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about

I wrote this song in Orangeville, Utah! It’s a very small town with a post office, library, and grocery store / gas station called “Food Ranch.” I actually mailed hatemail cds from there so I spent a lot of time at the library and post office.

We would be walking down the street and people would be like “Hi, are you staying at the little blue house?” (the only Airbnb in town) - yes, lol.

The graveyard there was super cool, there was a binder of all the plots and this whole map system, and they took such good care of it.

It seems like a nice place to live.

lyrics

When you live in the desert
You learn not to look up at the sun
And that a mountain is like an island in the clouds
We're staying at the little blue house

Hello
The lady at the post office said to tell you so
Everybody round here just wants you to know
We love you so

But I'm not gonna live in Orangeville
I'm not gonna live in Orangeville
But if you're not gonna tell her
I will

When you live in the desert
The graveyard is a place
Where the caretaker takes care of people equally
Plots of plastic flowers grown from Latter Day seeds
Pretty and sweet
Today's a high of 103

So water your plants 10 times a day
Send your love to your family
Plastic flowers never fade

But I'm not gonna die in Orangeville
I'm not gonna die in Orangeville
Or maybe I will
Maybe I will
Maybe I will

credits

from Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pink but real life is behind a screen, released October 13, 2023
Written, performed, and produced by Katie McTigue
Guitar and vocals by Ben Krock
Mixed and mastered by Dylan Ganz

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Pacing is the songwriting and recording project of Katie McTigue. McTigue’s writing style has been described as “tongue firmly planted in cheek” (Surviving the Golden Age, 2022), an “off-kilter and wonderfully weird world” (CLOUT, 2022), and “I don’t get it” (multiple sources). Despite her safety net of colorful characters, jokes, and metaphors, the real her always manages to slip in somewhere. ... more

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