{"id":61,"date":"2026-05-07T18:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:23:47","slug":"girl-from-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/girl-from-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl from Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Girl From Toledo by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F120441512&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of those songs where I had an idea, recorded some tracks and sent it to John. I gave him the title. &#8220;There Once was a Girl from Toledo.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She owns a car that screams out, &#8220;Climb on board&#8221;<br>Her daddy bought it for her when she felt she was ignored<br>It&#8217;s all to do to pay the fee<br>For someone like the likes of me<br>When everything is given to you, free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hear that she&#8217;s from Toledo<br>All the boys think she&#8217;s pretty neato<br>Tattoos say she&#8217;s into emo<br>Like putting fingerprints on your ammo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wears a pair of pumps that whisper, &#8220;Look at me&#8221;<br>Mommy doesn&#8217;t know she wears them down on Avenue B<br>It&#8217;s all the same and all is blame<br>Wearing out the word called, &#8220;shame&#8221;<br>When your whole world is crumbling at your feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hear that she&#8217;s from Toledo<br>Munching on a bag of Frito&#8217;s<br>Where it goes only she knows<br>Depth charges and pink torpedoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She sails a boat who&#8217;s name is, &#8220;Climb on Board&#8221;<br>Her daddy bought it for her while claiming he was poor<br>It&#8217;s all to do to pay the fee<br>For someone like the likes of me<br>When everything is given to you, free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hear that she&#8217;s from Toledo<br>And all the boys think she&#8217;s pretty neato<br>Tattoos say she&#8217;s into emo<br>Like putting fingerprints on your ammo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hear that she&#8217;s from Toledo<br>Munching on a bag of Frito&#8217;s<br>Where she goes baby only she knows<br>Depth charges and pink torpedoes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those songs where I had an idea, recorded some tracks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}