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Song For The Night 2016

by Ocho

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Song inspired by growing up Pierre, SD. Written in 2001, re-released in 2016 as a tip of the hat to the Pierre Rock Shows Reunion. Plenty of references to Pierre. And some references to literature, if you're a nerd like me. Also a fair amount of angst and depression.

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This problem calls for
a knee-jerk reaction
an official denial
common-sense legislation
It's 10 o'clock now
10 o'clock lock your kids inside
We've gotta keep 'em safe
from all your kids outside

'cause tonight we're drivin' drunk
to the bar that's open one hour later
by that time, we won't remember
why we skipped it in the first place
and the song for the night
is only right at prime time
your mother is older,
but she still calls you home

A tabloid on an island
says it's haunted by a monster
and the hog's head is staked outside
of the governor's mansion
It's hard to sway your attention
from the man behind the curtain
when you're missin' the action
spectacle and distraction

so tonight we're drivin' drunk
to the bar that's open one hour later
and I assume that you know
the reason why I pulled you over
for the song for the night
is only right at prime time
your mother is older
but she still calls you home
your mother is older
but she still calls you home
now your mother is dead
but she said

"We damned this Missouri
and sold off all her energy
and had children to care for
the stupid crap we invented"

so sit and wait until the dam breaks
and the winds break the windbreaks
and it rinses the stain from the landscape
when the dam breaks
and the winds break the windbreaks
it'll rinse the stain straight from the landscape
I just can't wait
for the great plagues and earthquakes
to erase this mistake
til the flames rain from space
and we waste to the shape of a pancake
I just can't wait.

credits

released March 9, 2016
Ocho - acoustic guitar, bass, drums, lead vocal, electric guitar, engineering/production, composition, arrangement and lyrics.
Pete Klug, Katelyn Klug, Callie Clausen, Forrest Kunkel, Anne Sweeney - Backing vocals

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