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you want to hear a ditty so
i’ll play a fucking ditty, o!

I was trying to take a nap
It felt more like a heart attack 
I was waiting for you to call me back
Trying to ignore electoral maps

There were people burning down churches 
Spray painted with the name of a hotel brand
My mind and my body might be getting divorced soon
It's been 30 odd years with this flesh cellmate

but
you want to hear a ditty

in a quiet night’s fog
i can try to feel god
but the vacant strip malls
they just spit at me feet
take the dogs through the park
and catch dirty looks
from suburban moms and dads their kids
missing their teeth 
if i’m not bouncing my checks   
it seems as good as it gets
but that aint what the screen’s revealing to me
these fascist fucking crooks
born and bred to burn books 
i know it seems hopeless baby focus on me 


in a a quiet night’s fog
i can try to feel god
but the vacant strip malls
just spit at me feet
take the dogs through the park
and catch dirty looks
from suburban moms and dads their kids
missing their teeth 
if i’m not bouncing my checks   
it seems as good as it gets
but that ain't what the screen’s revealing to me
these white supremacist cops 
just  love a heart when it’s stopped 
i know it seems hopeless baby focus on me

ditty (jan 666)

From the album "A Very Charging Moose Christmas". Available for purchase/streaming on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, and at http://chargingmoosemedia.bandcamp.com

Hear the full album at: soundcloud.com/chargingmooseny/sets/a-very-charging-moose

I Never Thought I’d See The City Sleep
Lyrics by - Selda Sahin
Music by - Derek Gregor
Arranged by Marcus Thorne Bagala 
Performed by
Gabriel Violett - Lead Vocals
Megan Dorn - Vocals
Marcus Thorne Bagala - Guitar/Bass/Keys
Aaron Drescher - Drums

Produced by Charging Moose Media
www.chargingmoosemedia.com

A Very Charging Moose Christmas

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Gabriel Violett (ft. Megan Dorn) - I Never Thought I'd See The City Sleep

(Verse 1)
Favorite colors are red white and blue
Were his dad’s and granddad’s too 
Vietnam and World War Two
It was in his blood to follow suit 

Momma couldn’t bear another folded flag
But she knew tears wouldn’t hold him back 
Barely eighteen, he was already packed
All he needed was a rifle and a set of dog tags

(Chorus)
That protest poster you've been flying
That jacked up half ton you've been driving
Those cigarettes you been smoking 
That welfare check you been blowing 
Those Sunday mornings you slept in 
Missing church ‘cause of last nights binge 
And all those sins you can't get off your back 
Somebody Paid For That 

(Verse 2)
What we see on the 6 o’clock news
Ain't half the hell that he’s been through
Fallen brothers in blood stained boots
Headed home to a twenty one gun salute

He’s not the same when he gets home
Mama wonders “Where did her boy go”  
The pills barely help hide the ghosts  
On the fence between a trigger and an overdose

(repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
Those fifty stars and thirteen stripes
A piece of paper signed on the 4th of July 
Freedom to defend our God given rights
Somebody paid for……. 

(repeat Chorus)

Logan Tucker-Somebody Paid For That

Selda Sahin and Derek Gregor are the songwriters of the upcoming feature film "American Reject" and the short musical film "Grind" starring Anthony Rapp (Dazed and Confused, Rent) and Claire Coffee (NBC's Grimm).  They co-wrote Eric Michael Krop's (Broadway: Godspell) debut pop album "Greater Things"  They have collaborated with several artists in New York as well as Nashville and Los Angeles.

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