Absent Minded
Soldier Disco at the Purple Onion
You told me who to vote for
and i said if you came to visit
here
and comment you could sway my vote
but dear soldier
I will not fall for any form of any dictatorship
and the government will cover their a55 no matter who i vote for
Here i am the only white man in my ghetto
a gay man at that
i told you about silent wars speaking of drugs
and when i went to defend myself from your offense
my friends who support you got upset
and i lost them that night
they no longer talk to me
because i got back into your face
I'm supposed to understand your war
and you tell me bl;untly to be a murderer
and kill drug dealers in my hood
but you see
im not the one with the liscence to kill
and if you want my vote for you to go off overseas
and kill or be killed
then come here and sign my guestbook
and prove this is truly how you feel
and go around wherever you want
and sway everyones votes
like a politician
You knew what you were signing up for when you took that job
like i knew what i was gettin ginto by beiong poor
hey i understand the desperation
soldier disco
at the purple onion
i know what its like to lose friends
i lost afew because of you that night
but im not allowing any form of a dictatorship enter my sphere of influence
and hey if im the only one brave enopugh to stand up to you
and your commraderies in the smoke pit
then so be it
but i have freedom of speach
just like you
and you are not going to bully me into my vote
youre not going to bully me into thinking you should gety paid more to kill
youre not going to silence me in public
no matter how many of my friends are scared
and how many of my friends throw me away
i will make you public
I know its an all out war
I know were not peace keeping as we sleep with the enemy
i know we call them smuftees
i know how much drugs com ethrough the bordser
i know how i am the lone caucausian in amixing pot ghetto
without alliscence to kill
and youre telling me to do what youve been trained to do
but if you want my support
then lets see if you remember to come here and sign my guestbopok
come here and see if you can earn my support
come here and see if you can remember what happened three weeks ago
and why i lost twelve friends
because your actions scared half a bar into thinking
our community is becominbg a dictatorship
and i will not stand for it
soldier disco
but i will stad up for my rights
for my freedom of speach
i am not afraid of you or the government
i am not afraid of losing a few trembling friends who will lie
to keep your desires of dictatorship at arms reach
lets dance
lets dance
lets dance
drinks are an hour and you cant afford to buy me one after you get in my face
and try to take my rights away
in the middle of a silent war i am of drugs and drive bys
and youre gonna tell me how to vote
so you can have more money killing people
but you dont give a damn about me here
about how im suffering
IM THE ONE TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE
trust me disco
you'll be ok
but thanks for the heads up
i wonder what sound white people make when their brains get blown out
even though their enemies cant afford to drive around in vans with dance music
but im sure smuftee isnt a very good sound all around
and i said if you came to visit
here
and comment you could sway my vote
but dear soldier
I will not fall for any form of any dictatorship
and the government will cover their a55 no matter who i vote for
Here i am the only white man in my ghetto
a gay man at that
i told you about silent wars speaking of drugs
and when i went to defend myself from your offense
my friends who support you got upset
and i lost them that night
they no longer talk to me
because i got back into your face
I'm supposed to understand your war
and you tell me bl;untly to be a murderer
and kill drug dealers in my hood
but you see
im not the one with the liscence to kill
and if you want my vote for you to go off overseas
and kill or be killed
then come here and sign my guestbook
and prove this is truly how you feel
and go around wherever you want
and sway everyones votes
like a politician
You knew what you were signing up for when you took that job
like i knew what i was gettin ginto by beiong poor
hey i understand the desperation
soldier disco
at the purple onion
i know what its like to lose friends
i lost afew because of you that night
but im not allowing any form of a dictatorship enter my sphere of influence
and hey if im the only one brave enopugh to stand up to you
and your commraderies in the smoke pit
then so be it
but i have freedom of speach
just like you
and you are not going to bully me into my vote
youre not going to bully me into thinking you should gety paid more to kill
youre not going to silence me in public
no matter how many of my friends are scared
and how many of my friends throw me away
i will make you public
I know its an all out war
I know were not peace keeping as we sleep with the enemy
i know we call them smuftees
i know how much drugs com ethrough the bordser
i know how i am the lone caucausian in amixing pot ghetto
without alliscence to kill
and youre telling me to do what youve been trained to do
but if you want my support
then lets see if you remember to come here and sign my guestbopok
come here and see if you can earn my support
come here and see if you can remember what happened three weeks ago
and why i lost twelve friends
because your actions scared half a bar into thinking
our community is becominbg a dictatorship
and i will not stand for it
soldier disco
but i will stad up for my rights
for my freedom of speach
i am not afraid of you or the government
i am not afraid of losing a few trembling friends who will lie
to keep your desires of dictatorship at arms reach
lets dance
lets dance
lets dance
drinks are an hour and you cant afford to buy me one after you get in my face
and try to take my rights away
in the middle of a silent war i am of drugs and drive bys
and youre gonna tell me how to vote
so you can have more money killing people
but you dont give a damn about me here
about how im suffering
IM THE ONE TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE
trust me disco
you'll be ok
but thanks for the heads up
i wonder what sound white people make when their brains get blown out
even though their enemies cant afford to drive around in vans with dance music
but im sure smuftee isnt a very good sound all around
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Soldier Disco at the Purple Onion
Soldier Disco at the Purple Onion
