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His first kicking came on January 1st
They said, âWelcome to the club,
weâll take your shoes and your shirt.â
And he wore his nosebleed like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win again and again and again.
He had to find an escape route.
It was a rumour, but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
With a boy from a different school.
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and bruises
He chose Ohio to run to
The name came to him just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge, his whole face pursed
It had a ring to it in American songs
As a glittering release from his crippling curse
He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space
And all the pointing fingers they just melted away
But who knows, maybe heâll never take flight
But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night
And it became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
Midwestern chest to fall into
Some are saved by the good arms
Some are saved by the church
Some get saved by the skin of their teeth
By the thought that it couldnât get much worse
Some are saved by professors
Some are saved by police
Some get saved by a distant place
By an impossible American dream
We all need an escape route
We all need an escape route
From the punches and kicks
The fingernails and the pricks
All the sharp little knives
In the dark pockets of life
From the bitches and bruises
From the burden of youth
The public hangings and stonings
Save us from fellow humans
Just give us an escape route
- Album:
- Disko Warp x Pump It Up Pro 2 Official Soundtrack
- Painting of a Panic Attack
- Backyard Skulls
- Pedestrian Verse
- Late March, Death March
- The Woodpile
- State Hospital (EP)
- A Frightened Rabbit (EP)
- Liver! Lung! FR!
- The Midnight Organ Fight
- The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
- Miscellaneous
- Painting of a Panic Attack (Deluxe)
- Lump Street
- Die Like A Rich Boy
- Get Out
- Quietly Now ! - Midnight Organ Fight Live and Acoustic At...
- iTunes Festival: London 2012
- Quietly Now! Liver! Lung! Fr!
- EMusic Sessions: Live At Urban Outfitters - SXSW 2007