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Drones Overhead, Drones Underfoot

by Vietcong Man Son

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1.
UP AGAINST THE WALL STREET MOTHERFUCKER, THIS IS A STICK-UP! It ain't really stealin' if they stole it from you first Are you supposed to watch them drown while you're dying of thirst? You ain't really one of us, I guess that makes you one of them The enemy of my enemy may not always be my friend But I'll take what I can get 'cause they haven't killed me yet And I ain't gonna be treated this way All the stores will open up if you say the magic words These kids would be hungry if it weren't for the Panthers But there ain't gonna be no free breakfast for children today Cause Hoover done shot Bunchy Carter down at UCLA Cause he takes who he can get and he ain't thru yet Until everyone has to live this way
2.
AAAAHHHHHHHHH I don't feel safe at all Bike cop eats shit on a skate park ramp It was truly gnarly as hell Convincing him it would be easy should have been a harder sell You can win the battle but you'll lose the war It might as well be all you ever hope for (I wanted to take care of him right here in Brainerd but I just didn't have the balls) K9 unit tracked my ass down It's been a hell of a ride Wish I had my English bulldog right here by my side You can win the battle but you'll lose the war It might as well be all you ever fight for
3.
When the sun goes down you can't tell the men from the trees And you don't know if you're better off on your feet or your knees And the silence screams 'don't you dare go to sleep' Cause you know they're out there waiting I really wish I could have seen you bleed your blood on the beach As you shiver in your hole more awake than the sun And you don't mind staring down the barrel of your gun And you pray to your God to just kill everyone Yeah you hope He's up there waiting I'm so glad I didn't see you bleed your blood on the beach
4.
There has always been enough for everyone but you didn't hear that from me There has never been a mouth we couldn't feed but you didn't hear that from me There has always been a cure for every disease but you didn't hear that from me When Pilate backed into Christ in a parking lot All the witnesses got confused They would have all died for anything They had no fear of feeling used Can we go home now? If it hissed we could not hear it If it slithered we couldn't see If there was ever a serpent on the mount you didn't hear about it from me They said he minced his words and stuck the needle in the camel's eye And you can bet he brought his credit card to heaven with him when he died
5.
We've got something to show you but we're not sure if you'll approve Your face might even flush itself when you see the way we move But there's a reason why this thing you might be repulsed by could never go by any other name Yeah, we'll show you but you won't understand 'cause it is such a dirty sexy swamp thang It's not something we're proud of We just can't bring ourselves to be ashamed You just don't up and quit something When it's your claim to fame But there's a reason why this thing you are so repulsed by could never go by any other name
6.
It ain't as easy being obscene as it once it used to be With your belt wrapped tight around your arm it ain't so hard to feel free But there's no future for the ones who've been buried in the past 'cause they don't know who they are or if their parts been cast And if they were promised anything well they'd probably have to laugh 'Cause it's almost as bad and it's almost as sad And it's almost as rad as dying young This one will always go out to the suicide generation They have always played their parts to hanging ovations Supporting roles not withstanding, didn't know it was so demanding Only the young die good just like you said they could And it makes no difference to you or me Only the young die good just like you said they should And it makes no difference to you or me Only the young die good just like we knew they would And it makes no difference to you or me
7.
I was halfway to the kingdom when you asked me to turn around And I even came back for you, babe, but then I was struck down Well I'm sorry you were worried but there was nothing I could do I woke up in the most wonderful place and babe, you were there too Well we wandered around forever on a golden spiral road And I might have even known the way there if I'd only had a soul Pardon me for not saying hello, I thought I was a scarecrow Pardon me if we didn't agree, I thought I was an effigy You were halfway to the kingdom when I asked you to save me a throne Well I would have never held your hand if I'd known you were gonna rule alone But you had to be dead to be grateful or at the very least in control And I might even be totally sane if I only had a soul Pardon me for not saying hello, I thought you was a scarecrow Pardon me if we didn't agree, I thought you was an effigy You know we're always gonna act like we're here to stay Eternity is killing us every day I shook the wizard's hand, I heard him say "You'll never get back the time you wasted today."
8.
Bad vibrations on the speedway tonight Air so thick you could cut it with a knife And that's exactly what they'll do There's enough speed here to kill the beast We'll be riding this one out for a year at least Five hundred bones buys a lot of brew Who's fighting? What for? Who's the black motherfucker in the lime green suit? He's keeping the piece, do you think he'll shoot? Too late, he's already black and blue Alan Passaro had to think real fast Street fightin' man, yeah it's a gas Don't you think a sleeper hold would do? I got sympathy for the devil under the Angel's thumb I don't care if he had a gun

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No capitalists (nor their defenders) were harmed during the creation of this record. We'll work on it.

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released January 31, 2014

A.C. Hawley/ bass
Chairman Joseph 'Mao/ guitar, vox
Joe Ross/ drums

engineered and mastered by Abby Black at Flat Black Studios

cover painting by Karin Waskiewicz

back cover photo by Zak Neumann

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