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Side Two: OUR CHANCES WEAKENING

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

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OUR CHANCES WEAKENING
i PRATTLE THROUGH YOUR SUPPER
ii BETS ON THIS BIRD
iii HIS BAPTISM THING
iv TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY
v NEITHER YOU SIMON
vi COULDN'T COPE

**PRATTLE THROUGH YOUR SUPPER**
TO GET ME TO LIKE YOU
STOP RAVING AND COMPLAINING
AND KEEPING A CLOCK
PURCHASES, IMPERVIOUS PROPS
SAVINGS AND CONTAINMENT OF ALL OF YOUR CROPS
YOU PENCIL-PUSH YOUR WAY OUT OF GREED
WITH A SILVER, BRONZE OR A GOLD PEDIGREE
THIS IS GOOD TIME MUSIC WE ALL WOULD AGREE
WHILE YOU PRATTLE THROUGH YOUR SUPPER
AND YOUR SUFFRAGE IS SWEET
TO GET ME TO FIGHT YOU, FLOP
THE VULTURE-KEEPING TYRANTS
AND FREAKS OF THE CLOTH
THE STOWAWAYS ARE LEAPING OFF
INTO THE STEELY BRINE
LIKE THE CREATURES THEY BOUGHT
YOUR PAINFUL STARE, YOUR SOMNOLENT PEACE
PROVIDE YOURSELF WITH A MEASURE OF RELIEF
THIS IS GOOD TIME MUSIC WE ALL WOULD AGREE
WHILE YOU PRATTLE THROUGH YOUR SUPPER
AND YOUR SUFFRAGE IS SWEET

**BETS ON THIS BIRD**
YOU PUT YOUR POLISH IN ME
AND THEN YOU WRITE ON THE BIRD LINE
YOU KEEP ACCOMPLISHMENT-FREE
AND THEN YOU CONTEMPLATE, YOU IN MIND
THIS IS LOOKING LIKE FOOL'S GOLD
THIS IS FEELING LIKE
YOU WON'T ACCOMPLISH A THING
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
YOU KNOW ALL ROADS LEAD TO AN END
LAY YOUR BETS ON THIS BIRD OF MINE

**HIS BAPTISM THING**
I'M READING ALL ABOUT IT IN YOUR COLUMN
YOU FORCED US TO CREATE ANOTHER GOLEM
THE STORY'S BEEN TOLD
THE RIGHTS HAVE BEEN SOLD
THE NEWS HAS GROWN OLD
AND IT DIED

**TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY**
WE REALLY WANT TO SELL YOU ALL THE BARGAINS
TO FORCE YOU TO REMAIN WITHIN THE MARGINS
THE COMMUNIST PLOT THAT EVERYONE BOUGHT
THE REVELRY SOLD
THE HORSES YOU COULD NEVER EVEN TAME
OF COURSE WE COVERED UP THE MORTAL STAIN
LIKE WE OUGHT TO
TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY IS A PROBLEM
DO WE CONTROL CONSULTANTS JUST TO SOLVE IT?
WE PAY THEM IN GOLD
THEY DO AS THEY'RE TOLD
THEIR GOODS ARE WHAT THE DEVIL HAS SOLD
THE TROUBLE IS
EVERYONE TRIES REAPING
WHEN THE BUBBLE IS HIGH
FOLDING ISN'T DOUBLING DOWN YOU GUYS
REST ASSURED
YOU'LL DIE TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY
INFINITUM

**NEITHER YOU SIMON**
MALE ECONOMY SAVIOR
YOU MAKE IT FALL APART AT THE SEAMS
THE CRAZIEST OF CALMING BEHAVIOR
I'LL REGISTER COMPLAINTS WITH THE CHIEF
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE JACKHAMMER FEATS?
WITH THE CONFIDENCE RACKETS?
AND THE CAPPING OF THE KNEES?
YOU BLAZE ACROSS THE COTILLION
AND THEN YOU'RE OUT ON RELEASE
NEITHER YOU, SIMON, NOR THE COMBATIVELY ELITE
CAN BE FAWNED OVER, FONDLED
OR FACTUALLY REPLETE
WE CAN HAUNT YOU, HATE YOU
HALVE YOU IN THE STREET
IN DISCONSOLATE RAGE
AND IN EVER-PRESENT GRIEF
THAT CAN HOLD YOU
SACRED
I CAN HOLD YOU SACRED

**COULDN'T COPE**
LORD, I COULDN'T COPE
IT'S THE LAST PAGE YOU LEFT ME TO SIGN
IT'S THE PAST
WE CAN LEAVE THIS BEHIND
GRACE ABSOLVED
GREED AND LUST AND PRIDE
PLAGUE AND SLOTH
ENVY HATE AND LIES
WILL YOU MAKE ME A MIRROR TO YOU?

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from TO KEEP YOU VULTURES HAPPY, 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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