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There is a Light That Goes Out

from The Man is Fat by Roy Ivy

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i wanna see people and i want to see lights
but they're horrifying bores and it's far too bright
that joke was never funny in the first place
referential, because the well is dry, crying on the inside
the beers of a clown
hang the DJ's mother while you're at it

I get all choked up on talk of love and hope
violent bile just building in my throat

It won't be over soon
There ain't no turnabout
There's no such thing as a light that never goes out
Every bundle of joy comes swaddled in doubt
There's no such thing as a light that never goes out

Pure humiliation every time i try to pass as one of you
utter devastation every time i strive to feel alright for a second or two

But a rock feels pain
and islands cry all night
someone should tell Cheap Trick that we're not alright

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from The Man is Fat, released December 31, 2012

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Roy Ivy Butte, montana

Drinking songs and sing-alongs: that's Roy Ivy's specialty .If you haven't seen him dancing and sloshing about Butte, America, you may have met him in his past lives as a Chicago troubadour. Or maybe you met him in Dallas, where he ran The Tah-Dahs off a cliff, and stupidly quit The Polyphonic Spree before they toured with Bowie.

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