Slab City Or Bust

from Somewhere Else by No Idea Head

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So deep now you could just shoot it right into my eyelids
Wouldn’t even blink
tattooing on me
‘no man is an island’
but
I’m living on the coast now
I’m living my dream just coasting
Berkley was built for dropping out
The east coast just wants to sell you hope, man

I passed a cardboard sign that said
‘Slab City or BUST'
The last truly free place you can get to on a bus
Had a paternal glow like hearing true words from a missionary
The government just gives us what’s been abandoned by the military

I don’t know about you but I’ve had about enough of the economy
I’ll go anywhere you want if you promise not to bother me
I don’t know about you but I’ve had about enough of the camaraderie
I never found it anything other than phoney and disheartening

The longhairs kept groaning but they never had much of a chance
It’s hard to win any kind of fight when you don’t believe in anything but romance
And they’re getting pushed around in bare-feet while the Vet’s were having fun
It was a dream come true right before it turned into a romantic dump
All of utopia is headed for a fiery fast death
Without any money flowing in from your old pals in Big Tech
and it’s a slippery slope
and it’s getting silly steeper
and the government keeps telling you its even and it’s easier

I don’t know about you but I’ve had about enough of the economy
I’ll go anywhere you want if you promise not to bother me
I don’t know about you but I’ve had about enough of the camaraderie
I never found it anything other than phoney and disheartening

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from Somewhere Else, released July 16, 2021

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