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Radical Pastel Mercy

by Sad Tax

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You know I love you but you’re just no good You make me love you better than I should You know I love you but you ain’t no good You know I love you but you ain’t no good You suck at summer, gotta iceberg tongue You got no money and your winter’s long You know I love you but you ain’t no good You know I love you but you ain’t no good to me All your houses are all just full of shit And all your bosses don’t know when to quit You know I love you but you ain’t no good You know I love you but you ain’t no good Oh you were callin’ me when I was on the run All of your friends are here and they be havin’ fun But now I’m here and the rain has just begun You gotta summer but the sun is gone You gotta summer but the sun is gone Believe me baby I know when I’m wrong You know I love you but you ain’t no good You know I love you but you ain’t no good The spring is poison and the days ain’t dry Ain’t got no music that won’t me cry Oh you know I love you but you ain’t no good You know i love you but ain’t no good There ain’t no morning that ain’t full of rain There ain’t no news that never gives me pain Oh you know I love you but you ain’t no good You know i love you but ain’t no good
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I just found a brand new kind of truth One where things I say will not burden you And when you find questions begin to rise Don’t you say a word just look in my eyes Noooowwww think through every word Noooowwww is that what you heard? Noooowwww here’s your reason why Noooowwww there’s your alibi Walking outside don’t you be afraid That man following is a friend you made Always he’s there to take care of you And take careful notes of all the things you do Noooowwww think about what you do Noooowwww is it good for you? Noooowwww always ask yourself Noooowwww is this good for my health? Don’t sing don’t speak this is good for you Trust me trust me I only say what’s true Don’t scream don’t blink we made time for you Trust me trust me this is what we do
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How does it feel to have nothing left at all and the evidence has gone away from here It’s a new scenery we share and this scent is bad so bad so bad We’re all to blame you and me and everyone the same Oh all to blame to blame to blame we’re all to blame So what’s new with you? Your nails are so clean today Oh I tell you friend you know we got nothing left to give it’s sad, so sad We’re all to blame you and me and everyone the same
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Tonight the stars are shining Tonight the ocean air Tonight I need my arms around you Tonight Tonight the air is cold around you Tonight I wasn’t there Your eyes Tonight the stars are shining Tonight the salt sea air Tonight I need your arms around me Tonight Tonight I need your arms around me Tonight
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24 dollars gonna haul up to your daughters gonna take em on the city tonight Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why It takes a twenty ton nuclear bomb to get anybody hoppin’ tonight going out every evening gonna dance by myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why I need little bit more of a handful, need a little more of a bite I need to hit this buddy can I borrow a light I need a little something need a little something something I need little something now can you help me? I need to feel this a little bit more every night Shaking in the middle with the dirty old fiddlers sticking fingers in the edge of a pie Take a little sniff and you puke on yourself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why I see my number one natural stallion lookin’ every kinda possible wrong Crushing on an 80 pound IUD shell and I don’t know why and I don’t know why Light up your cigarettes light up your windows and wait for the signal that everything has finally come Crying like a newborn baby it’s hell when there ain’t nobody singing along Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why 24 dollars gonna feed my family full of golden dollarama delights Fall off the sidewalk and you kill someone else and IDKY I need little bit more of a handful, need a little more of a bite I need to hit this buddy can I borrow a light I need a little something need a little something something I need little something now can you help me? I need to feel this a little bit more every night 24 dollars gonna haul up to your daughters gonna take em on the city tonight Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why
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You’re so sweet to me And I Will weep for you Through the night Cause in my dreams There’s only sea In between You and my burning ship I am lost The crew has tossed All I brought with me In the boiling sea I face the wind And breath your breath You weep for me And I Will weep for them In my dreams There are no trees From where I sit Watching the infinite Welfare lines It’s almost time To flood the planes And start again Just weep for me Weep for me One more time Just one more time
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I need love I need a heart I can fill I need love I wanna be harder to kill The only one I’ve found Is too much to believe Only in the cold hard ground Can you dare me to leave I need love And I don’t want to steal I need love Nothing cold and unreal And I need lust Like a smooth polished stone And I need love I don’t want it alone The only one I’ve found You can’t help but admit Why does she stick around When I’m dumb piece of shit The only love I’ve found Is as soft as the breeze Only in the cold hard ground Will I dare her to leave I need love I didn’t make a mistake And I need love I made a deal I won’t break
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Come on and take me away Unless you know something I don’t I feel like the end is coming soon Oh I’m sick of this tune And I’m sick of this room It’s got a million things that don’t bring me joy Oh When I was boy I made a million stupid plans Now I’m a man, who could even care? Are you aware this party ran out of alcohol a half an hour ago? But what do you know? these assholes haven’t left I hope that the end is coming soon Is there something to do? I got nothing to prove I’ve talked to everyone I’ve ever known Remember at home we have a cozy fucking bed But soon I’ll be dead in this overcrowded room It feels like a tomb with too many empty red solo cups And even though I didn’t go to the last twenty things Oh I think you understand That the end is coming soon I know the end is coming soon
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While the boys have held him down and their boots are on his throat Tie up his hands and ankles with the finest heavy rope Then give the whip a crack And let the horses do their work While they drag him by his feet on thru the pavement and the dirt Hopefully he lasts until we hang him in the square For the crowds with all their bricks and stones And whatever they’ve prepared Get their fill Now that all the tables turned we gleefully rejoice Can we find a brand new kind of pain that’s equal to his voice It’s a shame the body’s got so old that it cannot endure All the innovative tortures we were hoping to explore It’s a shame Oh That feeling that you get No I can’t describe at all When you scream inside the senate house that it’s time to face the wall Oh our rifles say the rest As we point towards the door And line them in the hallway with their eyes towards the floor Make sure to count your bullets as you dare to paint the walls And a helpful match and kerosene will help you clean the halls Afterwards You may say that this is evil and I will not disagree But sometimes you need some evil if you want to be set free You may say that we’re no different than the horror we replaced But you can’t fix a broken sewer with a clean and dirtless face It’s a shame
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Written and recorded all in the month of February for the 2017 RPM challenge.

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released March 1, 2017

Patrick Niceman - everything except:
Maggie Burton - violin on track 3

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Patrick Canning St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador

Patrick is an artist type who lives out on the edge of nowhere in St. John's Newfoundland and makes music for himself.

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