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A Sleeping Afternoon

by Jak Locke

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1.
7/16 01:27
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2.
Gascan 05:11
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Outside, rusted brown ditch drain underground Soaring under drones, grass blades all disowned Replaced for a time, defaced, wicked clime Blue chair stuffed with mud, kitchen floor covered in blood Mayonnaise in a pie, erased, now we fly Vacuum semaphore all great like before Begone out of sight, ulcer, up all night Acid tripped again, she's my only friend
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Tumbleweed 01:37
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Working Man's Dirge 03:45
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Spend your life for the powers that say they be I ain't never worked for nothin see Now that's all of which that we're aware Sucked into the great American nightmare Life ain't nothin but a paycheck in your hand From your sweat to the bank to the government man Start young and foolish, end up old and poor The utility tax man knocks on your broke down door Childhood memories, hope that you enjoyed them Lookin for a job you just pick your poison Blue collar sap, white collar ambitions He don't have a chance but just to take what they're dishin out to him Class structure shining as it has for years Kept nice and shiny by the workin man's tears Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
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Yellow Note 03:44
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I sit on the porch watchin the gasoline torch across the street, fleetin meat I draw interesting stares from uncles sitting right there Flowers on a record player, an unused director's chair A dog runnin down the street or maybe the sidewalk I think it was the sidewalk, nothin rhymes with that "Dog sniffin the bushes" Not a fire hydrant? "He found a telephone pole" Is it his now? "Absolutely" Harleys parked across town "Sittin lonely like a clown" Cuz we all know clowns are lonely "Harleys are not meant to be" No? No lights on, the sun's going down, mosquitoes are coming out Glad I'm inside, yeah
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Carpet Stain 01:40
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The ashtray's full, the TV's on in the sleeping afternoon Street light zone, fuel on E in a selfish afterlife Electric second-hand, threw back another cold one All we are overdue to sleep in solitude
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Mess 02:31
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You wanna tell me Mom don't scare those crows away, they're my only friends Mom don't scare those crows away, they're my only friends You ain't the type of woman, daddy said, to make somethin good end Girl don't come over here, my place is a mess You'd want to clean it and me up and I could not care less Girl don't come askin for my heart I don't have one and I'm not that smart Dear landlord, can you make these chains a little looser Even though they look good around my neck Landlord, can you make me feel less like a loser Give me an advance on my paycheck So doctor, what's this pain in my guts So doctor, what's this ringing in my ears So doctor, what's an insurance card But doc, I promise the check will clear
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Plastic Bag Rag 02:42
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I'm goin to work at the dollar store I'm goin to work at the dollar store I'm goin to work at the dollar store I'm goin to work at the dollar store Will that be a small bag or a large one Will that be a small bag or a large one Will that be a small bag or a large one Will that be a small bag or a large one I'm sweepin up and doin recovery Tonight I'm gonna be sweepin up and doin recovery Tonight I'm gonna be sweepin up and doin recovery Yeah I'm goin to work at the Dollar Tree in less than an hour I'm goin to work at the dollar store in less than an hour I'm goin to work at the dollar store in less than an hour Less than an hour
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Routine Cocktail 02:29
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I am employed under the daughter of a sailor I make enough in one month to pay for a trailer I like to watch the leaves fall down from off the oak tree I wanna look outside my window, it's too dark to see Hello The world's a garden shed outside a forest gray Where girls look after dogs, the neuter and the spaying And there's a thousand bills that I really should be paying I live inside a garbage dumpster The rocking chairs wait for me The rocking chairs wait for me
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Fields of Blue 02:17
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There's a vacant hole behind your face Somewhere to lose time to your space My reverie underneath the stars Close to your sphere, birthplace of scars Now we remove from your unreal Words flit between sounding ideal Now nothing reigns where once I was one Taking my stars, my moon and my sun Something unseen under my skin Watching the clock and world as they spin Far off behind a plain so fair No map remains that could take me there
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Wasting Tape 02:31
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released July 19, 2001

Roy Lee appears on Tumbleweed (guitar), Yellow Note (vocal) and Wasting Tape (guitar)
Shane Padilla appears on Plastic Bag Rag (drums) and Fields of Blue (guitar)
everything else done by Jak

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Jak Locke New Orleans, Louisiana

Jak Locke is a multi-genre songwriter and performer based in and native to New Orleans, LA.

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