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MERRY MAN |
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by Charles Carreon I see the towers and glass, the ultrasuede. It don't impress me.
They're just the markers in a silly game. When we were kids We used to play Monopoly.
But now the hotels are real, and I have to sit in them, and pay the rent, and watch the videos on TV.
Don't hold out thirty pieces in the form of a lifetime pension, and ask me to betray my own family. I've sat down at your table, and it's set with silver plate, But like the man once said, there's just some shit I cannot eat.
Yes maybe I have vampire fangs like you, And my eyes can gleam like ice, But no mistake, I'm just a Merry Man, And I've got you in my sights.
Yeah I'll fight you till we're both so weak we can barely stand; You'll yield or I will kill you if I can.
And if I play this game for keeps, It's you who made the rules, and heaven judge us both if we're fighting here like fools. I'll take the common road and give my friend a hand. You catch a ride to the castle gate. I'll stick with the band.
Los Angeles, 12/12/90
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