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The black cat firecracker snapped back baseball cappin' cola-cola sippin' on the suds wearing penny loafers. His Sunday best ain't good enough for the rest of the world. Yet, he stands in line and waits on his turn. The complex, disconfigured man, unassociated, agitated with the careful investigator taking notes. He slowly tiptoes towards the door. Watercolor sunset painted before his eyes. The gateway has been opened, to the wonders of his mind. He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. He looks up at the clouds, the chemical swirls fading in and out. The peacekeeper drafted into war, with a loaded rifle. Unaware of consequences cold war ended with a spaceship has kind of shakers. He has been programmed to believe a lie. Yet, he stands there with a gun on the front line. Blood red color sunset, painted before his eyes. The veil has been lifted, as he watches his friends drop like flies. He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. He looks down at his paws, the guts he had spluttered on the ground. Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! His family got the letter, a message, clear and true. There hero, had fallen, for the red, white, and blue. He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. His body lays six feet under the ground. The black cat's nine lives, they ran out. Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah!
+DjSpOoKyJiM Hey, those lyrics are really helpful (and I realize you posted this months ago) but I think that instead of "cold war ending with a spaceship has kind of shakers" it's actually "correlating with his vision, has gone to shit because.." and then continues the way you have it x3
Man this song makes me wanna cry. Especially the acoustic version Chris played on Hot Sessions.. I know most of the comments on this song aren't recent, but for the people asking what the song is about-- it's about the US government forceably sending young innocent minds overseas, and using them as guinea pigs by giving them LSD tablets to keep them "awake and alert" on the front lines. These kids were tripping their balls off while running through the jungle, killing people and watching their friends get shot and gutted for an unjust cause. Vietnam stopped selling us their poppy crops and Nixon was a piece of shit that wanted to get and keep the people of this country hung on drugs. That's one of the reasons the opioid addiction in this country is so fucking bad... Most of the soldiers didn't want to fight after being dosed. Literally laid down their rifles and wandered into landmines and shit. Because the substance didn't affect these soldiers the way the gov't wanted it to, LSD is illegal as fuck... If you've already enlisted and let it slip that you have EVER tried LSD, you will be booted and be charged with a felony for lying to the government.
This hits he hard honestly :( I've grown up around a lot of family in the military who now have ptsd because of watching their friends die in front of them . My fiancé is in the military and I pray he never has to go through that it's so heart breaking :(
Anyone else realized if you stare at the middle eye of the cat intently for 30secs and then look at a wall you can see the image and the rainbow triangle
Hey! I just saw you here in Denver and aside from the Reggae version of Trouble(which I beg you to record and release!!!!!) this was my favorite song performed by you!!!! And on a side note, I hope the "balloon baby" is doing well haha and you probably should get your green chest hair checked out. ;P that was my first time seeing you perform live so thankyou for such a terrific show!
The black cat firecracker snapped back baseball cappin' Coca-cola sippin' on the suds wearing penny loafers.His Sunday best ain't good enough for the rest of the world. Yet, he stands in line and waits on his turn. The complex disconfigured man, unassociated, agitated with the careful investigator taking notes. He slowly tiptoes towards the door. Watercolor sunset painted before his eyes. The gateway has been opened, to the wonders of his mind. He was a non-believer. Now without a doubt. He looks up at the clouds, The chemical swirls fading in and out. The peacekeeper drafted into war, with a loaded rifle. Unaware of consequences correlating with his vision Has gone to shit cause he had been programmed to believe a lie. Yet, he stands there with his gun on the front line. Blood red color sunset, painted before his eyes. The veil has been lifted, as he watches his friends drop like flies. He was a non-believer. Now without a doubt He looks down at his paws, The guts he had smothered on the ground. Yeah, yeah! [4x] His family got the letter, a message, clear and true. Their hero had fallen for the red, white, and blue. He was a non-believer. Now without a doubt. His body lays six feet underground. The black cat's nine lives, they ran out. Yeah, yeah! [4x]