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Hypnotic Paradise
( Verse 1 )
Hemmingway on the shelf but she hasn
There
With a Betty Davis
She makes the scene with 14 drinks, desensitized to it all.
The waiter
He tries to gain her confidence with a phony James Dean stare.
He serves a tray of images to fit her self esteem
She can sample each one before she picks how she
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Ohh, it
Facing the illusions all alone.
Chorus:
It
You think you know what
The streets are filled with mirrors and masks,
you see what they want you to see,
It
( Post chorus )
Oh oh oh oh, take me home ( 4 times )
( Verse 2 )
The walls are filled with 8 by 10
That look like what Rod Serling saw in a made for TV dream.
The closets are now opened up and repression poured in.
Screaming out defiance and professing no sins.
The gatekeeper
He
His daughter now bears kids for the all star football team
And his son is selling secrets to a third world death regime.
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Chorus:
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( Verse 3 )
The mayor
To take money from the kid
Who
Who
A ghost is sometimes heard telling stories about the songs.
That Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton played all night long.
There
Singing tunes about the ones never heard from anymore.
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Chorus:
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© 2003 Terry G. Reed
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