The Spectacle

from Ota Benga by The May Day Orchestra

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lyrics

well, it's just as our story goes
I was out hunting and stumbled into this world
they took me to their faraway home
said that I must stay awhile
to dance and to entertain, to entertain these ghosts
in Saint Louis they are building a great city
and so quickly they will tear it all down
where a man they called Geronimo
sat there carving arrowheads
I was at the fair and it was never fair
the way they treated us, treated us like animals
and this place is so cold, this place is so cold

lost and alone no fair wind home
called us all all the wrong names
made us play these foolish games
with a one way ticket
staring is not seeing...
oh, the spectacle
all the noise...
from one hell to another
there was the fair and now the zoo
oh, quite the spectacle
I am a man in a cage at the zoo laughed at and prodded
living in the nightmare an ape's cage in a strange land
please enjoy the spectacle if you can believe it...

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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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