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Drum (Why I Don't Go to Albuquerque)

from Victory At Sea by vee device

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I thought this place would rock a little harder
given its name and my swim across the harbor.
These mountains move, it’s not my imagination--
the dredger’s spoils seem to amble ‘round like crackers on vacation.

My baby called, said she’d moved to Albuquerque--
she needed space and she never meant to hurt me.
If that was true, she’d have left my favorite stuffed chair.
Their chili is good, but now I think I’ll never get to go there.

Ravenel and the market full of slavers.
A rebel flag and some butter rum lifesavers.
I hate this place and that skin-on-vinyl-stick.
I’m waitin’ for the drums to kick.

I stumbled out and it looked like I’d been drinkin’.
I hailed a cab--I don’t know what I was thinkin’.
Their radios seem to play the same three songs
‘bout redneck pride and how actin’ like an asshole isn’t wrong.

My temples throb and they lay a lazy bass down.
My eardrums ring like that emergency alert sound.
The seagulls scream like a washed-up metal singer.
The county cops will take their time and put me through the ringer.

(Chorus)
I’m waitin’ for the drums to kick.

credits

from Victory At Sea, released February 5, 2016
Dennis Bigelow: Banjo, Organ, Electric Bass, Trombone
Kat Ernst: Cello
Sam Ernst: Vocals, Guitar
Caitlin Morris: Trumpet

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vee device Fort Collins, Colorado

vee device are a landlocked band who've made an album all about remote islands and the people who inhabit them. Go figure. The music is jaunty, but not in a sea-shanty kind of way. The lyrics are detailed, but not in a "let's pull out an encyclopedia" kind of way (unless that encyclopedia is full of short snippets from Wikipedia, of course). vee device love songs about places they will never see. ... more

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