Shane Hall performs a Dylan song and an original at Tammany Hall with Brian Delsignore and Mike Roser

 
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The Rectangle Club @ Ralph's Diner 6/6/08

 
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• Enemy
  When I walk I keep one of my eyes locked
  over my shoulder, and I think it's starting
  to take its toll on my psyche.
  
  I just might be resigned to nothing more
  than just an enemy of the state of confusion.
  
  That bridge was fine before you burned it.
  I've learned if you wanna succeed you've
  gotta have more - a little more than what you need.
  
  But even the essentials get detrimental and there's
  something special about an enemy of the state of confusion.
  
  Maternal unit, I am only here because of your indiscretions.
  I am only here to breathe life into nothing at all.
  I am only here for...something...but it's something I must have forgot.
  
  Take the sins of my father, and that's just for starters.
  I think this martyr's coming to town, time for a confession
  or two. You should've been more specific.
  
  I almost missed it. There's something, they say, prolific
  about an enemy of the state of confusion.
  
  Paternal unit, I am only here because of your indiscretions.
  I am only here to breathe life into nothing at all.
  I am only here for...something...but it's something I must have forgot.  [Close]
• Dodo
  Something's up tonight
  Something just ain't right
  I got nothing to lose, something to prove
  and I'm holding a picture tight.
  
  Drawing on the walls.
  Ignoring all my calls.
  Losing some sleep and it ruins me deep
  so I really wouldn't walk that tall.
  
  Pick up the phone, make that call, and spend my night on the floor.
  
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  Going the way of the dodo
  La-dadidadadidat-dat-da
  Going the way of the dodo
  Go, go go!
  Pick one you like for the rest of your life sure did them lots of good.
  
  I sure miss dear ol' dad
  Dressed up all in plaid
  And just like him I fell in love a few times
  can't really say it's always been bad.
  
  Something's up tonight.
  Everything's alright.
  A needle, a knife or a feeling of life
  there ain't nobody steal my fight.
  
  Pick up the phone, make that call and spend my night in the bed.
  
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  Going the way of the dodo
  La-dadidadadidat-dat-da
  Going the way of the dodo
  Go, go go!
  Pick one you like for the rest of your life sure did them lots of good.
  
  Someone's always first.
  Sometimes it feels like a curse...
  but even when I'm down, I find it profound
  that things could always get worse.
  
  Two or more, one or none - don't be afraid to have fun.
  
  Go, go, go.  [Close]
• The Empath Less Travelled
  We just want to exist, eat, sleep, fuck and make noise.
  Live a good life, or we get beaten with poise.
  I wonder now what a full life really is.
  What really makes us stand?
  
  Those who don't understand make the rules of law.
  Us, who live under the sand, fight back with our claws.
  
  Who owns the empath?
  And who owes the empath apologies?
  
  
  Now I'm verily known to few.
  Life blood shows right through because
  
  now, we're exposed at the wrists - try and die with the most toys.
  Nobody knows what it is, that let's us give in to these ploys.
  
  What of authority through confusion?
  I wonder where that stands.
  
  Survival, interlocked with the stocks. Some milk it for all that it's worth.
  We're tribal, but stopped by the shock - my ilk has suffered since birth.
  
  Who owns the empath?
  And who owes the empath apologies?   [Close]