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That Was the Modern World

from Shame a Politician by Eric Blowtorch

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He was a teenage Tacitus,
self-made strumaholic
He was a very good dancer
and a legend and a fool
He lived by the rock and rule
in his parents’ house
He was my friend
and that was the modern world

Garages full of speakers
and tightened up strings
We were all artists and love was just
one of those things
Eating like bugs
and walking on springs,
we were 17
and that was the modern world

We sang Take me back to Trenchtown
if you can set me on the freedom track,
stayed up late waiting for the future
We were the future – no future

Futurism failed and we hailed
cabs everywhere for a while,
looking like gangsters
in the white hot Chicago sun
Points of view at the top of your lungs,
hints of health in the drunken weekend
Clean-shaven, sober,
we loved the college girls

Nigel Scott ruled the airwaves
and that was the modern world

Last saw him on the platform
What an afternoon
Passport in his hand
The past could not command him
I was so proud
He blended in with the crowd
The train pulled away and I never saw him again
Take me back to Trenchtown
if you can set me on the freedom track,
stayed up late waiting for the future
We were the future – no future

Blood is thicker than catgut, brother
Friendship never dies
You can hit the market on Saturday morning
and cleanse the crud from your eyes
You can sing the blues, Layton
You can run away alone
but the Sounds from the Street
and Police and Thieves
will always remind you of home

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from Shame a Politician, track released August 1, 1990

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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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