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Woke up early this morning, tied the laces on my shoes
and I was out of the apartment before the sun arose
Didn’t stop to lock the door or turn off the t.v. news
We’re like the ghosts of men nobody knows
In the street the wind is blowing, I can hear the trees a-sway
They creak and groan as if lamenting leaves they’ve long since tossed away
And we float and flutter down across the neighbor’s alleyway
Like the ghosts of men who walked here yesterday

What’s the meaning of this magic?
Don’t you know we live in times so tragic
wizards have no power here
and spirits flee from ghouls?
What I know of modern science, she replied,
could fit into a small appliance
powered by the minds of preachers, lords, and fools.

Running blindly through the forest
came upon a chain link fence
Wolves circle in the darkness
Helicopters overhead
Thirty seconds wasted scaling
I tore my hands on the barbed wire
Sharks smell blood in the water
Helicopters smell blood in the sky
And I am learning how to tie my own shoelaces
I am learning to say thank you and say please
I am reenacting violence in small spaces
I am shouting at the sun in Japanese
And we will build a fence around the garden
And we will line our windowsills with salt
We will drive two sharpened stakes into the lawn outside the doorway We will mount the skulls of buffalo to ward off the occult
And Jesus saved the sinners
and Lincoln freed the slaves
and I don’t know about you, I haven’t got much more to say
except we’ll never to come to nothing but the things we are today
We’re like the ghosts of men who walked away

So pull me from the barroom, baby, point me toward the hills
Sell me to the sorcerers and run me with the bulls
Tie me with a tightrope and throw me to the wolves tonight

What’s the meaning of this magic?
Don’t you know we live in times so tragic
wizards have no power here
and spirits flee from ghouls?
What I know of modern science, she replied,
could fit into a small appliance
powered by the minds of preachers, lords, and fools
Powered by the minds of preachers, lords, and fools

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from Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals, track released October 3, 2013

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Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals Seattle, Washington

Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals is a six-piece folk-apocalypse band from Seattle, WA, featuring cello, violin, theremin, bucket drumming, and four-part harmonies, not to mention heartfelt songs about love, life, and the end of the world. DL&PI has been bringing their cacophonous blend of indie rock, folk, punk, country, and jazz to the barrooms and bedrooms of the Puget Sound since 2012. ... more

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