Name: Brother On the Rhine
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: Notes: Damned if there ain't a truer tale. This is one version of the song: the full-band-backer.

Brother On the Rhine

from Here We Go Again by simpleton

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Notes: Damned if there ain't a truer tale. This is one version of the song: the full-band-backer.

lyrics

With a brother on the Rhine
my time is behind his
20/20 hindsight so fine Ms.
Sell the sizzle not the steak to the everyman
Hits me harder than a bark to the Son of Sam
Tap out, flaps out, map it out
from A to Z
tamp down, camp down, ramp down
is killin me
Family shut up like a frightened clam
bettin' we came from the promised land
Family shut up like a frightened clam
bettin' we came from the promised land

Got banks and the sharks
sub crime car flail out
Tail light's out, Third Rail's out
Bail Out.

Trying to remember what got me here
but the 'how' and the 'why' aren't exactly clear
much more than memories I miss
and yer sweetened kiss
What is one to do with the company you keep
what is it I'll do to set me free
Cuz I ain't a model of your citizenry
Come and cut me out of your fantasy
One shot and I'm more than half done
Doesn't make it any better with a half ton
pluggin in won't amplify
All drugged-out don't make it high
One day it'll come back down
All the false ink in this crooked town
On that day, it'll dawn on us
Should've gotten on that magic bus
So take steps necessary
does what's required of me
Takes slack and runs to the fight
wakes us all up in the middle of the night
and that's my kind of model of citizenry
Give some scrutiny to their villainry
all my days are numbered are dawning on me
all my days are numbered are dawning on me
all my days are numbered are dawning on me

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from Here We Go Again, released November 1, 2009
Instruments:Music recorded at Wolfram Studios by The Junks. Remixed and recorded, original lyric, by simpleton.

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