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What colors your collar?

by John Wayne's Teeth

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1.
To those on the needle to the people on the pipe, for those folks who need a beer for breakfast to get them feeling right, to the cops who lock them up at night to keep them from the sight of the pious who go to church every Sunday to pray away their plight, to all those successful people earning a decent wage lucky to pay their bills on time and the flunkies on the dole, to those who can count their blessings and to those stuck in the hole, to the shovels and picks that got them there to those who cheer them on yelling for them to keep, keep digging keep up the fight to all those successful people living a life free of rage, this song's for you all you people thank you, thank you.
2.
Tryinta not get my fix but the stores are all open. He sits in house across the street to the left. He sees us before we see him. Answers a call once we're there. Delivers it next to the mailbox near the dumpster beside the Jeep, gray like the weather for sale this week, all times of day, just call to see. You should see em run when the window comes down near the park on Middle Street. The fox feeds first the hen before the final feed.
3.
Josie 03:15
Crinkled step, autumn falls, under my feet my shadow, to the south sky, river and its fluid. The leaves are the people I stepped on in my pursuit. Still don't know what made me do it. And Josie buys another round after all this he tries to put it on a tab he calls life. Josie, bit by fleas, nose red, dribbling, still dressed in last week's dungarees. And I stand outside sorting smoke from desire, the dead leaves, the people, and the river. Overflow your banks soon. It happens every other June. Josie gets a notion and he up and calls it quits. Summer will find a way to fall people whom I never call as they unravel as leaves in my shadow.
4.
Hey there, I see you there, come here and listen. See, I come from the company. They we need men just like you. I've got this hammer. Here come grab it. Take this, take this shovel. See, we diggin a hole down here. Take that dirt and throw it right here. Don't worry bout them bills, the company pays them. Don't worry about the eggs or gravy. You're working for the company. Take this bar. Take this shovel. Here's a pick and here's a hammer. Move that dirt. Move that dirt. It's all that matters. Don't worry bout your family now. You're working for the company now. Don't worry. You're working for the Goddamned company.
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6.
Old Albert, he lives just down the street. He never closes his door. Old Albert never complains about the heat, complains just the same of the cold. Some windows are patched with scotch tape, stairs are all gone except for cinder blocks. Inherited the place from some dead aunt. I heard he never met her before. Old Albert, he lives just down the street. Ain't never seen him work before. Then one day Old Albert closed his door. Some say screams came from inside. No one ever knocked on Old Albert's front door. The next day it was open again wide. Then Old Albert was seen mowing grass, was seen on a ladder I'm told, hoisting up a new pane of glass, mixing mud for steps made of stone.
7.
The crumbles struggle to break the fast and the no dance dream tremor screams the last of out sorrows. Flutter sprinkle gut to fight the cold. Stutter fits and borrowed sugar from our neighbors who live in gray squares, white boxes built to shore away their wealth. They tell me to go around the back. Someone might see the sea part and heavens. What would they think of me standing there. Pedigree pedagogy spree hammer it home for me.

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Written and partially recorded by Ben in the North Country. Produced and further recordings done with Alex in L.A.

Album cover is Rainey Bethea and found at:http://blaaargh.org/post/18471557903/rainey-bethea-last-public-execution-in-the-united

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released May 22, 2015

Alex and Ben

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