Burn Pits, by Rathbone

Burn Pits

by Rathbone

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1.	Burn Pit 04:12	lyrics	buy track
The medical waste Make it disappear The canonical flames Rise into the air Blue and black Yellow and orange Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit So everyone can see That thick, black smoke for miles Rolling through the desert Like San Francisco fog Yellow and orange Blue and black and Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit La, la, la, la La, la, la, la All over everywhere The ashes fill your bedsheets All over everywhere Make it so you can't breathe Blue and black Yellow and orange Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit Burn, burn, burn In the burn pit La, la, la, la La, la, la, la
2.	Wading Bodies 02:24	lyrics	buy track
Oh drive the knife real slow Bring a good rise to ruin Oh there you go, there you go But do you know what you're doing? We can pretend he isn't real The elephant in the corner We can pretend we don't see him When all the while he's a bother Just 'cause you feel real bad... We're just two wading bodies looking back Looking back to share Wading bodies looking back to shore We're just two wading bodies looking back Looking back to share Wading bodies looking back to shore Oh tell me now where we go With all these cars that keep comin' We trace our faces on the tomb What kind of garden are we growing? Just 'cause you feel real bad... We're just two wading bodies looking back Looking back to share Wading bodies looking back to shore
3.	The Silence Has Turned Evil 03:10	lyrics	buy track
How far are the searchlights? Can you see nature climbing Up the back of highway 90? All the poets say "I" In a town of superstition In a world of make-believers And the silence has turned evil And the silence has turned evil Every mile, every marker The dark is getting darker By the bank of the river Only this far but no further Put a face to your conviction It is silence gives permission And the silence has turned evil And the silence has turned evil And the silence has turned evil Repeat the vile maxim All for one and none for all Only this far but no further Private banks and private interest It is made into their image Those who profit praise the system It is made into their image In the cages there they listen It is silence gives permission And the silence has turned evil And the silence has turned evil And the silence has turned evil
4.	Pink Picasso 04:04	lyrics	buy track
All I want to stare at is my pink, pink Pink Picasso All I want to feel right now is pink. Dipped and swirled in weeping willow Hanging from a purple moon All that I can see right now is pink. Teleport through the door to a world that is also pink Your light is coming on for me. So surreal the particles floating on a field that is so pink Your love is turning on for me. I can see the waning light follow me to the west Focus so my mind won't have to think. In the middle of the desert, photograph you and me Playing in the sands where we both sink. So surreal the particles floating on a field that is so pink Your love is turning on for me. Teleport through the door to a world that is also pink Your light is coming on for me.
5.	Fuzzy 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Darling kill me with this red balloon I more or less am moribund, tongue dry Every tremble, every tremor, every nerve Like a bolt of lightning I come flashing My mind is fuzzy from this red balloon My mind is fuzzy from this red balloon Darling kill me with this red balloon I more or less am moribund, tongue dry My mind is fuzzy from this red balloon My mind is fuzzy from this red balloon
6.	Holding Pattern 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Don't wake me up I'm fast asleep You think a lot It's not that deep So I put it away Yeah I put it away And bury it down Give you something to think about And our love is caught in a holding pattern Our love is caught in a holding pattern I'm nowhere now I'd rather dream I let you down You trusted me So you put it away Yeah you put it away And bury it down Give me something to think about And our love is caught in a holding pattern (The more I give, the more I give) Our love is caught in a holding pattern (The more I give, the more I give you) Our love is caught in a holding pattern (The more I give, the more I give) Our love is caught in a holding pattern (The more I give, the more I give you)
7.	Nothing's the Same Anywhere 03:26	lyrics	buy track
People still love, people still care The unknown woman alone on the stair. People still love, people still care But nothing's the same, Nothing's the same, oh, anywhere. Tenuously she picks a blue flower. Perilously we climb up the moon tower. Nothing's the same, nothing's the same, oh Nothing's the same, nothing's the same, oh Anywhere.
8.	Rant 03:20	lyrics	buy track
