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The Cost of the Ride

from The Yellow Machine by American Fuck-Tape

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**THE COST OF THE RIDE**
…and we’re spinning.
How apropos
That fleeting instant Life’s aglow
And you pray to stay Right There…

But there’s a banshee
and I can’t breathe.
I don’t remember how to leave.

Her heart is black; mine is just blue
Oh, baby – I know it hurts inside
My mind is a cyclone: vision’s askew
I’m +so+ sorry I laughed when you cried
She walked out that door – and that’s when I knew
Ooh, honey; that ‘sting’ is just Pride
There’s no sense pretendin’ that it isn’t true:
That’s the Cost of the Ride

So it’s endearing;
These turns of phrase.
The gauzy vision of the days…
Pressing, confessing smiles

But here comes the shorthand –
and a silken blade
shivering, twitching in the Shade

Tomorrow is never; it’s a coin in a well
Oh, baby – I know it hurts inside
Book passage to Purgatory – but end up in Hell
I’m +so+ sorry I laughed when you cried
I’m not even sure there’s a soul left to tell.
Ooh, honey; that ‘sting’ is just Pride
So I keep on buying all there is to sell…
That’s the Cost of the Ride

And this is the low-tide
and the ebbing’s here.
A stockpile for the year.
We race to outpace the Need

But here breaks tomorrow
Open, bleeding and dire.
One’s a Sucker. One’s a Liar.

I’ll stand in line, though my pockets are bare
Oh, baby – I know it hurts inside
Seeping creeps can’t be worse for your “wear”
I’m +so+ sorry I laughed when you cried
I give you Well Done; but your give me… rare.
Ooh, honey; that ‘sting’ is just Pride
It may have been legal, but it sure wasn’t fair;
That’s the Cost of the Ride

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from The Yellow Machine, track released November 23, 2012
Anton L'Amiral - vox, lunacy
Ace "Big Big Mike" NoMarr - guitars, e-bow guitar, repeated threats
Dr. Kyle "The" Jones - bass, synthesizer, oil-change
Dox Carrside - drums, tinype photography
"Little Big Mike" Marchant - guitar, guidance
Elizabeth Rose - vox, extreme generosity

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American Fuck-Tape created the Rockeretta Spectacular - and accompanying full-length concept-record "The Yellow Machine".
...to prove you don't have to just sit there and take it.

Not Every Time.

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