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lyrics

The forests have all fallen, they lay across the road
We saw it all go down in the office lounge while we ate our a la mode
That’s life workin' up in the tower, where all the princes talk in code
Or play with the latest in remote control

The climate in this cubicle, Lord it just suits my clothes
All the walls are beige, the numbers turn the page so slow
It’s been said that we will reap and eat the words we sow
Meanwhile we just keep on hoein' the same old row

I’m banking on disaster
To wash my livin’ clean
To make the world turn faster
And shake some green back down to me

Meanwhile in the card house kingdom, the people gather for the show
The kings and queens all primp and preen, Nero rosins up his bow
Daddy Warbucks shuffles in with his new pet pig in tow
Then a hush comes over the crowd as the lights go low

Ah, the dull roar of warplanes, up in heaven where they dwell
The senator feeds at the trough, as he belches “War is hell”
What’s behind his plain white mask, well don’t you ask & don’t you tell
Outside can't you hear the toll of the iron bells

I’m banking on disaster
To wash my livin’ clean
To make my heart beat faster
And shake some green back down to me

The stink of diesel coils around this city like a noose
I keep my eyes glued to the white line, ‘cos the steering’s a little loose
Smoke coughs out my tailpipe when I step down on the juice
Get me to the job on time or you ain’t no use…

I’m banking on disaster
To wash my record clean
To make my head think faster
And shake the world out of its dream
And shake the world out of its dream
And shake the world out of its dream

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from American Elegy, released October 19, 2018
Alex Greene: vox, guitar, organ
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Paul Buchignani: drums
John Whittemore: pedal steel

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Alex Greene Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis songwriter Alex Greene builds his tracks on the bedrock of the Rolling Head Orchestra’s horns and pedal steel, mixed with his own primitive jazz interpolations.

Greene is best known for his guitar and keyboard work with the Reigning Sound, Big Ass Truck, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and, in NYC, the Kropotkins. ... more

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