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He sits there in his room / Painting pictures with a broom
Spoiling all your native lands / Filling pop cans full of sand
He’s in your living room / His men write up the news
Lies upon his lies / No need for a disguise
He’s pissing in your ear / and he’s praying on your fears
He’s got some profits to confess / He’s got some medals on his chest
Have you seen him on the TV /, If you have, well believe me

It was a piss poor book / with a piss poor plot
And a piss poor narrative

Based on a piss poor life / of a pissed-off man
Who thought he had the touch / of a holy hand

Cuz the troubadour is singing
And telephone is ringing
The radio is blaring
And the News reports are scary

Dim windows / Dim doorsteps / Dim plots / Dim thoughts / done over and over
Decisions / Denials / Down right disgust decried deniers
Torn door screens / Tossed dish plates
Ten teams agree power’s been misplaced
Ripped to shreds / Torn to bits
Who’s the prince / who’s the shit

They’re blowing up the Fans
And they’re boiling in the sand
The actor takes commands
And leads a marching band
Solutions from Ohio
Where the preacher leads his choir
The nation wants to know
How to double up death row
He’s pissing in your ear / and he’s praying on your fears
He’s got some profits to confess / He’s got some medals on his chest
Have you seen him on the TV, / If you have, well believe me

It was a piss poor book / with a piss poor plot
And a piss poor narrative
I forgot
Based on a piss poor life / of a pissed-off man
Who thought he had the touch / of the holy hand

Dim windows / Dim doorsteps / Dim plots / Dim thoughts / done over and over
Decisions / Denials / Down right disgust decried deniers
Torn door screens / Tossed dish plates
Ten teams agree power’s been misplaced
Ripped to shreds / Torn to bits
Who’s the prince / who’s the shit

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from Whisper the Moon and the Stars Will Revolt, released June 4, 2019

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The Halcyon Brothers Minneapolis, Minnesota

Halcyon is a poetic name for a Kingfisher. It is said that the floating nest of the Halcyon brings calm to the cruel sea. The Halcyon Brothers decorate the weight of the world in a charming and medicated disguise. The sound embraces with a clinched smile, and then stumbles and occasionally falls only to somehow prop itself back up for another round. ... more

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