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Why’d You Give Up?

17, in a cold dark basement...
The morphine dulls the pain, barely.
A dirty doctor with his dirty knife,
Cuts the cord four months early.
Labor pains, severed veins,
A baby’s born, but there’s no crying.
The doctor pries money from her hands,
As the angel lays the, dying...

Hateful stares, sadistic glares,
As he walks to the back of the bus.
Atrocities of the 20th century...
Remind me again in who do you trust?
When the other cheek gets beaten in,
All that’s left is your pride to defend.
200 years of hate held within.
He wonders why you gave up on him...

The little boy waits patiently, diligently,
For his Daddy to come.
So they can do all the things,
Daddy and his new family’s done.
Mommy knows the pain he feels,
She’s heard the other children taunt him.
The sun goes down and she ushers him,
She wonders why you gave up on them.

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from Naysayers and Yesmen/ Laugh Now, Cry Later, released August 30, 2001

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With equal parts Orange County punk, honky tonk country, and a tip-jar full of rockabilly swagger, Reno Divorce strikes a unique chord of their own. For the last 16 years, Reno Divorce has methodically honed their craft in the seediest of speakeasies and on some of the biggest stages across America and Europe. ... more

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