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Sometimes re​-​mastered 1986​/​2021

by Robert Poss

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1.
Torch 03:52
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Sometimes 03:01
Jane spilled her drink down her shirt and smiled satisfied the circle of fifths diminished by one she goes out on the dance floor it's a push pull scene for the young and the restless everything gets routine and the boys and girls we tried to be are no longer quite as clean stand alone skulls aligned nights are old you scan the crowd you've met your match the money's flashed ok let's go did you catch his eye you're not who he's thinking of one last look as you turn to leave you hope he'll follow stupid dream back on the street you want the cold walk fast with some faked purpose eyes straight and studied indifference you're the type he thinks about sometimes
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Think Twice 04:07
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When you left the room there were whispers You're an object of lust, a subject of mystery Tonight the pilot lights wink like eyes The tubes glow blue The fuses spark The wires burn bright Because of you You are on everyone's special list You've placed yourself in the center of it all All the encore calls, they were for you But here on sacred ground there's something wrong I can't recognize you anymore I held my breath as I watched the film You looked like you, but you didn't look real The scene looked fake The gun shot blanks The cars were stunts The kiss took ten takes Just a dream before waking All the encore calls, they were for you But here on sacred ground there's something wrong I can't recognize you anymore When you left the room there were whispers You're an object of desire, a subject of mystery But tonight, the pilot lights wink like eyes The tubes glow blue The fuses spark The wires burn bright Because of you
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Green Christ king of nuclear waste black ghost crucified on a cross of gold southern shock troops steal our souls children pray in school the unwanted brought into the world white house whores businessmen in epaulets command bomber squadrons wargame factories while hidden victims rot in lime green rooms war criminals see winnable wars freedom fighters raped the nuns welcomed at the embassy gestapo diplomacy a face without features a squirming charlatan on a white horse squints into the public eye and lies
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ou think you know it all You work hard enough but your job seems dull I could've been you, but I prefer not to Choose your targets you say My eye's on the bull's eye Right on the mark I'm staring at you, but I prefer not to So we work the graveyard shift We're underpaid but not unprepared I could've been you, but I prefer not to I think I know it all I work hard enough but my life seems dull Jealousy breeds contempt Who me? C'mon I'm a lot like you I'm a dime-a-dance girl So this is how we measure success

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Complete with bad primitive drum machine parts (handclaps?), here is what I was working on in 1986, just before forming Band Of Susans. Alva Rogers on backing vocals. Ron Spitzer on occasional piano. The rest... is me. It was a cassette release. Band Of Susans re-worked a few of these.

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released November 15, 2021

Originally mastered by Nicolas Collins. re-mastered by Robert Poss in 2021. Blessing And Curse Music (ASCAP). All songs by Robert Poss

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Robert Poss New York, New York

Composer and guitarist Robert Poss was a founding member of Band Of Susans,
 which Rolling Stone Magazine described as "adamantly arty, brainy,
 visceral and bracing." Tape Op
 Magazine described him as a “guitar genius, drone meister …the master
 of treated and manipulated guitars.” ... more

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