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Dresden

from Odds and Ends by The Late Joys

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It seemed perfectly clear when Samuel Alito, Jr. was nominated to the Supreme Court what the future held for women's reproductive rights. We'll see how it plays out, but this song sprang forth from Mr. P's smoldering dread.

But why Dresden? "It taps into the hypocrisy and self-wrought insulation from the harm we cause in the real world with nary a second thought," says Robi, "It's like fire-bombing some distant city in the name of 'peace.' The damage is too far from our ken; we probably never really understand the pain we've inflicted in places we've never been. Out of sight, out of mind, as some famous bard once mused. When the metaphorical bombs start to fall closer to home, the children of the blinkered rich will always be able to fly to Paris for their needs; the rest of us will be left to burn in anonymity."

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Sally's crying in the kitchen
Clutching Kleenex tissues and at dreams of the clinic
That's gonna solve her problem, it's a name and address
That she got from one of the bad girls in her class
But she doesn't have any money
So she won't get that far
Who's she gonna turn to when there's no white hat?
Do you think she'd dare to get in her abusive father's car?

Dresden
Dresden
We burned it down before, we can burn it down again
Dresden

Sadie's on the plane to Paris
With her visa issued and a second set of baggage
She's a name and address to help her solve her problem
First a visit to the clinic then she'll do a little shopping
'Cos she's got a lot of money
Or at least her daddy has
He's not a politician or a diplomat
Just a well-connected member of the ruling privileged class

Dresden
Dresden
We put them to the torch and we never felt a thing
Dresden

Sammy's swinging with the Supremes
He's principled and decent not some right-wing extremist
So tuck your little problem back under your dress
When that black-robed bastard says, "Father knows best"
It's not a matter of money
It's just a matter of time
Before the bombs start dropping at his injunction
On the distant clinics or your funny Valentine

Dresden
Dresden
We'll put them to the sword or the hanger and the gin
Dresden

Dresden
Dresden
We burned it down before, we can burn it down again
Dresden

credits

from Odds and Ends, released August 1, 2006
Robi Polgar: guitars, vocals
Patrick Lopez: bass
Rex Rizk: drums

Words and music by Robi Polgar.
Recorded at Revolution Records, Austin, TX; Aug. '06.
Produced by The Late Joys.
Engineered and mastered by the mighty Rex.

Created by Stay Indie; art direction by The Late Joys.

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