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The Day the Lights Went Out

from Songs of the Dead by Ethan Bartman

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An ode to the Television and all of its noisy, bright confusion.

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Was a storm cutting up and down the coast
Spittin' snow and hail and wind
Was a grandmother cooking up a christmas roast
and A campfire circled by friends
There was a bloody battle halfway round the world
That none of us knew about
There was a chilling cold and an awful sound
The day the lights went out
There was a line that was drawn in the sand
It was an old man who put it there
Another was shouting, "It's a foreign land!"
Like he's tryin' to give us folks a scare
But they had plenty while he had none
They had rain and he had drought
Many had it all while others went without
The day the lights went out
There was some bubblegum on a game show
There was a million dollar prize
There was an expose on some crooked trade
And a family with tired eyes
And a lack of shame on every internet page
A book whose spine would never wear down
But nobody was really reading anyway
The day the lights went out
There was a bloody tooth
There were people on the stoop
An antenna on the roof
Pumpin' us full of truth
Some with and some without
The Whispers turned to shouts
The day the lights went out

And when it got dark upon the land
And every idle hand was left to become eyes
For everyone who went blind
From staring at the lights too long

I dedicate this song...

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from Songs of the Dead, released December 21, 2012
Ethan - guitar, vox, tambourine, maraca, electric guitar
Dillon - acoustic

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