Robert Longyear - River Des Peres
3 times – 5 times
The graffiti on the
Whitewashed wall
Of the institution,
Now crumbled,
Has become
The cornerstone
Of our compound
2 for five
They’re going fast
it’s been all my years since my last confession
i uh…
3 times – 5 times
father
6 times
anything else
yes father – i appropriate things
interesting
stereos, radios, amplifiers
i’ve plagiarized at close range
7 times
blank tapes
how old are you
31 –i’ve been doing this all my life – i make sounds
i’ve committed 32 burglaries – one was a church father
terrible, terrible thing to steal from stores, but from a church; that’s god’s house
i stole religion right out from under my feet
god had a flask, i can prove it – placebo hand a loose cannon evangelist
and this has all been a chance to weave opposable thumbs
is there any way to give all of this stuff back?
and this has all been a chance to take my life back and escape with both hands intact
stereos, radios, amplifiers
The graffiti on the
Whitewashed wall
Of the institution,
Now crumbled,
Has become
The cornerstone
Of our compound
2 for five
They’re going fast
it’s been all my years since my last confession
i uh…
3 times – 5 times
father
6 times
anything else
yes father – i appropriate things
interesting
stereos, radios, amplifiers
i’ve plagiarized at close range
7 times
blank tapes
how old are you
31 –i’ve been doing this all my life – i make sounds
i’ve committed 32 burglaries – one was a church father
terrible, terrible thing to steal from stores, but from a church; that’s god’s house
i stole religion right out from under my feet
god had a flask, i can prove it – placebo hand a loose cannon evangelist
and this has all been a chance to weave opposable thumbs
is there any way to give all of this stuff back?
and this has all been a chance to take my life back and escape with both hands intact
stereos, radios, amplifiers