Name: Reciprocate
Duration: P00H03M54S
Description: The line between what is sweet and persistent versus creepy and unflinching in trying to woo someone is often blurry, especially in media representations and societal expectations. I have been thinking about this the last few years, and wanted to try to put it into a song.

Reciprocate

from Twenty-Nine b/w Reciprocate by Little Fanfare

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The line between what is sweet and persistent versus creepy and unflinching in trying to woo someone is often blurry, especially in media representations and societal expectations. I have been thinking about this the last few years, and wanted to try to put it into a song.

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Reciprocate

Stop by to visit you at the place you work:
Is that okay?
Close to closing time hoping that you’re free:
Is that okay?
Dropping off a mixtape that I made:
Is that okay?
A few tracks to say what I can’t say:
Is that okay?

If you say to go away, I’ll go away.
If you say that I should stay then I will stay.

See if I spot your car in the parking lot:
Is that okay?
Wait to walk with you:
Is that okay, is that okay?
Read a book I heard you talk about:
Is that okay?
Book mark in the loaner asking you out for a date.

If you say to go away, I’ll go away.
If you say that I should stay then I will stay.

Boombox on the lawn:
Is that okay, is that okay?
Look for a light in your window as I drive by:
Is that okay?
See a shadow and linger a bit too long:
Is that okay?

If you say to go away, I’ll go away.
If you say that I should stay then I will stay.

Walk to your house in the rain to plead my case:
It's not okay.
Picture in my wallet–didn’t get it from you:
It’s not okay
Give a painting to you when you said we’re through:
It’s not okay.
Drop it off when he is there with you:
It’s not okay.
It’s not okay.

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from Twenty-Nine b/w Reciprocate, released September 1, 2022
Recorded July 2022 at The Iceberg Lounge in Tacoma, WA.

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Little Fanfare Tacoma, Washington

Space Ballads and Rock and Roll from Tacoma, WA with a lot of Memphis, TN thrown in.

Fletch Joyner - Vocals and Guitar
Anson Scarbrough - Bass and Vocals
Bobby Theil - Drums and Vocals
David Lee Jr. - Keys and Vocals ... more

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