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Half Off Our Rocker

from Voices From The Right Brain by Rob Siegel

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Another song written during the 2003 Iraq invasion that applies amazingly well today.

lyrics

the little tin ponies
line up at the gate
the big boys throw horseshoes
the small ones bake cake
a disturbing murmur
shoots through the crowd
one jockey must weigh
almost 400 pounds

the flag it is dropped
the action begins
the big jockey’s tin pony
breaks both its shins
but he struts to the victory circle and grins
thanks for your support
looks like I win again

and we’re off to the races
off to the fights
off like a prom dress
on Saturday night
off on a bender
often unwise
half off our rocker
and out of our mind

the mother of battles
and the father of time
slipped out of the party
and drank too much wine
shitfaced and stumbling
they found their way home
smashed all the windows
and ripped out the phone

and we’re out for a good time
out for a stroll
out of our league
and way out of control
out for the duration
out like a light
half off our rocker
and out of our mind

truth doesn’t require
such twisting of words
as we slide in lockstep downhill
I always thought hawks
were such beautiful birds
at least they eat
what they kill

the blue and the gray
thundered in from the past
the red right and blue
advanced far forward fast
big things got broken
small things were missed
while demagogues dangled a detailed script

so how do you ride
this cynical slide
when Huey
and Dewey
and Louis
all lie
don’t build a wall
don’t build a fence
and don’t believe things
that don’t make any sense

and we’re into the next thing
into the blue
in over our head
and in love with the view
infinite justice
stars in our eyes
half off our rocker
and out of our mind

and we’re off to the races
off to the fights
off like a prom dress
on Saturday night
off on a bender
often unwise
half off our rocker
and out of our mind

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from Voices From The Right Brain, released December 15, 2004

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Rob Siegel Boston, Massachusetts

Rob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed- out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable, intelligent, well-crafted songs.

His first new CD in 14 years, "A Landscape of Ghosts," will be out in April, with a CD release show at Club Passim on Monday April 30th. ... more

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