A THUMB A YEAR

style

• highlife
• palm wine guitar
• horn section
• gentle percussion
• male tenor
• warm and wise
• vintage west african production
• uplifting
• west african accent
• warm

the numbers

bpm

99

key

G major

energy

0.71

dance

0.92

valence

0.50

vocal at

5.5s

length

2:24

language

En

lyrics

(a thumb a year)

The crack came in June and it was the width of a hair
And in April it was longer by about the width of a thumb
And the man in Kumasi says he can maybe hold it a while
And maybe is a word that has kept me up since April

A thumb a year (a thumb)
That is the rate, a thumb
Measured, a thumb
A thumb

A thumb a year, a year, a thumb a year, a year
I can tell you exactly how long my father has left
A thumb a year, a year, a thumb a year, a year
Which is a thing nobody should be able to calculate

My son is nine and he holds it wrong and the strings buzz.
Everyone says put it away, keep it safe, it is the last one.
A guitar in a case is just a shape. He told me that. So it buzzes.
(BAND RETURNS)

A thumb a year, a year, a thumb a year, a year
I can tell you exactly how long my father has left
A thumb a year, a year, a thumb a year, a year
Which is a thing nobody should be able to calculate

(so it buzzes...)