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lyrics

Not “Again”

Make America Great, but lose the 'Again' part
It was never great to begin with
Historical foundation, a colonized nation
Simulation, deception, oppression, corruption
Loser in Chief in command
Who's racist, sexist, fascist, rapist

A false power
The notion that you lack
Is human emotion and humanity
That you've never had
Fabricate the lies for those to believe
Power being a virus you cannot see
You’ve been had
You’ve been had
You’ve been had
You have been had

Leader of the free world, unfathomable, speaks
Full of words, full of wind
Full of being totally empty
Sound pollutions VOID VOID VOID of any human empathy
A heart less the size of both your tiny hands

You’ve been had
You’ve been had
You’ve been had
You’ve been had (etc. repeatedly)
(Not “again”, not “again”) (repeat)
Thrown under the bus (repeat)

Void! Void! Void! Void! (repeatedly)
Of Amity
Of Charity
Of Decency
And Dignity
And Empathy
(Not “again”)
Of Equity
Of Modesty
Of Probity
And total lack of Sympathy
(Not “again”)

Red infected, misdirected, disinfected, bleach injected
It could knock it out in a minute
Patriotic or just pathetic
Actions not a laughing matter
When it points to the latter

To be great, one must move forward
and not backwards
To new ideas in a steady pace
And break old habits
That never worked in the first place

You should lose the ability
Of your throat and fingers
Your finest legacy
You!
Deserve none at all!

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from Illusion of Consistency, released December 15, 2023
Not "Again"
(Music: Staiano, Murphy, Wolter, Kerr)
Moe: drums
Melne: bass
Bill: piano
Andy Kerr: guitar, organ
Aaron Novik: alto clarinet
Tom Weeks: baritone saxophone


(Words: Staiano, Murphy/Music: Staiano, Wolter, Murphy)
Moe: drums, percussion, guitar solo, bass, vocals
Melne: guitar, glockenspiel, Bebot synth, vocals
Bill: synthesizer
Amy X Neuburg: vocals
Jesse Quattro: vocals

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Surplus 1980 Oakland, California

Masterminded by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's Moe Staiano, Surplus 1980 is a whip-smart musical collective from Oakland, CA. Taking cues from the angular punk bands of the 1980s, Surplus 1980 fuses a fierce, muscular attack with experimental out-jazz and couples that with Staiano's playful lyrics, updating the angular rhythms of post-punk's old guard to a modern-day soundtrack of uneasy listening. ... more

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