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Ghetto Defendant

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Ghetto Defendant

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Version 1 of the lyrics

1  Starved in metropolis                      [ - Allen Ginsberg lyrics] 1
1  hooked on nicropolis   1
2  addict of metropolis   2
3  do the worm on acropolis   3
4  slamdance cosmopolis   4
5  enlighten the populace   5
      
2  Hungry darkness of living                         do the worm on the accropolis 2
1  / slamdance the cosmopolis1
2  / enlighten the populace2
3      3
4  hungry darkness of living4
  who will thirst in the pit?  who will thirst in the pit?
3    hooked in nicropolis    hooked in metropolis 3
  she spent a lifetime deciding  she spent a lifetime deciding
  how to run from it  how to run from it
4  addict          of metropolis    addicts of metropolis 4
  once fate had a witness  once fate had a witness
  and the years seemed like friends  and the years seemed like friends
5    girlfriends    girlfriends 5
6  now the doll has a dream   her babies can         dream 6
7  but it begins like the end   but dreams begin like the end 7
8    shot in eternity    shot into eternity 8
9    methadone kitty    methadone kitty 9
10    iron serenity    iron serenity 10
      
11  Ghetto defendant   ghetto defendant 11
  it is heroin pity  it is heroin pity
  not tear gas nor baton charge  not tear gas nor baton charge
  that stops you taking the city  that stops you taking the city
      
12  Strung         out committee    strung out committee 12
13                                walled out of the city 13
6  Walled out of the city   6
  clubbed down from uptown  clubbed down from uptown
  sprayed pest from the nest  sprayed pest from the nest
  run out to barrio town  run out to barrio town
14  the guards are itchy   the guards are itchy 14
  forced to watch at the feast  forced to watch at the feast
  then sweep up the night  then sweep up the night
  flipped pieces of coin  flipped pieces of coin
15    broken bottles    broken bottles 15
  exchanged for birthright  exchanged for birthright
16    grafted in a jiffy    grafted in a jiffy 16
7   7
8  Ghetto defendant   8
9  it is heroin pity   9
10  strung out committee   10
11  not tear gas nor baton charge   11
12  will stop you taking the city   12
      
17  Not sitting pretty               strung out committee 17
18  grafted in a jiffy    sitting pretty        18
19  it is heroin pity           graphed in a jiffy 19
20  not tear gas nor baton charge    no pity, pretty                20
13  will stop you taking the city   13
      
21  The ghetto prince of gutter poets   the ghetto prince of gutter poets 21
  was bounced out of the room  was bounced out of the room
22    jean arthur rimbaud    jean arthur rimbaud 22
  by the bodyguards of greed  by the bodyguards of greed
23  for disturbing the tomb 1873   for disturbing the tomb       23
5  / 18735
  his words like flamethrowers  his words like flamethrowers
24    paris commune    paris commune 24
  burnt the ghettos in their chests  burnt the ghettos in their chests
25  his face      painted whiter   his face was painted whiter 25
26  then he was laid to rest   and he was laid to rest 26
27    died in marseille    died in marseille 27
28                                buried in charleville 28
29  Ghetto defendant        shut up 29
14  buried in charleville   14
15  it is heroin pity   15
16  not tear gas nor baton charge   16
17  stops you taking the city   17
18   18
19  Shut up in an eternity   19
20  it is heroin pity   20
21  not tear gas nor baton charge   21
22  that stops you taking the city   22
23   23
24  Guatemala honduras poland the hundred years war   24
25  tv rerun in vision deathsquad salvadore   25
26  afghanistan meditation old chinese nude   26
27  get junk, what else can the poor worker do?   27
28   28
29  Muttering throughout   29
30  ghetto defendant   30
31  it is heroin pity   31
32  not tear gas nor baton charge   32
33  stops you taking the city   33
34  [Repeat]   34
      
35  Don't hear any of this in the song...   35
  soap floods oil in water  soap floods oil in water
  all churn in the wake  all churn in the wake
  on the great ship of progress  on the great ship of progress
  the crew can't find the brake  the crew can't find the brake
  klaxons are blaring  klaxons are blaring
  the admiral snores command  the admiral snores command
  submarines boil in oceans  submarines boil in oceans
  while the armies fight with suns  while the armies fight with suns
      


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