Robber

Mastered by Joao Carvalho

Recorded in Spring 2019 at Canterbury Studios, Toronto, ON, Canada

Musicians:

Kieran Adams - Drums, Percussion

Tamara Lindeman - Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Philippe Melanson - Percussion

Marcus Paquin - Percussion

Johnny Spence - Organ, Moog

Brodie West - Saxophone

Ben Whiteley - Bass, Guitar

String Arrangement by Tamara Lindeman

I never believed in the robber.

I never saw nobody climb over my fence, no black bag, no gloved hand.

I never believed in the robber.

I figured everything he took was gone, nothing to do, nothing to be done.

I never believed in the robber, no, I never believed in the robber.

You never believed in the robber.

You thought a robber must hate you to wanna take from you.

The robber don't hate you, you never believed in the robber but the robber never believed in you.

He never saw you, you were two halves of the same piece divided into two.

No, the robber don't hate you, the robber don't hate you.

He had permission - permission by words, permission of thanks, permission of laws,

permission of banks, white table cloth dinners, convention centres, it was all done real carefully.

Make real imagination, make unreal that which can be taken.

Turn your gaze from the window's light, turn your attention to this sharp knife.

I never believed in the robber.

When I was young, I learned how to make love to the robber, to dance with the other,

to wring from his hand the touch of a lover.

I never believed in the robber.

Nobody taught me nothing was mine - if nothing was mine, taking was all there was,

looting at dawn looting at dusk.

Hold open the gates for the want of lust.

All I saw was the dust, kicked up.