Oh, no no no no Not another knock at the door I'm-a goin' off the top of my head Papa gon' check my pulse Gonna feel my eyes Right now, in a rant In a rant I could compromise I could make the mind go Oh, no no no no Mama come and knock at the door I'm-a goin' off the top of my head Papa gon' check my pulse Gonna feel my eyes Right now, in a rant In a rant I could compromise I could make the mind go A good time, a good time A good time, a good time Oh no no no no Mama she was way down, weighed down Way downtown too long As if she had 9 lives Used 9, said 10 It's been 3 years, ah Comin' down, comin' down the street Comin' down, walkin' on Walkin' on, walkin' on tacks Crunch, crunch Cross hope, dead, deaf, dope, dumb Off the bucket list Now I'm goin' off the top of my head Ah! In a rant, in a rant, in a rant I could compromise A good time, a good time A good time, a good time A good time, a good time A good time, a good time Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya....
9.	Alligator 03:54	lyrics	buy track
Yesterday an alligator crawled out of a drain And he wandered around til somebody complained. Saying "Hey, the streets shouldn't be that way" Sometimes nature don't feel the same I'll get by I'll get by on me I'll get by Every time it rains I feel like somebody else Standing over your shoulder I think I found myself. Yesterday's newspapers got too many frames Everybody walkin' around with the past in chains. I'll get by I'll get by on me I'll get by I'll get by on me I'll get by
10.	Nobody's Quite So Deaf (As Those Who Do Not Hear) 04:18	lyrics	buy track
The prime minister self-administered The Grand Inquisitor as a visitor With the help of a solicitor They redrew lines and carved up the corridor Everything's divisible You're such a kind criminal The headlines said it but it was subliminal The details: critical The judge said it, but it was impermissible To name the dead as victims Got free speech, incomprehensible You're such a kind criminal Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear It was all checked out by the auditor His chief competitor, a tax debt creditor Sung by the chorister in too high a register Saw nothing said the editor No outrage for the predator Someone close by, a girl named Jennifer A part-time babysitter Saw the tape and it read Her best friend had an Aunt named Isidore Of a wealthy venture Her son was the great inheritor Of keystone capital Two men left on the monitor Surrounding the perimeter Scrubbing floors like the janitor Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear It was 2003 In the rise of the security industry Blackwater, Triple Canopy Sharp teeth for the Coalition Provisional Authority Everything's admissible Spelled out in the war log diary Side effects were predictable Perfectly inimical as was the principle: Acquire more capital No stone unturned, no goal too untenable Fill the towns up with chemicals Pin six gold stars to the venerable generals Everything's political For the benefit of the war animals You could say what you like when you like it So long as it's uncritical Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear Nobody's quite so deaf as those who do not hear
11.	Don't Leave Me 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Why are you raking me over the coals again? The way you looked at me was like a ghost had risen. And while you argue out on the Esplanade... It's already on your mind But still I think there's something to say Don't leave me Don't leave If you go out looking for it, it will be right there. If you don't go looking for it, it will still be there. Deny deny, you might not try to even speak it. Even if it's just a matter of time. It's already on your mind But still I think there's something to say Don't leave me Don't leave
12.	No No No No No No No No No No No 04:40	lyrics	buy track
Papa, he's been gone He's been gone such a long time Uncle way past being found But he's beat down In the backyard where I can hear Mama cry out to her Daddy, dry mouth "Love's a good lie" Three kids could the karma kill Could the karma kill Old me in a past life? Waving bye bye Papa took the ring and he sing It's been 10 years Now it's thrown off at the river bend Underneath a big bridge Where the waters flow Where the waters cleanse his soul Where he let go, no control Mama, she's been down She's been down such a long time Couldn't compromise when she had 9 lives Used 9, said 10 Hail Marys Got one bad sign for her time It's been 3 years What a bad bruise What a bad ruse What a sad groove I've been vibing to Too long No no no no no no no no no no no.... You say whatever you wanna say it doesn't make it any better Unless you feel better, ok Eyes wide shut You could be the temple At the top of the mountain But you're a sitting duck Stuck on the outside Living an outright lie Never the answer But if it sounds right Stuck on the outside Living an outright lie Never the answer But if it sounds right Coming down the street Walk-walking on tacks Toes crunch Cross hope, dead, deaf, dope, dumb Off the bucket list Now I'm going off the top of my head You say whatever you wanna say it doesn't make it any better Unless you feel better, ok Eyes wide shut You could be the temple At the top of the mountain But you're a sitting duck Stuck on the outside Living an outright lie Never the answer But if it sounds right Stuck on the outside Living an outright lie Never the answer But if it sounds right But if it sounds right But if it sounds right