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Dreamed Another Circus

from Ota Benga by The May Day Orchestra

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lyrics

The maintenance men have quit
I wouldn't drink the water
watch the riots from the roof
into this nightmare escaping slaughter
couldn't cut it at home, just monkeys in their suits
Livingstone was delirious and Stanley was a brute
people deal the cards they got and their kids play on the stairs
the poor they fight each other while the rich they don't care

I saw a circus in the dark dark city night
where there's an army of orphans who will try to stay lost
living in the nightmare you dream of the terror
baskets of severed hands and vultures in the sky
gather what washes in with the merchants and the tides
search for lost treasure and steal back your dreams

it's more than the circus that's just pulled into town
but there seems to be something cooking underground
start one dog barking and you'll have the whole block
but to bring down this Goliath it will take more than this rock

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from Ota Benga, released November 9, 2010

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The May Day Orchestra St. Louis, Missouri

The May Day Orchestra was founded in 2008 by songwriter Tim Rakel. The current line-up features drummer Mary DeLeonardis, bassist Jake DeLeonardis and guitarist Charlie Tabing. The band is currently releasing installments of their fourth album.

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