Name: You Were An Optimist (1985)
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: Early 4-track cassette demo with cheesy drum machine sounds (hand claps!!!) and a third verse that never made it on to subsequent versions.

You Were An Optimist (1985)

by Robert Poss

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Early 4-track cassette demo with cheesy drum machine sounds (hand claps!!!) and a third verse that never made it on to subsequent versions.

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When the dust settled everything was in doubt
you didn't know where to turn
you were still off balance
your mind wanders back in time
a thousand drinks ago
and you're an optimist
it's a bit hazy now
so many plot twists
so you try and try to forget
but the circuits have been etched
the connections are fresh
the contacts mesh
each night raked over the coals
she called from a payphone
the voice on the tape didn't match his face
a sympathetic ear
there's a shock of the truth
if you learn to salute
the emperor's new clothes
but you never learned to lick you lips at the hacks faking hip
you're not a fashion plate
so you try and try to forget
but the circuits have been etched
the connections are fresh
the contacts mesh
you were an optimist

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released January 1, 1985
RP: drums, bass, guitars, vocals (Music and Lyrics by RP)

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Robert Poss New York, New York

Composer and guitarist Robert Poss was a founding member of Band Of Susans,  which Rolling Stone Magazine described as "adamantly arty, brainy,  visceral and bracing." Tape Op  Magazine described him as a “guitar genius, drone meister …the master  of treated and manipulated guitars.” ... more

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