Lyrics
My father's Hart Schaffner suit hangs on the door,
a Tuesday in March, same as the year before.
The wool is still coarse, a crooked stitch at the cuff,
I trace the chalk line, and wonder if I'm enough.
[Chorus]
'Cause when I wear these shoulders, I'm a well-dressed lie,
under the Girard Avenue sky.
Yeah, when I wear these shoulders, I feel the weight of the thread,
trying to live up to the man inside my head.
[Verse 2]
The mothball-and-cedar smell I can't scrub out,
the single loose button I keep meaning to think about.
A receipt from '89 in the breast pocket still,
a half-smoked cigarette sitting on the sill.
[Bridge]
"You look just like him," you whisper from the bed.
And for a second, I believe the words you said.
Then I just laugh it off, fix the collar, and say,
"It's just a suit, baby. We should get on with the day."
[Chorus]
'Cause when I wear these shoulders, I'm a well-dressed lie,
under the Girard Avenue sky.
Yeah, when I wear these shoulders, I feel the weight of the thread,
trying to live up to the man inside my head.
[Outro]
My father's Hart Schaffner suit hangs on the door,
the El rattles the glass on Frankford, just like before.
About Teddy Penderly
Teddy Penderly was supposed to compose symphonies. After a fiery exit from the Curtis Institute of Music, the North Philadelphia native found his real education behind the bar of a downtown cocktail lounge. It's there, listening to the city's late-night confessions, that he crafts his lush, orchestral soul music. These songs, written on a Wurlitzer in his Fishtown basement, are for anyone who's…
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