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Twelve days without eating, and I’m feeling rather ill; My failure to come to grips, well, it gave me a great chill. Throwing Fists and throwing glass within my twisted haze; Everything before now has been swept away. So check the seams of your diamond rings And underneath your rugs- You may find somebodies blood. It felt so wrong so dangerous to walk into the streets, But I was tempted by political jive and jab and confrontation with the police. Then I found myself stuck between pepper spray and a checkout line at the mall; Think fast, everyone’s gone mad This must be stopped or stalled I’m a rag-tag revolutionary With a pocket sized copy of Shakespeare’s dictionary; It’s a good one… Now truth be told I was all-alone in an alley with Peg-Leg-Pete; With every step he took he nearly broke my foot, and with his hook pointed back to the street; There was a greeting from a whaling trumpet, which threatened me like a storm. In the blink of an eye funnels fell from the sky, And Pete yells, “You’ve been warned! You’ve got to keep your head, or end up dead In a twisted up puddle of muck. Keep on moving, don’t test your luck.” The revolution is in full blaze, and the tires are spinning hot; The examiners are walking all around, examining what they’ve not got. Through the toxic fumes and burnt out storefronts they tried to take my life: “Yes, I can give you hat you’d like, but first you’ll have steal a knife.” And I prayed for strange, as I ducked away From the rally-men, and their fights -God help us! The president of the united world is taking off his clothes, And showing off his birther rights so everybody knows Who he is, and where he’s from; they’re searching for a flaw To Guarantee their living land is one of love and law. From the screeching tides of TV sets, To the valley of the ****** Just people looking for a hand. I say Yo-ho! Yo-ho! The pirate’s life for me! I was feeling low and all alone, so I went looking for Peg-Leg-Pete To find a job, or gold doubloons, but I just came upon a note In the back page of a lonely book, it was Peg-Leg-Pete who wrote: “I’ve seen twisted shores, and rattled doors But never quite so much sin What kind of world are you living in?”
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Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 12:49 PM UTC
Sponge-Candy Torment Blues
Twelve days without eating, and I’m feeling rather ill; My failure to come to grips, well, it gave me a great chill. Throwing Fists and throwing glass within my twisted haze; Everything before now has been swept away. So check the seams of your diamond rings And underneath your rugs- You may find somebodies blood. It felt so wrong so dangerous to walk into the streets, But I was tempted by political jive and jab and confrontation with the police. Then I found myself stuck between pepper spray and a checkout line at the mall; Think fast, everyone’s gone mad This must be stopped or stalled I’m a rag-tag revolutionary With a pocket sized copy of Shakespeare’s dictionary; It’s a good one… Now truth be told I was all-alone in an alley with Peg-Leg-Pete; With every step he took he nearly broke my foot, and with his hook pointed back to the street; There was a greeting from a whaling trumpet, which threatened me like a storm. In the blink of an eye funnels fell from the sky, And Pete yells, “You’ve been warned! You’ve got to keep your head, or end up dead In a twisted up puddle of muck. Keep on moving, don’t test your luck.” The revolution is in full blaze, and the tires are spinning hot; The examiners are walking all around, examining what they’ve not got. Through the toxic fumes and burnt out storefronts they tried to take my life: “Yes, I can give you hat you’d like, but first you’ll have steal a knife.” And I prayed for strange, as I ducked away From the rally-men, and their fights -God help us! The president of the united world is taking off his clothes, And showing off his birther rights so everybody knows Who he is, and where he’s from; they’re searching for a flaw To Guarantee their living land is one of love and law. From the screeching tides of TV sets, To the valley of the ****** Just people looking for a hand. I say Yo-ho! Yo-ho! The pirate’s life for me! I was feeling low and all alone, so I went looking for Peg-Leg-Pete To find a job, or gold doubloons, but I just came upon a note In the back page of a lonely book, it was Peg-Leg-Pete who wrote: “I’ve seen twisted shores, and rattled doors But never quite so much sin What kind of world are you living in?”
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Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 12:49 PM UTC
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