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1. We Conquer
People in the streets are no longer mad. We’ve filled their beaks, now they wear our plaid. Our enemies died without a sound. The insects rose, the eagles fell down. Please make an orderly line and...
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2. The Golden City
The Golden City was our final destination but we never got there. But this much you know. Instead, we’re stuck on a raft, floating on the ocean, and we’re starving like rats. And sick from the motion....
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3. Are You Alright Now?
He never felt like his body belonged to him. Spent every day uncomfortable inside his own skin. Tattoos and hair dye and piercings by the score - he even split his tongue in half, but he wanted...
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4. All I Want To Do (is Get Arrested)
I stole a car. Shot up a bar. Hunted for jaguar, and they’re endangered, so I’m no stranger to crime. As a matter of fact, I, should be arrested. All I want to do is get arrested. Yo, I jacked a bank....
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5. Shelter Island Symphony
Just like Egypt’s Nefertiti Giant headdress Tighty whities Grunts and moaning Dry papyrus Carbon copies Email virus A symphony A laughing ghost It’s up to me It’s up to us Hair like static Eyes like...
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6. I'm Not Doing Shit Today Except For Writing This Song (and I Hope It...
I’m not doing shit today except for writing this song. I’m not doing shit today except for singing this song. And I hope it doesn’t take too long. -Jeff Badger, 2010
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7. Still
Lessons partly learned. Photos partly burned. Message unreturned. Bleach poured in the ferns. She tore up their whole place. Put up posters of his face. He would not give her chase. So she left without...
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8. Building a Fence
I’m building a fence, Sir I’m digging a trench, Sir I’m delineating boundaries, It’s just common sense, Sir. I believe it in my rights, And it has long been my plan To sequester my family On this...
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9. Cold Out
If the quality of mercy’s not straining At least it’s stretched to the brink That if we take one more slip than this whole rotten ship Will capsize into the brink And it’s cold out, cold out, cold on...
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10. Be Specific
Alert the press! Call your senator! Email the mayor! Write a letter to the editor! But be specific, B-E specific. Tell your friends! Call your enemies! Telegraph your neighbors! IM the centipedes! But...
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11. We Command You to Move
The restless are native and feeling creative. Who are you to deny them the tools? A paintbrush, a fader, a top hat, a plate, or a degree from an accredited school. Just turn us loose and we’ll show you...
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12. Back In The City
I’m back in the city, though it’s just for a weekend. And you know I’m always looking, at least I’m always peeking. I saw a man on the bus, eating Fritos out of a bag. I saw a dirty word painted on a...
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13. We Meet Again (The World Will Be Fine Without Us)
I have this dream. We meet again. And in this dream you are my only friend. We get tattoos in Chinese script. You get a list of the seven deadly sins. I get a pair of fish. Then we fill our motorcycles...
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14. The Buffalo
One armed-man with a violin, milky eyes and, and sagging skin falls to his knees, shivering. Emotional quivering. The idiot king makes his decree, “imprison the children, set the dragons free!” Born...
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