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"IT USED TO RAIN" LP (2011)

by abolitionist

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1.
Well, the shit hit the fan on a Tuesday Twenty three months with no rain and Things went a little bit crazy Yeah, a little bit crazy What do you do when there's no water? They tried to ration it out but That got old real quick That got old real fucking quick Now we've got Flaming barricades And dead people in the street Things were much worse by Sunday You couldn't go outside if You wanted to breathe The stench would make you choke Neighbors killing neighbors in the chaos It was every man, woman, and Child for themselves They just needed a drink Oh god, they needed a drink Now I'm not saying I'm not guilty You've got to do what you can Just to survive Just to make it through alive Looking back now I can't believe it I though I'd lived through the worst but I knew it wasn't done No, the war had just begun The war had just begun
2.
no water 03:53
There's no water No fucking water No water in this burned out fucking city No alternative We've gotta make it last one more day Gotta make it last one more day! Let's make a deal Let's make a goddamn deal One sip and I won't shoot you dead Don't even try me Don't fucking try me Just a drop on my swollen tongue Just a drop on my swollen tongue I wonder what's the point I wonder what's the fucking point But mostly I don't have time to think Gotta keep living Just keep on living I would kill right now for a drink I would kill right now for a drink
3.
my ak 03:31
My AK holds 31 rounds 31 rounds to knock you down Get away from my water tank Or I'm gonna shoot you in the flank I can see this whole damn valley You won't sneak up on me Gonna ride this out until the rains come Me and this greased up gun
4.
They came in peace at first Just a friendly band of neighbors We all worked together Until the well ran dry They lie They kill They drink We saw their true colors We heard false promises We should have known better Never trust a new friend They took us one by one To that dried up, empty well What a bittersweet irony We filled it up again
5.
bone dry 04:09
The fields are black and dead Creek beds are cracked and dry The hills are a tinder box Never realized that this place had been so alive It's only been a few months since I left Left behind a life (up and dried) Now I struggle in a collective mess You never realize you're alive until you're out of time Bone dry (this is life) It used to rain so much you'd almost drown Bone dry (this is life) Now the stench of fire is all around I killed a man a few weeks ago He wouldn't get the hint that we weren't friends He tried to get my flask under moon light Snuffed out his feeble fire and I don't care that he's dead Thirst does this to normal men It gets so deep inside them that they lose their sight How they saw the world is just a dream No use for tidy morals when it's time to fight
6.
It used to rain all around here It used to rain But then the clouds departed We've never been the same We've never been the same Never thought that I Would miss a black, foreboding sky It used to rain all around here It used to rain But then the clouds departed We've never been the same I remember the times when I Never saw the sun for months It was a cruel joke then But a crueler joke's begun It'd be a bitter pill to swallow But I can't wash it down Too many of us have died Too many in the ground I remember the puddles I used to splash around This thought forever consumes me I want to suck it down
7.
Tin & gasoline cans Scattered on the ground Tin & gasoline cans Make an ugly sound When everything is empty When nothing is left Tin & gasoline cans Signaling death I grew up in this waterless land Memories aplenty of the clouds overhead I would reach out, grabbing rain with my hand Now everything I touch is covered in sand It's not real Nothing grows in this desolate place The trees are all gone and now it's a race To find any water, to find any space To be the winner at the end of this chase Once the land of plenty but now nothing's around I took what I needed then burned to the ground What I couldn't take but it's all pointless now Tin cans & gasoline make an ugly sound
8.
only friend 03:38
This is not the end But it's not the start Not if we go forward Without the heart You can keep it all If we ain't gonna starve But it's the end of us If we stay apart What's that you say? You don't want to share That's all right by me You've gotta do what's fair For yourself, your fairest friends be damned But I'm so goddamn thirsty You have a drop to spare? I don't where I'm going I haven't drank in days Kind of feeling real gloomy About the bed that I've made It seems so clear to me now I had a choice but I failed To see the consequences Of trust, compassion unveiled I have learned so much About the lives we led Before it all dried up How it was in our heads The sense of place In a community Now it's plain to see My only friend is me
9.
What's that in the sky? So far out of reach Is it moving this way? I can taste it as I drown on this beach I don't believe my eyes This is a sight unseen I can't recall the shape It's always a taste in my dreams How does the story go? Shoot an arrow high Hit it right dead on I want to taste a piece of the sky I'm going to run so fast I'm going to get below I'm going to cup my hands I'm going drink so deep I explode
10.
It's been such a long time Since I tasted rain It tastes so sweet today Held my hands up high I could feel the sky Never wanna be dry It didn't seem like much As it fell so slowly Just a fine mist But mothers wept And the kids all danced We're gonna get through this We've all been through hell I've seen so many friends die From thirst and bullets I doubted myself I doubted everyone else Did we fail this test? Nothing ever comes The way you want it to Gotta keep your head up Gonna be a long time Before everything's in line We've got a fight ahead

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released May 26, 2011

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