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Side Four: ESCAPE IN THE FINAL REEL

from TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY by Fireproof Sam and the Selfsame Four

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ESCAPE IN THE FINAL REEL
i OMNIPRESENT BRAIN
ii ROCK THE CYNICS
iii SUCH A BACKWARD TIME
iv TRICK OR TWO WITH LEPERS
v THE ROCKS AND STONES THEMSELVES
vi SEE THE SAGA THROUGH

**OMNIPRESENT BRAIN**
SOLVING THE RIDDLE
FOLDING UP YOUR TENTS AND THEN
ALWAYS DEPRESSED
BY YOUR MELANCHOLY TINT
SOFT PIECES IN DISPOSE
THERE YOU GO
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
HOLDING UP THE BOAT AGAIN
CONTEMPLATE WHAT CAESAR COULD HAVE SAID
YOUR OMNIPRESENT BRAIN
CLIMB UP ON YOUR HOUSE
AND WATCH THEM TAKE FLIGHT
YOUR HARD-WON YOUTH IS OVER

**ROCK THE CYNICS**
AND NOW YOU CLAIM TO BE WITH SPENCER
AND HIS FRIENDS
APOLOGIES - WHOMEVER TAKES THEM IN
YOU ROCK THE CYNICS
IF YOU TRY TO UNDERSTATE
THE GODLESSNESS WE FISTED OVER HANDS
YOU REPREHENSIBLE AND DEMON-LOVING KIND
I'LL BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR'S EVEN LINE
APPLAUD OR HISS
OR KEEP YOUR NEUTRAL QUIET
THROUGH ALL OF THIS
WE LOSE OUR FUCKING MINDS
WE DOUBLE DIP, WE SACRIFICE OURSELVES
WE KEEP APART, WE KEEP IN LINE
IN OTHER WORDLESSNESS
WE THREAD THE EYES
OF NEEDLES WE COULD NEVER SANITIZE
RAINPROOF POSITIVE, YOU FLY
VAIN YOUTH GETTING OLDER, DIE
MAY YOU FRIGHTEN ALL YOURSELVES
CONFIDENCE RARELY MAKES ITSELF
KNOWN TO EVERYBODY ELSE
COMPETENCE NEVER MAKES THE GRADE

**SUCH A BACKWARD TIME**
NOW WE LIVE A BACKWARD TIME
WE AIN'T BEEN UP SINCE WE AIN'T BEEN DOWN
ARRAIGN YOURSELF TO BE ON THE GUILTY SIDE
CONDONE YOUR OWN INCOMPETENCE
BROTHER AIN'T WE DOING FINE?
STRANGER THINGS, SUCH A BACKWARD TIME
IT AIN'T BEEN DARK AND IT CAN'T BE LIGHT
CONTAIN WHAT SPILLS
ESCAPE THESE FILIAL BINDS
WE'RE GONE WITH THE WIND
LIKE VAPORS, YOU AND I
WE'RE CALM, COLLECTED, COOL
SO CAPABLE AND BRIGHT
WE'RE GROWN-UP KIDS IN A BACKWARD TIME
A SOLID PHASE IN A LIQUID BRINE
I GUESS I GOT SOME BONES TO PICK
A POUND OF FLESH, BESIDES

**TRICK OR TWO WITH LEPERS**
YOU PLACED US ALL IN MUSEUMS
OR MAYBE YOU WANT ME TO BE IN GRAVES
IN DEEP CONVERSATION
OR MAYBE AS SOMEONE TO LEAD
WE PRAY TO SAXON MOTHERS' SONS
IT'S WHY YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD
A TRICK OR TWO WITH LEPERS IS ALL WE DID
ANCIENT STONES IN A RING
SEEING THE ORBS IN THE MIST
HAILING TONES IN THE FIELD
THE BLEEDING IS ONLY THE BLISS
WE SLAY THE SAXON BROTHERS' SONS
IT'S WHY YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD
A TRICK OR TWO WITH LEPERS IS ALL WE DID

**THE ROCKS AND STONES THEMSELVES**
I BEG YOUR PARDON COMPLETELY
I'M TAKING PART IN THE RIOT
I'M TORN APART TO BE MENDED AGAIN
AND I'M SOFT ON MY FEET TO BE LIGHT
I'M NOT PART OF THE TELEVISION TEAM
AND I WON'T BE TAKEN ALIVE
SEARCH AND RESCUE INVESTIGATES
BUT AT LEAST THEY WON'T BE CERTAIN TONIGHT
THE ROCKS AND STONES THEMSELVES NEVER SING
IMPOSSIBLE SECRETS INSIDE
EXQUISITE FOLLY IN JEOPARDY
AND I ONLY WANT TO SEE IT IN FLIGHT
AND I OWN ONE CHAIR
AND A SEAT TO THE RIGHT
OF THE LORD
WHO WISHES ME PRAISE?
STOP MAKING ME CALL YOU A MESS
OR A CREEP
OR A VAGRANT
UNTIL YOU SEE ME THE SAME

**SEE THE SAGA THROUGH**
BRAINLIKE ASSEMBLAGE IN THE DARKNESS
WAITING TO SHARE THE PAIN
OF YOUR OMNIPRESENT BRAIN

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from TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY, track released June 19, 2020
Woodwinds arranged and performed by Jeri Sykes

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THE NETWORK STARS ARE: N Sykes, F Warren, K Kane, K Huynh, C Crabtree, B Skaught, J Sykes, M Ishizue, P Kagiwada, J Hayes, M Bowman, E Sheehan, E Gessel, L Devin-Sheehan, S Clanton, A Siff, I Lee, A Perry, K Adams, S McPherson, A Clapp, T Dorman, B Zell, B Bennett, A Lytle, J Elson, C Mattox, T Crooks, R Ragland, and probably many others as the album gets assembled. ... more

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