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.

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

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.