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Bouncy Castles

from The Euphorians by The Euphorians

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It's party time

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I made a profession out of earnest confession
I was thinking to myself "man, I got it made"
as I spiralled down and out of a flesh-coloured parkade
on my way to the land of bouncy castles
where life's rich pageant exceeds television
on my way to the land of red wine by the box
where I throw away the locks
and I throw away the keys
always do exactly as I please
throw away the locks
throw away the keys
always do exactly as I please

I can't stand it
sleeping on the ground of the coldest planet
in the universe
and what's worse
this planet don't even qualify to be a planet
dammit
I can't stand it

Have you heard the news if you did you prob'ly got the blues
just turn on your TV and you'll see
when the clouds devour the sky then the birds and butterflies will die
what will happen is they'll drown
tattered wings and broken bodies fall to the ground
where they carpet the asphalt where spoked light standards sprout
where the crack whores roam on high heeled bones
thrust their jaws to heaven and moan
and moan

They took a a taser, a medical laser, and an antiquated phaser
hooked the electrodes to my knees
a peck on the cheek and a little squeeze
then they blasted my ass due south
upon arrival they hosed the vomit out of my mouth
Then they tucked me in a bed where every ridiculous thing I ever said
when I was three sheets to the wind
was played on a tape over and over again
when I could no longer hack it they buttoned up my special jacket

Then they put me on a jet ski
commandeered by Dostoyevsky
he said son we're on mission up the river to discover the HEART
of the human condition
and I have it sound authority that when we get there
we'll find some pretty good fishin'

And we'll throw away the locks
throw away the keys
always do exactly as we please
Throw away the locks
throw away the keys
always do exactly as we please

credits

from The Euphorians, track released June 17, 2012
Recorded and engineered by Myke Hall
Lyrics and musical infrastructure - David P. Smith
Musical refinement and arrangement - The Euphorians

David P. Smith - vocals, piano
Rachelle Reath - violin, vocals
Megan Boddy - viola, vocals
Scott Henderson - electric guitar
Eric Gallipo - trumpet
Stefan Bozenich - bass
Marek Tyler - drums

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more

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