message
he’d expressed himself so very well
but he hadn’t made a backup copy
he was soon to enter a living hell
cause his computer alla sudden went black
could he ever get his message back?

that’s what you call a cliffhanger
that’s what you call a cliffhanger
make you wanna keep turning the pages, my friend
right up to the bitter end

like say the end of chapter eight
all problems resolved and things were going great
but then just at the chapter’s conclusion
there came a very bad confusion
some mobbed up loan shark suddenly appeared
and threw the situation outta whack
he’d been in the shadows up till now
but now he said he wants his money back
and the hero of our little story
once again, based loosely on me
had 26 dollars in his bank account
he was as broke as broke can be
will he manage to scrape up the money he owes?
well as you’d imagine, and as you’d suppose

that’s what you call a cliffhanger
that’s what you call a cliffhanger
make you wanna keep turning the pages, my friend
right up to the bitter end

now i won’t give away any more of the story
cause i want you to BUY the book, i’m no fool
but by now you could guess it’s kinda autobiographical
hey, it’s a literary jewel
and as mentioned every chapter leaves you hanging
you’ll keep turning the pages no doubt
and then the very last chapter leaves you hanging as well
you’ll buy my next book when it comes out

that’s what you call a cliffhanger
that’s what you call a cliffhanger
and you’ll keep buying up all my books my friend
right up to the bitter end
right up to the bitter end
right up to the bitter end

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from Spoken Four, released September 1, 2023
All words and music by Samm Bennett

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Samm Bennett - Polarity Records Tokyo, Japan

Singer and songwriter, player of unusual string instruments such as 3-string and 1-string guitar, plus jaw harps, mouthbow, electronics and junk, plus all manner of drums and percussion.

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