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It’s a rain of lightening at the vast and useless crowd;
wet the pallet of the wilted mouths of the masses.
In the palace of the despot; the dressing room of the leading man
Tries to cover the impossible tan,
Are you happy now?
You did it
They open up and feed you; the crippled, the hungry, the desperate,the lonely

I wonder how you do it.
I wonder how you do it; how you strike the chord?
I wonder how you do it; how you strike the chord?

Shots to lead a chorus! Shots to hold those muscles down!
Tell the preacher to invite the clown to the boardroom.
It’s a surge of power; (BANG) a flash of light on a movie screen
Do you remember what it used to mean
when you sat there? Desperate, dejected, immobile
the wrong hands, the wrong shirt, the wrong voice, the wrong ghost
I wonder...I wonder how you do it.

I wonder how you do it.
I wonder how you do it; how you strike the chord
I wonder how you do it; how you strike the chord

See the man with the missing mouth.

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from Metal Kites - The Schoolyard EP (2008), released June 5, 2021
Musicians: John Tielli, Mike Kuehn, Robin Buckley, Simeon Abbott, Erika Werry, Ida Nilsen

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