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The Road
01:09
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2. |
Escape
03:22
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Escape the city when the weather went bad
In my busted Cadillac with my leather stained bag. Mixed it up
With the wrong people in the wrong place.
New the trouble went deep
When Big John had the long face,
“Get the fuck out!”
With his hand on my shoulder.
Didn’t need a second opinion
My blood ran colder.
Hit the freeway
Sweating
Death, I still fear you.
Took a quick nip of coke
Nervous glance in my rear view.
It all started when I met that girl
She was a code ten
Top ten
Goddess of my world.
Caught my eye
At the open bar at Little Paul’s wedding.
Didn’t know to death’s grip is where I was heading. Lighting bolts from her eyes
My eye flash back.
She had long black hair that hung down to her ass crank. Talked at the reception till the crowd dried up.
Took her home
We were sexing with my hands tied up.
She’s a tigress
Queen of the jungle making me stumble.
The birds and bees bumbled
Till the truth hit and my world crumbled.
Kind of truth that will make a brain freeze.
This tiger was spoken for
Bobby the Butcher was her main squeeze.
Bobby’s hands were bloody
Can’t scrape the red off.
They said in ‘96 he had chopped a man’s head off.
Left an arm down in Oakland
A leg up in Richmond.
Let the eyeballs get eaten by the bugs and the pigeons. On the road for five days
Too exhausted
I sleep in people’s driveways.
A ghost like hobos and old timers.
A stay silent
Eating eggs at greasy diners.
Then I can to a town.
The sign that said “Red Lake”
Had fallen to the ground
Population five thousand
Two hundred and thirty.
Kind of people that wake up at dawn
And go to bed early.
I parked and I walked around.
I’m a stranger
Don’t want to be the talk of town.
High school girls checking out my city threads.
I’m not tempted
Just lookin for a comfy bed.
Found a hotel near the lake stay holed up.
Thinking of Bobby the Butcher killing me in cold blood.
I can’t sleep
I’m a rabbit on the run.
Smoke a carton of Marlboros in my room with a sweaty lung. Something about this town don’t feel right.
Something about this town is strange.
I smoke and stare out the window
And I hear voices as as I watch the rain.
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3. |
Side Show
04:05
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4. |
The Lake
05:25
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In 1967
The renowned deep water diver
Roman Narducci from Italy arrived here.
To study the sediment
Under the water green.
Narducci entered the great Red Lake in a submarine.
Hatch closed tight.
A small crowd gathered on the dock.
The sub disappeared.
They kept their eyes on the hand of the clock.
An hour later
It burst up from the waves.
Shot to the shore like a dolphin in a blinded rage.
A car pulled up
From the road and drove along the trail
As Narducci jumped from his sub
His face aghast and pale.
Three men
Dressed in suits
Push him in the car.
Nobody knew what happened as they drove along the sand bar.
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Float on float on float on float on
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Go on go on go on go on
What could be hidden, hiding at the bottom of the lake?
Keep on keep on keep on keep on
What could be sleeping, dosing at the bottom of the lake?
Be gone be gone be gone be gone
The sub sat for six weeks.
It became the home of some marsh birds with some big beaks. Don’t believe what Freddy says
That kid tweaks.
Stuttering his words
And slurring all of his speech.
Joshua Kramer had a theory about the lake that was scientific. He was a credible source to give it.
He said the lake’s temperature
And sediment
Were fully stirred
To the point where a corpse could be perfectly preserved. This started whispers and mutters
Undercover at the barber shop
The rippling waves of gossip
People toss up
That are hard to stop.
Old Kenny remembered when Joey The Red
From a mob in the East
Bought a summer home near Jefferson’s creek.
Joey The Red was known for his taste in revenge.
And he’d send
A man right to his death
Along with three friends.
If you believe in what you hear just depends
On what you hear first.
The legend changes with the seasons.
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Float on float on float on float on
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Go on go on go on go on
What could be hidden, hiding at the bottom of the lake?
Keep on keep on keep on keep on
What could be sleeping, dosing at the bottom of the lake?
Be gone be gone be gone be gone
Other stories were created
Based on bloody stories that were passed down and dated.
Like the one Johnny Clark told
While holding his boat’s oar.
He said there was once a Chinese camp on the north shore.
They had come when the railroad was fully laid out.
They were paid out.
Built their own village and barely strayed out.
But the white settlers wanted to stop them from settling further
So all the Chinese men were kidnapped in the night and murdered. It was said they were rowed to the lake’s middle when they got them. Tied to heavy logs
Pushed out and sunk to the bottom.
Barney Richardson the fisherman had a different story
About something he had seen
In the water
On a foggy morning.
A creature
With the eyes of a man
Body of a serpent
Swimming through the murkiness and feeding on the vermin.
He described the foliage and barnacules the creatures covered with. Possibly a project
Created by the government.
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Float on float on float on float on
What did Narducci find at the bottom of the lake?
Go on go on go on go on
What could be hidden, hiding at the bottom of the lake?
Keep on keep on keep on keep on
What could be sleeping, dosing at the bottom of the lake?
Be gone be gone be gone be gone
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5. |
Good 'Ol Boys
04:22
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6. |
Freddy Donahue
05:13
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7. |
Passing Through
00:29
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8. |
Marilyn
04:41
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9. |
Granny P
03:09
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10. |
Feels So Good
04:11
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11. |
Tear You Down
01:02
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12. |
Gone Girl
03:52
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13. |
Home Sweet Home
02:55
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14. |
Return To The Road
01:18
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The Red Lake Quiz
Listened to the album? Now take the quiz!
Get 10 out of 10 questions right and receive an authentic map of the town, autographed by the current mayor of Red Lake, Randolph Clovenfield.
1) What is the name of the fisherman who claims to have first discovered the lake creature that Red Lake residents refer to as “Richy”?
2) How much does a jar of moonshine cost in the town of Red Lake?
3) What is the name of the creek that legendary gangster “Joey The Red” bought a summer home next to?
4) How many times does a truck driver honk his horn to let the world know he is in need of companionship?
5) What year did famed oceanographer and explorer Roman Narducci visit Red Lake?
6) The blood of what nocturnal bird is needed to complete a batch of Granny Payne’s Elixir?
7) True or false? There was once a Chinese camp on the north side of the lake.
8) Fill in the blank. The real name of the side show performer known as “The Human Pin Cushion” is either Ralph or _______.
9) Who was the MVP of last year’s football team at Red Lake High?
10) What is the population of Red Lake USA?
Not sure about what the answer? Go back and listen to the album again, it’s all there if you listen real close.
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