{"id":93,"date":"2026-05-07T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=93"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:37:33","slug":"the-stand-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/the-stand-off\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stand Off"},"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=\"The Stand Off by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2251576190&#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 a bonus track. It came about one day when John was over for a recording session. Tammy Rondeau showed up for something and we invited her to record with us. I had an idea for some music and I immediately started putting tracks together while John wrote lyrics on the cover to a puzzle box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyics by John Lister &amp; Tammy Rondeau<br><br>Hey baby I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m late, I thought I came home too soon<br>You left me here with the laundry and children while flirtin&#8217; out in the barroom<br>I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m staying here with you, constant cussin&#8217; and fightin&#8217; is all we do<br>I guess it&#8217;s cuz we don&#8217;t want to be alone, I say we call a lawyer, just pick up the phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s wrong with me makin&#8217; love to you, it&#8217;s part of your wifely duty<br>You stagger home with booze on your breath, out the door with the wifely duty<br>I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m staying here with you, constant cussin&#8217; and fightin&#8217; is all we do<br>I guess it&#8217;s cuz we don&#8217;t want to be alone, I say we call a lawyer, just pick up the phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess you&#8217;re right, I just gotta go, I really need to be free<br>You say you&#8217;re leavin&#8217; and gotta be free, that&#8217;s not love can&#8217;t you see<br>I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m staying here with you, constant cussin&#8217; and fightin&#8217; is all we do<br>I guess it&#8217;s cuz we don&#8217;t want to be alone, I say we call a lawyer, just pick up the phone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a bonus track. It came about one day when John was over for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","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=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}