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This Song Does Not Use the "A" Word

from Pretty Pictures: Free Couch by Holy Shadow

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Robespierre was killed by a blade

that fell with the whole world’s weight

you told me you wanted to kill a cop

while waiting for Marat’s bath to finally be drawn

he said the Leftover Crack show was full of jocks and preps

and that made him love the show a little less

i said no no no, forget stereotypes

if you’re coming to learn then you’re doing it right.

So sing with me, sing with me, sing with me, all night long
take comfort in knowing it’s a tradition of freedom
sing with me, sing with me, sing with me, all night long
and don’t the confusion confuse what side you're on.

In the summer of 1895

Allen, Verity and O’dell went to find

a little piece of land that they could share

and started the Home community there

it was a free and communal place

free from the corruption of the state

until one day some wanted to swim nude

and a few of the others seemed to think that was rude.

It seems to me if you believe in freedom

you should believe in the freedom of other people

those who coerce their friends in their lives

i wonder how they sleep at night

those who hated naked swimming

hate the state too ‘til it’s in their best interest

they went to the courts to state their case

and dug the home community’s grave.

This is an open invitation to go far away

because it’s not immediate, smashing the state

up on the moon or back home in Maine

we can go somewhere to be free someday

let’s build a rocket fueled by vegetable oil

or maybe live like worms under the soil

one way or another let’s find a place

where the good in humans can stop going to waste.

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from Pretty Pictures: Free Couch, released June 2, 2013

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