Name: Pick Up Flip
Duration: P00H04M26S
Description: This song is about missing your baby while at work. Also about: the pandemic, the beach, and the Inland Empire.

Pick Up Flip

by MacArthur

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This song is about missing your baby while at work. Also about: the pandemic, the beach, and the Inland Empire.

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Kay counts the lightbulbs in the vintage chandelier
Each cut glass sparkle represents a moment here
More than a waitress, she’s a curator with flair
And more than that she is a lynx caught in a snare

When you can’t find the beach
And your baby is twenty-five miles out-of-reach.
On a perfect day. Pick up flip, put on flop,
Hit the dirt or concrete with anyone you’ve got
So no one can say….that

“That girl doesn’t have a plan
Fishbelly white without a tan
The whole foundation’s made of sand"

Ron takes an order through a hole in plexiglass
Took home more cash back when he cut the neighbors’ grass
More than a man, he’s a cosmonaut in space
Been high all day because he misses his baby’s face

When you’re stuck in a tree
Inland Empire, 1000 miles from the sea
On a perfect day. Pick up flim, put on flam,
Get through the day, any old way you can
Ride the Milky Way

That guy is higher than the moon
Floating like a weather balloon
And it’s only half past noon

When you can’t find the beach
And your baby is twenty-five miles out-of- Reach.
On a perfect day. Pick up flip, put on flop,
Hit the dirt or concrete with anyone you’ve got
Anchors aweigh

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released March 7, 2021
Featuring Sophie Rae (vocals). With Arthur Winer (vocals, guitars), Jeremy Conrad (drums), David Gould (bass), and David Baron (organ).

Written, produced, performed, recorded, and mixed by Arthur Winer. Mastered by Evren Göknar. Artwork by Josh Neufeld.

Thanks to Dan Long for the use of Headwest Studio.

© (P) Arthur Winer 2021 / Canaveral Skies Music (ASCAP)
All rights reserved. For licensing and instrumental version, contact arthur@canaveralskies.com

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MacArthur Los Angeles, California

Melodic rock band MacArthur features the lyrically sophisticated songwriting and guitar music Arthur Winer.

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