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Tender Tools

from Skeleton Army by Ritalin Boy

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Bittersweet acoustic guitar tune, about the compromises we all must make in life and love when our dreams and ideals run into harsh reality. Ritalin Boy started a career in music in the 1990s, working for music festivals and music magazines, and the only sponsors he could find to fund music were tobacco companies who wanted to get young people addicted to cigarettes. Later he sold his soul to run for Parliament in support of cannabis legalization - and his own siblings campaigned against him. In between, he had a major heart operation to repair a terminal, congenital birth defect - akin to the ones that killed Joe Strummer and Lux Interior – and lived to sing again.

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Tender Tools

Nothing’s changed
I still feel the same
Way, I used to
When I thought I knew you
It still seems strange
You don’t understand and I can’t explain
Feels like I’m trying to tell a blind man
The colour of his eyes

Stab me so sweetly
Gently tear me apart
Use all your tender tools
To operate on my heart

I found this song in my cellar
I dragged it into the sun
I sang it for my old girlfriend
I sang it for my dead mom
I sold it to a Politician
And a Cigarette Company
But I gave the money away
To save the dolphins in the sea

credits

from Skeleton Army, released July 1, 2022
Recorded 2021/22 at Kuhl Muzik, Toronto
All songs by Ritalin Boy (SOCAN)
Ritalin Boy – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Tony the Torch – Drums

Produced by Gary Honess & Ritalin Boy
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Gary Honess

www.ritalinboy.com

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*Always follow local laws, and consume responsibly. Never drive after consuming alcohol or cannabis. Always turn the music up loud and dance and sing instead.
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