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Calm Before the Storm

by Scamps

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1.
The lights are out tonight, I Can see the clouds forming in my sight They cast a shade, They lift the mask and dreams start to fade You'll hear the cry, of poisoned culture dying before your eyes But its not to late, To break the rules that they've made And I see them there, The starving masses by the fireside Who are dying, Waiting for.... A calm before the storm A calm before the storm, forming before you were born Could be the first time, might be the last time? I don't know, who's to say? All I know is that you need a change to break the chain To face the road that's been worn away, It's all the same It's all been done before.... Fools on the Hill, They're preaching hate with only space to fill We're crying again, They'll rape the world and burn the hand That feeds the beast, and we're all guilty of cleaning its teeth But it's not to late, I've heard it before
2.
Yeah I got those Fore River blues Walk around with nothing to do The used car lots go down to the shore I got a feeling I can't take any more And You all are nothing to me I seen you swim in from the side of the sea And Pretty girl your gonna come home to me But if the bridge is high... I won't see you tonight I grew up in the shadow of a crane Enough to drive a straight man insane I stumble out to the bar every night And don't searching til I see the light And You all are nothing to me I seen you swim in from the side of the sea And Pretty girl your gonna come home to me But if the bridge is high... I won't see you tonight
3.
SLDT 03:24
I get the feeling and its escalating, Add the movement now were elevated Now it hits me and I cant go on, Times been wasting and its been to long You can feel it in the indication, and you can see it in our perspiration Were all headed on down a road, but were it leads we don’t even know I know you heard about our reputation, love it leave it infatuation Im out of order staring at the walls, in the corner screaming at the walls You better stop, doing it to yourself, or you wont make it today Took my hand and we started to slip, Said you wanna get it better get it quick You Left me in the darkness on my own to fend, But blessed me with the vision from start to end I See dreams drowning in the fountain, I hear angels singing from the mountain Saying you been living like a vagabond, And I been living like a bag of bones You better stop, doing it to yourself, or you wont make it today And I don't fear what I don't know, Cause I got lost such a long long time ago And now I hear, what they were saying, Your not dreaming your really just wasting away I been stuck, in a rut, should have cared, but I ran out of luck Now I know what I know, and I know, that nothing really counts, if you go it alone You wont make it today
4.
Devils Fire 02:54
They say the soul of a man is in his hands, And i'm on my way to the Promised land Going down by there to save my soul, To play white boy blues and rock and roll And to praise the band, Try to live forever in the devils land Cause Im a demon, thief, pervert, slut, and a liar And Im warming my heart with the devils fire Went out there to have some fun, The devils sitting down dealing 21 He said its a hard a hard road fought even for the privileged man So you better watch yourself in Sugarland And raise my hands, when I saw god in the devils land Cause Im a demon, thief, pervert, slut, and a liar And Im warming my heart with the devils fire
5.
Melissa 03:05
The poets and prophets turned you away, And the gamblers and the fools begged you to stay I ain't seen you since you started to roam, Melissa when you coming home? Ive had good, and Ive had bad, I left some with a smile while others were sad And maybe someday I wont sail alone, until then ill be running alone I been left far from where I sleep, There were bastard bathwater babies crying at my feet Saying better days would flooding like emotions when your not on your toes But then again theyre always coming along She had the voice of an angel, and I approached from every angle But still I sleep alone And the beating of my heart, just proves im not that smart Thats why I sleep alone

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Recorded By Mike Green at Uncle Crummy's (R.I.P.)
All songs by scamps except Fore River Blues (D.Byrnes)

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released April 20, 1969

S.D. - Guitar/Vocals/Harmonica
Jeff O - Bass
Power Dave - Piano/Vibraphone
Mickey - Drums

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