I caught the light this morning to make a submission for the @gemsonvhs contest, Gems in the Rough 2023

This song will come out this year, but this is just a solo sneaky peek for now.

It's a new song about stamps and I played it on a marvelous Atkin J43 from @atkin_guitars across the pond. Extra thanks to @btmguitars in Nürnberg for helping me fall in love with it in the first place!

--lyrics (for now at least)

I bought a whole roll
Of these forever stamps
Guess I thought that I’d use them
More than I am

But it stings as it clings
To the top right corner of
The envelope that I stole from
The last job I loved

If you don’t mind the American flag
We can send this one first class
Give me a second to think
In light of everything

I bought a whole roll
Of these forever stamps
It’s like a bet I won’t be around
When it all comes crashing in

What’s gonna be
On that final piece of post
“We’re alive but it’s crowded dear
On the midwest coast”

When the levees fail and the trains derail
And the water towers run black
Will they deliver the mail?
Rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

If you still trust the American flag
We can send this one first class
Forever’s only a blink
Compared to everything

Do you still trust the American flag?