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Farewell Al

from Scorched Earth Days by Venetic ®

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A tribute to the late AlC5, the driving force behind The Eye Of Night, an alternative music venue in the town of Wanganui that he set up in his living room.

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Now there’s a place if you want to go out
Something to do in this dead-end town
It’s alright if you want to hang out
It’ll lift you up if you’re feeling down
Lift your emotions and you’ll feel alright
Forget all your hassles as you go inside

I’m heading downtown, I know where to go
Past all the Trevs at the tacky sports bars
Past the bleached blondes and their big boyfriends
Right past the jailbait and the petrolheads
Leave ‘em behind as you go up the stairs
Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares

It’ll run on until the early hours
While the bogans cruise around and round
There’ll be music and crazy sounds
And no one cares because it’s dead downtown
How can we be disturbing the peace
When there’s no one even living in the nearby streets?

I know the world never stays the same
The only constants are loneliness and pain
We’ll always be trapped in our boxes
Unless someone comes and opens the locks up
You had the key and opened doors for others
But somehow you couldn’t open your own
All that concern and care for others
So why did you have to die alone?
I feel like I was just getting to know you
So why did you have to die alone?
They had to come and break your door down
Why did you have to die alone?

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from Scorched Earth Days, released December 1, 2012
(c) Wayne Stuart McCallum

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Since 2002, Venetic has independently released 10 albums with more on the way. Healed by the flames of purgatory, he is now back from the undead.

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