Name: Target Girl
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: Told from perspective of a woman working in a carnival as a target girl with a knife thrower. It's an analogy of a woman's struggle.

Target Girl

from Victoryville by FAT OPIE

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Told from perspective of a woman working in a carnival as a target girl with a knife thrower. It's an analogy of a woman's struggle.

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TARGET GIRL (by Scott Mickelson)

I love homelessness and Hip Hop music and Jesus
And T-shirts with no words on them
I wear this one hoping for better weather
Suddenly the temperature rises
And in the midst of a dust storm I can see for miles

Can't ever find my name on souvenir keychains
I ain't bothered, I don't care for drama
Cause everything looks like a hammer to a nail
And I take it on the head most days
Everything's for sale when you've got nothing

But I've learned not to flinch
Or close my eyes or move an inch
There's nothing safer in this world than like as a Target Girl

Common decency tells me you don't cut off an old lady
You make me sick and I don't want your name
You're not the flame I was looking for
And it's all in the leave
What you don't know can certainly hurt you.

But I've learned not to flinch
Or close my eyes or move an inch
There's nothing safer in this world than like as a Target Girl
I'll bite on your cigarette
Don't need a blindfold, place your bet
There's nothing safer in this world than like as a Target Girl

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from Victoryville, released February 15, 2013

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FAT OPIE San Francisco, California

Lead by singer Scott Mickelson, FAT OPIE continues to paint both musical and lyrical portraits of contemporary life as an American. Their critically acclaimed new CD “Victoryville” is their best work yet.

“It's American folk-Rock with a post punk edge, rustic but scarred.”- Alternative Press Magazine

“Thom Yorke and Jeff Tweedy had a baby and named it Mumford.”- New Times (San Luis Obispo) ... more

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