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My Kind of Thief Lyrics
I’ll wear the day like a fresh coat of paint
On a seaside hotel
Bells in a tower ring on the hour
They ripple and swell
Strange conversations
Between old acquaintances
Drift through the hall
And you take a photograph
And everything stops
Snapshot of our distance past
Washed up on the rocks
You’re my kind of thief
You never look back
You get what you need
And that’s what you have
You travel light
Light as the breeze
You’re out in the wild
You’re my kind of thief
The girl at the bar
Says she’ll read my cards
If I buy her a drink
On a seaside hotel
Bells in a tower ring on the hour
They ripple and swell
Strange conversations
Between old acquaintances
Drift through the hall
And you take a photograph
And everything stops
Snapshot of our distance past
Washed up on the rocks
You’re my kind of thief
You never look back
You get what you need
And that’s what you have
You travel light
Light as the breeze
You’re out in the wild
You’re my kind of thief
The girl at the bar
Says she’ll read my cards
If I buy her a drink
“Hanged man, two of swords
See you’ve been here before
But you’re still on the brink”
Palm trees are swaying
A piano is playing
It smells like perfume
And you take a photograph
And everything stops
Fragments of our distant past
Poured over the rocks
You’re my kind of thief
You never look back
You get what you need
And that’s what you have
You travel light
Light as the breeze
You’re out in the wild
You’re way out to sea
You’re miles ahead
Wait up for me
See you’ve been here before
But you’re still on the brink”
Palm trees are swaying
A piano is playing
It smells like perfume
And you take a photograph
And everything stops
Fragments of our distant past
Poured over the rocks
You’re my kind of thief
You never look back
You get what you need
And that’s what you have
You travel light
Light as the breeze
You’re out in the wild
You’re way out to sea
You’re miles ahead
Wait up for me
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Genius Annotation
“My Kind of Thief is about longing to be free & loose in the world – I like to imagine this one as an alter ego Bonnie & Clyde or Raymond Chandler type character, on the lam, unbeholden to any societal values. Drinking cocktails in a seaside motel, with other drifters and grifters – like the girl at the bar who “says she’ll read my cards if I buy her a drink.” – Malena Cadiz
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Recorded At
WaxLTD Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Release Date
March 8, 2023
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