For a Wartime Girl

from What Comes Next by Jason Moody

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The lyrics of "For a Wartime Girl" (2017) are more or less stream of consciousness, but I think they’re partly about the spread of venereal disease during WW2. Another global smash!

I wrote this as an imaginary unreleased Bowie/Pop composition. I was going for a “Nightclubbing” sort of thing. Anything off The Idiot really. Doesn’t hurt to dream.

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All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl
Whispering codes to intecept, 'fore they get too deep

All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl
Do what comes most naturally, and then make like a thief

I've stained across the winter seas although it's spring and if you asked us
What would you expect?

You burn for whiskey tooth to float into the roots of heavy boots and
Have you noticed yet?

All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl
Letters home in cellophane curling under the sun

All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl
Shoot to kill with shaking hands, serve to meet their demands

You drag your body broken no relief you're tilting on your axis
What would you expect?

You break against the grain to see your diamond dreams of fighter planes and
Have you noticed yet?

Have you noticed yet?

Ah girl
A generation lost to the world
Send a message, send for a priest
Dry those eyes as you shudder to think
You beat your chest, it's not complex, yes you do it best

All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl

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from What Comes Next, released July 23, 2023

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Jason Moody Chicago, Illinois

"Local musician Jason Moody has been riding the periphery of the Chicago indie scene for years, and I think he deserves a lot more attention than he gets. He's a songwriter who crafts well-structured pop songs, which makes them ripe for covering (check out Daniel Knox's cover of "Halcyon Days"). Moody has a way with melody and hooks. He's also got a lovely voice."
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