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from Die Monster Die by X-tal

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Teeming with mud and water and silt
We pulled into the town at dusk
Caught in the crossfire of anger, exhaustion and lust
The sky and my heart were on fire
Paradise here is reality found
The machinery is the same as up north
Ah, but the trees, Alejandro, the ground

The rain cools down a lot of things
It destroys and builds together
Four decades old, four kids for good
The woman's hands are tethered

The lighted house spells out the way
I hope the sailor listens
The lighted house is here to stay
But then so are politicians.

Back to reality at 7 AM
The sun streaming through like a godsend
The boats are unloading their night of hard work
The streets and the storefronts are still filled with dirt
And yes, my heart still feels the fire.

For seven days and seven nights
That town was ours forever
We talked it out in wrong and rights
Like storms which changed the weather.

The lighted house spells out the way
I hope the sailor listens
The lighted house is here to stay
But then, so's goddamn religion.

Everything seems so changed to me now
The days don't go on forever
Approaching the 90s...it's frustrating and tough
And man, some people think they're so clever.

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from Die Monster Die, released April 1, 1991
(Mick Freeman-Andrea Rice Freeman)
© 1991 Undulant Rhetoric (BMI)

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X-tal San Francisco, California

Here, for the first time, the entire recorded output of X-tal in one place.

X-tal (1983-1996) were a San Francisco post-punk band fronted by J Neo Marvin. Greil Marcus of the Village Voice described them as a “small-time San Francisco combo that wears their defeated leftist politics on their sleeves and can open for the Mekons without letting you forget them when the headliners come on.” ... more

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