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lyrics

show’s done, brow’s wiped
big crowd, fat hype
down the hall, sign said
‘knock twice, get paid’
open up the door a crack
spent hopes upon my back
lava lamps, glassy eyes
ashtray hearts and muffled cries

Philly Phil loosens his tie
sweating gin, no lie
I’m unaware and unafraid
I’m just there to get paid
prefabricated dreams
paintings on velveteen
Phil sighs a voodoo hex
Monkey Girl’s under the desk

I am leaving immediately
I am leaving immediately
these are sights I need not see, so
I will be leaving

Monkey Girl up and speaks
pink rouge, pale cheeks
stories of a former life
when she was a banker’s wife
Calcutta paved with gold
ideals and children sold
paradise, dirty streets
clean hands and broken feet

Monkey Girl glows with sweat
withered heart, swollen debt
ill intent, it did encroach
left her reborn as this roach
legs akimbo, on her back
Mata Hari smoking crack
levitate out of this hole
squalor can raise the soul

paying debts with Philly Phil
past sins, road kill
gravitate out of this hole
free will can save the soul

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from Play for Affection, track released November 30, 2010
©2010 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon (ASCAP).

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Arms of Kismet Winchester, Virginia

Brooding and poppy, funny and foreboding, it’s toe-tapping, tragicomic rock ’n’ roll.

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