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Dead Drunk for the Fatherland

from IMPERIALISM or Dead Drunk for the Fatherland by Wunderbar!

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6. Dead Drunk for the Fatherland
I'm locked in the darkroom
When my neighbor screams
His wife digs the ditch
Plants the man of her dreams
I get this sinking feeling
The r oom starts to lean
Her knife's long as my arm
Her head's full of steam

When the clocks all strike twelve
As they crash down the stairs
I'm grabbing a lampshade
I can't find a chair
Dead drunk for the fatherland
When war was declared
Now we're free
At Rue Du Bac Station
Down on my hands and my knees

Out here digging trenches
A map of the moon
Holes halfway to Capetown
We'll freeze to death soon
Scraping at the ground
with a wet paper cup
Had this all figured out
But it isn't enough

When no one pays attention
All eyes are on you
Look up at the stars
And count barrage balloons
Must be someone sang
And I'm wondering whether it's me
At Rue Du Bac Station
Counting the hours 'till we leave

If all that I am
Is this cold Montmartre room
Throw me out with the bedpan
Sweep me
The way from the cradle to tomb
Leads to base infamy
But at Rue Du Bac Station
Something is waiting for me

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from IMPERIALISM or Dead Drunk for the Fatherland, released May 10, 2004

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