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This one is kind of inspired by a lot of stray things floating through my head and lines and snippets I wanted to put into some song somehow some time. This is one that Bret told me was too long, so I did cut a verse. It’s like hearing your kid is too tall so you cut off his legs.

Terry Carleton played the drums. It’s a weird but perfect part.

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The Leninists battled the Stalinist fringe to a draw
So the anarchist coalition declared the state of martial law
The pacifist rebels would never surrender without a fight
So the socialists declared a curfew beginning at twilight
Feral civil servants roam the street
They’re looking for guns and money, or something to eat

Our little love nest was paradise for me and you
No one existed in the world, it was just we two
The Army broke down the door, they kidnapped you and took you away
While I hid behind the bottle, and there I remain to this day
I wander the flaming city searching for a sign
The gangs all avoid me – they think I’ve lost my mind

When they see me coming assassins all tremble with fright
Because no God-fearing man will wander this lawless black night
My eyes are all twisted, they glow with a yellowish hue
They don’t see the present anymore, they only see traces of you
But when Machete-Boy finds me and shoves it in
I’ll be bleeding out nothing but Bombay Sapphire Gin

They’ll kill me eventually, but until then they delay
They hang back – my madness keeps them at bay
While I search for clues for your destiny to be revealed
I laugh at their skittishness – the bottle’s my sword and my shield
And when the Trigger-Boy sees me, aims, and shoots
I’ll be bleeding out nothing but pure Absolut

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from Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, released November 6, 2015
Terry Carleton: drums, percussion, additional recording
David Kelly: everything else

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