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the hallelujah side

by aaron ross

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In a city full of strangers I see the clear and present danger There’s no room to find a manger Or some silence There’s bums in shopping cart cages Everyone has a thousand different faces There’s the same damn smell in these places Like violence And I heard you say again That it’s hard to find a friend I said, “I’m fine with mine.” You said, “Let a little love,” “Let a little love shine.” To the neighborhood watchmen I bid afternoon To the village bicycle I gawk and swoon All things they end so soon When you are drinking Bus driver take me to the station midnight blow my imagination Once I was on a vacation Now I’ve been thinking And I heard you say again That you slept with the best of men I said, “What a waste of time.” You said, “Let a little love,” “Let a little love shine.” In this place I hear them whisper Like a villain in a cistern They’re Saying, “Can you help us Mister,” “For we are hopeless.” I said, “I didn’t die to save you” “I just came to sing the blues” “And this world’s fresh out of truth,” “But surely you should know this.” And you made me try to pretend That it was the end I said, “I’m drinking wine.” You said, “Let a little love,” “Let a little love shine.” The pedestrians are growin faint They lie in a pool of blood red paint I’m sending away to be a saint But I’m a bird on a wire There’s too much dirt to even think turn your heart to black from pink So I grab another drink And retire And you said how could I pray Then just turn my head away I said, “Have you seen my mind?” You said, “Let a little love,” “Let a little love shine.” As I look out upon the night parade It looks like one big giant charade The crowds beginning to fade And I’m coming down As I talk to an age-old bum we share a bottle of rum He said, “Life just ain’t that fun,” “So what’s the point in coming around?” I look in to his eyes I tell him to be wise He said, “You’re no friend of mine.” I said, “Let a little love,” “Let a little love shine.”
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Me and Jane, we are one in the same We are, one in the same tonight She has her hair in a bow I know her intentions are right Her horoscope is one i am told Pertains to her theory of flight Oh, but I, am undone That’s why I told her not to come She’s been sad, but she’s Not the only one We sit in the shadows, teasing the fire We are teasing the fire and the light The King and the Queen are parading around As if they own the night I exclaimed, “I could never be the same!” “Never could be fake if I tried” Oh, the Queen, starts to hum Put more poison in my rum She’s been had, but she’s Not the only one The rich and the poor, they are one in the same They are one in the same with time The business men are humping the neon signs They are humping the neon signs with delight And I said to my friend, “Have you ever seen a thing?” He said, “If I was Hemingway I’d write.” Oh, but he, is naive I think he has something up his sleeve He once was free but now he’s Just like me The street smells like semen, the air is a demon Making a thunderous blow I smell tobacco, curlin and screamin I’m dreamin and dreamin I didn’t know, That fewer and fewer they stop believin And subsidize with the flow Oh, but I, I am carnal This will all come and pass tomorrow I’ve been sad but its only Self-pity slash sorrow Me and Jane, we turn in the same We turn in the same way we came On her head is a crown She moved me with pain I’m stuck on her like a stain She said, “Life is a highway,” “A wide open highway. You’ll be traffic if you don’t change lanes” So I asked her to stay She said, “That’s something I thought you would never say.” Oh she’s pharmaceutical but hey, That’s okay
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Last night, when I woke up I was shooting pool with Lady Luck She bought my soul for a measly buck She said all she ever wanted was to dance I asked her what was in her cup She said, “Life.” and then she drank it up She had an American flag on her pick-up truck And ‘freedom’ was sewn on to her pants She said, “California’s the place to be.” “They’ll match the quota of your every need.” “They’ll sing you cocaine harmonies.” “When all you ever wanted was a chance.” And she said, "The night looks like it's never been as young,” “As when it had a vision." She said "You used to call its name, you used to hold its hands,” “Now you're making love, now you're making plans." She didn't know the moment, she didn't know the date She didn't know my fortune, she didn't know my fate She said "There's no time to wait, when...” “You're a thief in the night." I realized all my heroes were dead, They died in their beds With loaded shotguns to their heads And victim, tattooed on their hands I sought counsel in a group of some, I asked them if it was what they'd done They said "No, the good, they always die young,” “And they never, ever meet demands." In the group I saw my friend, I said "What a way for a life to end" He said, "Have you been born again?" I said, "No, it's just a change of plans" And I said "The night looks like it's never been as young,” “As when it had a vision." I said, "You used to cry, you used to get high,” “But now you're scraping just to get by.” “Once you were Jesus, you were the Son,” “You were the Father, you were everyone.” “But now that day is done, and...” “You're a thief in the night." I went to the edge to see The bottom of the drifter's sea Where lonely dreamers cash in their dreams For a case of beer and a year's supply of food stamps Sinatra was there without a clue His eyes were red, no longer blue He said "What's a swinging boy to do?” “But sleep with, sleep with liars and tramps." I said "What's this world coming to?" He said "There's something burning new" I said "You felt that once, didn't you?" He said "But now the light has flickered from my lamp." And he said, "The night looks like it's never been as young,” “As when it had a vision." he said, "You used to think this world would never end.” “You thought you had the chance to do it all again.” “But now you're in Heaven, or you're in Hell.” “As far as I can tell, it's just as well.” “There's no freedom bells, when…” “You're a thief in the night"
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released June 9, 2003

recorded at the White Knight hotel-may 2002
engineered,mixed,and mastered by Paul Malelu
produced by Joseph Meade and Paul Malelu
cover art by Jessica Henry

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