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White Rat

from Biting The Ugly Biscuit by X-tal

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Another day, another night
Gobble up a handful, a handful of whites.
Tonight I'm putting on my best ripped up clothes
Going out to find some true low rent low budget rock and roll

All the local parasites are breaking down your door
They’re not gonna leave till you let them crash out on your floor
Tell me why do you let them hang around?
Do you really think that you owe something to this town?

In heaven everything is fine
In heaven the trains never run on time
I’m just a white rat
I live on chump change
I got no soul
I can’t even do the hustle.

I go out skanking nights with all the natty dreads
Top ranking dubwise sound is mashing up our heads
I get shivers up and down when Winston Rodney sings
But I don’t need to smoke ganja and I don’t believe in kings

In heaven everything is fine
In heaven the trains never run on time
I’m just a white rat
I live in a small cage
I got no exercise wheel
You don’t know just how we feel.

credits

from Biting The Ugly Biscuit, released September 1, 1996
(J Neo Marvin-Maati Stojanovich)
© 1984 Undulant Rhetoric (BMI)

J Neo Marvin: Vocals and guitars
Alan Korn: Bass
Mick Freeman: Drums

Recorded on a four track recorder in a rehearsal space in 1984.

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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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