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Culture Shock
01:43
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Radio Free Milwaukeº
02:54
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University student to the inner city
and he thinks my scene is looking pretty seedy
Wants to come out into the lights
and let us know we got equal rights
Everyone’s a radio listener
with no choice of their own
Top 40 sellout shelter
Don’t you got the right to know?
With the AOR and the MOR
does the underground have a chance?
I couldn’t bear to hear no more
‘til we’re radio-free at last
Radio-free
Radio-free
Radio-free
Radio-free
Went to work and form a band
The public ground is growing slicker
Cut our own demo tapes
to get a hand in things much quicker
But the people follow the trend
On the streets we got told
Do whatever New York sends
Make us feel pretty bold
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Platemaker
02:20
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Now the judge gave you five to ten
Now they’re sending you back to the pen
for the process to start all over
again
With a system so complex
it’s like have no purpose
until they place you under
arrest
Life without dues, platemaker
Life without rules, platemaker
Pay your dues, platemaker
Watch the rules, platemaker
Larceny in the first degree
Watch them bargain now for your plea
With your fate in hand they both
agree
All the way it's been dime and fin
but you're paying now for your sins
'til your candle burns
so dim
Life without dues, platemaker
Life without rules, platemaker
Gotta pay your dues, platemaker
Better watch those rules, platemaker
Could be a case for the feds,
using every word you said
with a riot stick aside
your head
No more life’s simple pleasures
How you once spent your leisure
All the moments you once
treasured
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Art Deco
04:40
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One man lost in Art Deco
Indentureship to time made known
It holds him like a fist
and, all in all, it drove him down
while season’s records kept on ground
Next stop 12:00 at night
The atmosphere builds for the fight
while one man slits his wrist
Don’t bother looking for a blade
as time claims you received your pay
At 1:00 I’m out of sight
I’ve seen this man who died tonight
He reclaims his last kiss
The mass of humanity was shown
One man was found in Art Deco
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Manchester Here
02:45
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Manchester here – lifespan in a day
The people and skies so cold and so grey
Manchester here is not what it seems,
the pressure so severe it cuts off your dreams
You’re under the lights so watch what you say
It’s such a cold day in Hell when you live for the light of the day
Manchester here – what a place to live
They take all you got, still want you to give
Manchester here will always be home,
wherever you travel, wherever you roam
Blood in the fields, blood on the bricks,
blood in the road, blood on your clothes
You’re under the lights so watch what you say
It’s such a cold day in Hell when you live for the light of the day
Manchester here – when the riots begin,
who will decide how you pay for your sins?
Manchester here – on Earth you’re in Heaven,
not at midnight but half past 11
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I Plan to Stay
01:45
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Looking for an army with a cloaking device,
a definition of cowardice,
happy when I find a man in a cap
ready to smear you just like that
Sign here, buddy
The beer’s in there
Just keep it intact
Your mind, that is
Happy with a bunch of fun-loving guys
and we riot in the street ‘til somebody dies,
happy when I find a man in a cap
ready to smear you just like that
Point that heater the other way
On this bloody turf I plan to stay
I plan to stay
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7. |
University Version
03:17
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8. |
Subject to Change
01:01
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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more
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