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Melvin

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This songs subject is Bill 'Melvin' Hicks - comedian, guide, dissident (1961-1994)

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I'm your strongest friend, I will never know your name.
I'll be truth and guide, disguised as attendable game.
I will reach you bluntly, I'll expose/renounce my country
Cos’ how it lives is wrong, I don't care if it dumps me.

And all I ever wanted is for the circus to explode,
and I'll sit on the bomb to make sure it blows.

Faster than liars and lightning,
Dissident hero
Asking for truth and your ear now,
1 in 10’s better than zero.

One day I found a balance, still vicious collecting checks
Guess someone didn't like my jokes, and I lost the greatest bet.
I pushed it as far as I could, and I always told you straight
With no knowledge-less rhetoric, no fake straight-laced hate.

All I ever wanted is for the circus to explode,
and I'll sit on the bomb to make sure it blows.

Faster than liars and lightning,
Dissident hero
Asking for truth and your ear now,
1 in 10’s better than zero.

'Hey Bill, how about a few less jokes about the Christianity The Bible wrote?'
'I don't know, it wouldn't really be the truth if I advocated Christ when I was set loose'
'But Hey Bill, they are really listening, you've become a rock start and you neon light's glistening'
'I know, it doesn't make sense to you, but only 1 in 10 will let me through anyway'

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from High Windows EP, released April 1, 2012
Written, recorded and produced by High Windows

Copyright High Windows 2012

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