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Before we built that smirking airportbefore the phones told us where to gobefore the strikebefore the streetcarbefore we read comics on the radioLong before we found a way to gauge...Read Full Lyrics

So when they wonder where the money wentand we can’t swim here anymoreand bankers warble algorithmically from the shorethe stations pump the new austeritythe Ogallaia Aquiferand ...Read Full Lyrics

On the 21st day, the sun didn’t hate methe food wasn’t angry, the bed didn’t sighThe ceiling said it’s possibleI might get my looks backon the 21st day of my stay hereOn th...Read Full Lyrics

Oh the vampire Albertastalks across the money market ratesand ducks into a HummerThe vampire Albertawears a bowtie and a pin that saysSupport the ArtsYeah the vampire Albertatakes ...Read Full Lyrics

So long living in betweena tiny screen and a slightly larger screenthe loneliest way to stay aloneYour face frozen up in linesfrom milder climates and wilder timesI can’t watch i...Read Full Lyrics

After his statement, Blunt, who is now 72, broke down in tears. Then he left the Times looking a lonely figure, and pursued by pressmen.” —BBC Nine O’Clock News, November 20,...Read Full Lyrics

Quiz Night at Looky Lou’sQuiz Night at Looky Lou’sQuiz Night at Looky Lou’sI trust you will know what to do. I can’t recall what we were waiting in line for when the first ...Read Full Lyrics

For now I know we are alone herestill we should be prepared to leaveI found a place where I have hiddensupplies and books and sleeping bagsAnd I’ll sing in my prescriptionsfrom o...Read Full Lyrics

May the roots reach beneath the sleeping streetstation in the riverbed, register what we won’t hearMay the leaves puzzle out the canopyshake and photosynthesize everything we’r...Read Full Lyrics

Back in those old punk-rock daysmornings were rough enoughPublic Access volunteerswe were always, always in betweenmicing up the Tec Voc choirand waiting for our turn to playWe wer...Read Full Lyrics