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Ah life is full for those who seek control
They run the show, and never a moment's dull
They pick you out like the littlest Christmas tree
Stand you in a line, and tell you how to shine
Tell you how to goddamn shine

I should laugh and let it go
But oh why prolong the pain?
A new day for your horn to blow?
God knows we don't need that anymore
The only way to get you out the door
Is giving you what for

Hip hip hooray, you're such a holiday
We're in your play, and you're gonna save the day
You ride into town on your one horse cavalry
Once your bugle blows you will not let us be
Will not let us goddamn be

I should laugh and let it go
But oh why prolong the pain?
A new day for your horn to blow?
God knows we don't need that anymore
The only way to get you out the door
Is giving you what for

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from American Elegy, released October 19, 2018
Alex Greene: vox, guitars, organ
Jim Spake: reeds
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Tom Lonardo: drums

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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.
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