ha ah too funny, right from first lines. A lot of fun.

good whiskey & ciggies voice. you are a sly messenger of dark truths. cool cover art on all your songs. play on. (<;

A jazzy and hilarious attempt to burn instincts with awareness... You convinced me all the way! Let's burn the firefighters ;-)

Cool tune - nice arrangement, nice singing and playing.  It has an assured groove.

you are getting better and better and better all the time.

A cool track & arrangement..with a recognizable vibe a la Tom Waits, but a typical Gom creation☺️..well done, I like it!👍✌️

If you close your mind
you’ll be right all the time
(just close your mind)
you’ll be good all the time
(ooh-ooh)
while the witches burn
(a-ah)
while they burn
(a-ah)

If you open your mind
(then what happens?)
you’ll be wrong all the time
(and why would you want that?)
you’ll feel bad all the time
(and why would you want that??)
seeing people burn
when they burn their witches

Licorice smoke
Licorice smoke
(a-a-ah)

They sent me to school to learn to read right
(you better learn to read right)
Instead I learned to read between the lines
(and there’s so many lines!)

Most of history would never seem right
(tell me the part that seems right)
We’re a dumpster fire and it’s hard to miss the signs
(is genocide a sign?)

But that’s not me–I could never act this way!
Except that
everyone who failed us said that…

So what’s the recipe
(just give us the recipe!)
when all the people who are selling one
end up telling you to hold their gun?
Well, I don’t know
(oh, he don’t know)

But if you shut your mind
you’ll be righteous and kind
while the wicked and blind
(screw the wicked and blind)
are getting themselves burned,
(they're getting themselves burned)
they’re getting themselves burned
(look how they’re getting themselves burned!)

And if you just open your eyes
(tell us how, open our eyes!)
no crowd no matter what size
(are you sure the size don't matter?)
no simple truths nor plain lies
will make it okay to burn
when children burn 
children burn their witches

if we have to burn
who do we have to burn?
(a-a-ah!)

Licorice smoke
Licorice smoke

Now people say I’m weird, probably wasn’t raised right
(boy’s definitely not right)
but I just feel among the very few sane
(no, we’re the ones who are sane!)

anoint some f***ing clowns to sneer, squiggle and gaslight
(but we love them!)
chug endless streams of 5-second memes to lull and entertain
(ourselves to sleep)

But that’s not me–I would never be a sheep!
Except that
every nameless face ever has said that...
(are you calling me a nameless face?!)

So what’s the prophecy?
(just give us the prophecy!)
Well, every handsome prophet yelling one
will drop a hint you need to hate someone...
(just tell us, tell us who!)

Licorice smoke
Licorice smoke
Licorice smoke
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