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The alley doesn't deserve to hear our story

from EXILE ON HOOVER STREET (album) by The Terrorists

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Kiju TENOR SAX-- Chris Roach GUITAR-- Justin BASS -- Ernest O. VOX and DRUMS. Music by The Terrorists; words by Ernest O.

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THE ALLEY DOESN'T DESERVE TO HEAR OUR STORY

be right back, be right back
and if it doesn't feel right
beat the rap
and if it does then do it
and if you fail don't blow it
ring the bell and wait
the recorded voice says
the number you dialed is wrong
and the list of tenants
lists many names but the one
you want
and nobodys coming in
with or without groceries
and a kind disposition
for letting strangers into
nevermind
let's look for a public phone
here's one right around
the corner
nevermind again
it's been decapitated
and all the people on the street
look at their faces
they look constipated
and no, i don't have
a godamn cigarette
not for you anyway
and the cheap burger joint
seems to call me but it must
have mistaken me for somebody else
and the lights, I wish I had
paid attention to their color
I remember them bright
leading me right
into the piss alley
where my old companions gather
talking and spitting and watching out
for cars coming by
and of course they ask "where were
you, Ernesto? you've been gone for
so long, we thought you were gone
for good."
[i blow cigarette smoke and watch
it rise, mesmerize
against implacable black
grin, itch, kick a pool of water, spit tobacco]
I say a thing or two
about being gone and what did I do
I choke on my own words
something feels wrong as if
by telling the told
it might grow old
I'm keeping the plot, getting rid
of the essence in order
to make it make sense
easy to label and swallow
I'm tainting the memories trying to
explain the inexplicable
I think I'll exercise my rights
these memories are mine
I made up the scam
that means I hold the copyright
even if later I tripped and
fell for it
in it
I build my memory collection with sweat
and with my lies,
with blood
and with cum
my hunger and
my shame, just the same
and for them I surrendered
it all
pawned my future for a month of life
I went to waste and aged
I don't feel wiser
I pretended to cry
then
I really did cry
and in each city I drank my way
through
and
I died a little bit
at dawn
recent studies show
certain memories can be toxic
even lethal to the person who stores them
they will eat up the host like a hungry cancer
beginning with his sanity
eventually taking his life
see what they've done to me?
I went mad over there!
I'm terminal, doc says
I'm not sharing them tonight
not with you, not with anyone
go make your own, you bum.
and no, i don't have
a godamn cigarette

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from EXILE ON HOOVER STREET (album), released August 4, 2012

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Sometime in mid 2011, an argentine expatriate began recruiting mercenaries through Craigslist. By 2012 there were several hundred members, perhaps as many as 2500. Many were Serbian army officers. The professed goal of the group was the creation of a Greater Sound, by use of violence, if necessary. Lately, they trained guerillas and saboteurs, planned political murders, and played wild live shows. ... more

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