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Be Happy

by Patrolled By Radar

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WIDOW NEXT DOOR (J. Souza) this turpentine has got a hell of a grip i'm going legally blind at a rapid clip i'm gonna steady my mind anchor my sinking ship in your bay cause i can't tell the time or get up off the floor i'm takin a shine to the widow next door takin a shine to the widow next door she's got a gal of nine and a boy of four lost her man to a mine out in the war last may and when she says to me this world is rotten to the core i take a shine to the widow next door
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NEW FIGHT SONG (J. Souza) madam you're a palindrome no one's home and the lights on shining on the fall of rome the mouths foam and the blight is on what are we thinking of don't you know won't be long now so let's all fall in love write the words to a new fight song my skull was cracked like a cathedral dome by a poem from a bygone making speeches from a catacomb the leech has grown into a python what are we thinking of...
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DRESSED FOR THE DROUGHT (J. Souza) i met an old forest ranger in a naugahyde bar after the whisky then he told me true he said i never had a tree bold lie to me the way them there bush's do now you're walking like you're tumbling north over south you look like you've been punched in the mouth all the flowers on the neon avenue are perfectly dressed for the drought perfectly dressed for the drought we're not impressed when the truth comes out we don't care anymore we don't know where to begin we're perfectly dressed for the drought we're in i day dreamed a home movie where the troubadour dies and when my life flashed before my eyes it took less than a minute because you were not in it i would like you to apologize when they found the dead dream buried under my house this little town began to twist and shout my whole world was locked inside a cuckoo clock and i vanished in a shadow of doubt
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Pachyderm 02:39
PACHYDERM (J. Souza) we are pollinating in the sun mean no harm to no one operating on our own high you are waving at catastrophe well the same goes for me we are eager to be gun shy one day you'll die one day you'll die just a pachyderm with a tie on liability and over reaction to rely on one day you'll die come on occupy this latest craze move away from the maze never grieving the days gone by one day you'll die
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COAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT (J. Souza) she took ten years to disappear now she's resting in an atmosphere where she can breathe i love the drugs i'm ingesting how i wish she were here to disagree it hurts it must have hurt her more than me i wear a coat of disappointment it's the cruelest thing i've ever owned my soul's been worn down my heart's in a hole in the ground i loved her more than anyone i've ever known now it hurts it hurts to be alone i sat and cried last night before the stone that bears her name i planted a flower in the rain now i'm waiting for the sun
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FAST LIFE, SLOW DEATH (J. Souza) fast life slow death save for the strife and loneliness best get your system down down down down i've faded memories of my past life here's to my fast life and my slow death fast life slow death i'd like to change some things i guess these things will kill you now now now now bottle be my therapy every last night don't shine no flashlight on my slow death i heard them say in the room as i left they said it's about time
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Haywire (free) 04:09
HAYWIRE (J. Souza) i place the early blame on parades for this short attention span girls scouts clowns and marching bands all you need is a walk through even now i'm caught in a trap that i do not understand if i chew off my own hands in an effort to shock you i couldn't hold my liquor now hey haywire you're not in love with me i'm just a way to keep busy like occupational therapy you stole my crayons from the shelf to draw attention to yourself today will be yesterday tomorrow right now will be remember when you went completely off the deep end nobody caught you you were diving board you spend your days in a cast well i'm through signing get well soon i only wish to leave the room with everything that i bought you cause you're just getting sicker now hey haywire
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Carried Away 02:52
CARRIED AWAY (J. Souza) felines wailing in a pre-dawn exercise forcing open both my eyes after sailing across the open water into the desert sun i stumbled into the fray and the darkest day ever begun i wouldn't want to be the president don't want to be the pope i need finances and residence allowances for dope in this one time exciting offer consolidated all my dreams into one i stumbled into the fray and the darkest day ever begun i know it's all the same to you everyone is looking for the thing they were meant to do i'll sit and sing a lonesome song until i'm carried away and gone
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Be Happy 03:38
BE HAPPY (J. Souza) i was sitting in the dark of a broken amusement park wringing hands trying to stand trying to flee you were dancing on the grave of a day too late to save holy smokes you're out of jokes you're out of key i only want you to be happy i said i love you for lack of a better word she said that's the worst lie i've ever heard then she started to slap me i said i've been trained in the metallurgic arts i'm going to carve my name in your cold steel heart i only want you to be happy you think this life ain't worth the paper it's printed on you think your life ain't worth the paper it's printed on ah well, i only want you to be happy talkin' about your chemistry i only want you to be happy your happiness is elementary i only want you to be happy
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Walking 02:15
WALKING (J. Souza) adolf had his own little eva he was way too busy to please her though he could control the police state she was out walkin the dog all over town johnny dreamed of mexican horns a ring of fire was there in the mornin he thought june was making him pancakes she was out walkin the dog all over town i want satisfaction but i don't know what to do about psychotic reaction in my brain people say that time is a teacher and you should bring pain to the preacher but i renounce god before dawn breaks i'm out walkin the dog all over town

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released June 10, 2011

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Patrolled By Radar Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles based
Original Rock n Roll, Alt-Country, Blues, Dystopian Americana

RJ Bloke (Vocals, Guitar)
Mike Sobel (Guitar) Jessica Latiolait (Bass)
Mick McCurdy (Drums)

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