The Gondolier

from Morning Star by Sour Babies

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futilely fighting a foundering, the gondolier
is constantly pouring out buckets full of borrowed tears
as each one is emptied, another is waiting
to drag his old boat to the bottom
yesterday marching down national boulevard
couldn't help feeling like napoleon blown apart
everyone's shouting, but i cannot hear them
the space between us is too hollow
and now i'm living for nothing,
or at least that's what i'll say
cause love is a chemical treason
and all my friends are pulling for me
each and everyday that i'm stuck in this idiot season
where everyone's gathered together and
waiting for me in the century garden
possibly, my heart has already known
my vessel is flawed
tossin me out into these waters alone
to howl at the gods
all revolves on the golden wheel

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from Morning Star, released May 30, 2011

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