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Hit Machine

by Dead Drummer Friends

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1.
your fun x4 is not worth more than my life your fun x4 your fingernails, your hair your feelings don't know where where'd you come from and where you going from here where'd I come from and where we going from here it's not worth more than my life but this is bigger than my life x4 people in the streets people walk the streets cops they're on the beat cops they walk the beat you don't know where I live I don't know where you live you don't know who I am but I know who you are I see you come looking for a fight I see you you're gonna find a fight the break of pawn this shit is bigger than my life
2.
Hit Machine 02:20
blue skies, white clouds, red sun, red sun, red sun, red sun scrubbing skulls with an illusion drawing blood to draw conclusions the stars aren't even really there just parts of particles a part of the air state sponsored killings on our tv screen these fuckin' fascists and their hit machine x3 your mom and dad trying to act like they don't know what I mean red flag, black lives, white lies, white lies, white lies lift your eyes with an incision, there's death in you decisions but you can only see yourself once your face is turned to stone x2 these fuckin' fascists and their hit machine x3 your mom and dad trying to act like they don't know what I mean you don't know what you don't know what you don't know what
3.
in the morning when I rise I go and I go and wake up terrified (you know that) a pain grips me up in my chest and the dark murky waters won't let me rest (I keep on) tossin turnin twistin and burnin not entirely convinced I'm still alive (I got some) questions for this Q&A, how the fuck do you think we got here today? it's the comfort of a conspiracy... oh yeah sunken deeper, running in place, I cannot I cannot give you your inner space (that's on you) teacher teachin, grabbin and reachin, no need to practice when you're the one preaching. with my eyes closed feeling defined, I'm snappin snappin right back back in line (I know that) you cannot hear me, feel me or see me, but the tide's gonna rise up every time it's the comfort of a conspiracy it all falls into place let the sun shine in...
4.
everything I see, I feel x2 I reel from the real, same time conceal x2 get up, get into it, get involved we'll be long gone long before it's resolved broken glass everywhere people living in the streets cuz they don't know where turn it loose or give it up we've got the same cup, go on and fill it up the point of the dance, is to dance x2 go on and dance, punk! I get into it, gonna do my thing forever every night is what we all sing it's a new day, if you want it war is over, if you want it I got something that makes me shout I got that something tells me what it's all about float down the stream with a turned off mind projected reflections is all you'll find go on and dance, punk!
5.
I am off the law
6.
motherfuckers wanna talk to me tell me they got a thought of what I'm supposed to be it's all apples and bees, so I grapple with trees but my lungs can't take the heat and moisture I'm on ox again, on oxygen barely breathing like a neck on the cops of men there's no stopping them, all they know is attack that's why these poor motherfuckers gettin shot in the back we ain't gettin' outta here we ain't gettin' outta here we ain't gettin' outta here alive kickin rocks just for something to do pal around, hear my sound, let it shine on through the song hits you like a punch in the tooth I think the same damn things that I did in my youth no coming back from uncivil disobediance I'll stomp a nazi no matter what the pleadin is the bleedin is a bi product of the fear I got news for ya baby, we ain't gettin' outta here we ain't gettin' outta here we ain't gettin' outta here we ain't gettin' outta here alive
7.
Going Down 02:37
drunk and leaning, seeing visions and dreams feeling kind of blue without a love supreme I could go for miles on this coaltrain but all the thoughts of you take up my whole brain sketching giant steps, the shape of what's to come no promise that I'll be there, come around and get you some my cup is empty man, it was never full faded and I'm fading when you push I always pull I'm going down (when you need me) x3 I'm going down, down, down we could be anybody, hiding in sight just a couple cool vampires, waiting to bite throwing punches go and make me your bag take it forever, only got a black flag I see the lightness, I'm feeling terrible to be a human being seeing it's unbearable don't want to be here, is that not plain to see do your heart a favor, stay the hell away from me I'm going down (when you need me) x3 I'm going down, down, down I need ya, I need ya, I need ya, amnesia
8.
you don't really know what I mean and you don't really know what I've seen and you don't really know what I mean when I say that it's all just one big thing and you don't really know what you mean and you don't really know what you've seen and you don't really know what I mean when I say that you're not even here and I don't know... why you don't think you're me I don't really know what this means and I don't really know why I'm mean and I don't really know what you mean when you say that you have an enemy I don't really know what is me and I don't really know what is the end how could I be at the end when I swear that I never did begin I don't know... why you don't think you're me
9.
I'm gonna give ya till the second time I'm gonna give ya till the second time around I know you're fixing to let me down I know you're fixing to let me down again that's okay, I don't mind
10.
Magic Man 02:44
you know they call me the magic man x4 I go away x4 you know they call me the magic man x4 I go away x4 and I ain't ever gonna come back I need ya to come back so I can go away...
11.
bang, bang: can you feel the separation? you're not me and i'm not you bang, bang: call it individuation can you hear the sound coming through? can we demand more, out on the dance floor we're all just damn whores for the man's war sick and tired of people dragging me down I shake it shake it shake it till I'm coming around I'm feeling real good, I'm in a cold sweat you try to tell me what to do, I ain't been told yet you gotta move, bitch, don't get out the way go on and shake that ass, baby what you wanna say we gotta make it last, this shit is all we've got you're staring down the barrel, come on now, take your shot bang... bang, bang: hear em play it on the station when it hits you know I feel no pain bang, bang: yeah, it's all anticipation gonna shoot it up in my veins I clap my own hands, I stomp my own feet I bang my own drum, I got my own beat a born alcoholic, never anonymous I party for the right to fight this life autonomous keep your distance, never leave me alone I never had or needed a home you're preaching to the choir, go on and let them sing jump back baby, you know scotty gonna do his thing bang...
12.
champin' at the bit

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Full length album from Dead Drummer Friends

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released July 13, 2021

Written, Performed and Produced by Scott Rodgers
Co-Produced by Alexander Burke
Mastered by Robert Margouleff

Bang! and Off The Llaw horns written by Pegleg Roberts
Champin' At The Bit Horns written by Betamax DC

Additional Players:
Melissa Green (Vocals)
Michael Cassady (Trumpet, Piano, Synth)
Pegleg Roberts (Alto/Tenor Sax)
Betamax DC (Tenor Sax)
Richard Velzen (Trombone)
Alexander Burke (Moog, Prophet, Piano and Organ)

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Dead Drummer Friends Los Angeles, California

Dead Drummer Friends is a punk, funk, garage soul musical undertaking mainly by musician/filmmaker Scott Rodgers. The full length album was made during the back half of 2020 in Scott's garage and the front half of 2021 in Alexander Burke's studio. Mastered by Robert Margouleff (Stevie Wonder, Tonto's Expanding Head Band). ... more

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