Armchair General

from EPs by Milks & Rectangles

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These saints and these martyrs write letters in braille
to the Chamber of Commerce and villains in jail

Misers and spendthrifts have sleepless nights
their knives on their grindstones and hope in their sights

I want a North Pole funeral pyre,
drinking pruno, accusing liars.
I'd cut your hair and I'd dye it white
we'd walk like priests with our downcast eyes
when your sleeping, safe and sound,
I'll go home through the underground.

Usurpers and turncoats feel no regret.
They'll ransom your daughters for all they can get

Grifters and swindlers wear toothy grins
they'll steal all I own while singing me hymns.

I want a North Pole funeral pyre
drinking pruno, accusing liars
I'd cut your hair and I'd dye it white
We'd walk like priests with our downcast eyes
when your sleeping, safe and sound,
I'll go home through the underground.

Long in the tooth and much too thin
at the beach with tattoos fading.
If I can't have you by my side,
I'll be restless, but I'll abide

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from EPs, released October 21, 2010
from Civic Virtues EP

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