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Go Away From Baltimore

from Rock Against Reality by The Submensas

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GO AWAY FROM BALTIMORE

1. I woke up this morning,
and everything’s changed.
I look around at all of the people
and they’re not the same.

They’re hollow eyes look past me
Nobody says “excuse me”
It’s like I’m not even there
But now I am aware . . .
I’m beginning to see.
I’m beginning to see.

2. I woke up this morning
And forgot my name
I search all over social media
But I’ve been erased.

I thought it must be me.
Maybe I’m losing my mind
But the more I see things change
The more I begin to believe

That it’s not me.
It’s everyone else.
Want to know what I know?
ok, here we go …


3. There are no people in Lexington Market.
There are no people at the Inner Harbor.
There are no people in City Hall
There’s no one left at all.
And no one wins the lottery
And no one picks up the trash.
And there’s no one in the parks
especially after dark.

4. They’ve been replaced!
You can see it in their face — look at their eyes ….

5. And the planes fly over the stadiums
And the air is coded red
And the newspapers are all gone
And the whole place smells like bread
And the subway lines run nowhere
And I can’t find a job anywhere
And there’s brand new townhouses everywhere:
Who lives there?

6. They’ve been replaced!
You can see it in their face-
see their eyes? Full of lies!
A conspiracy.


7. I am not sure
how much longer I have
When you know what it is that they do,
they call you a threat.
So before they come for me
before I disappear
I have a warning for you
that you’d better hear,
that you’d better believe.

O, please. Believe.


8 You have to go
You have to leave
Go away
Stay away

Go away from Baltimore.

There’s no time for fooling around any more.

It’s your life (repeat)


9. Don’t worry about your home
Don’t worry about your car
Don’t worry about your job
Don’t worry about being paid

It’s your life

Don’t forward your mail
Stop going to the the bars
There’s no time for fooling around
Don’t even try to get laid

It’s your life

10. Don’t worry about your dog
Don’t worry about your cat
They’ve already been replaced
You can be sure of that —

Throw out your credit cards
Get rid of all your keys
Make sure to cover your eyes
Don’t ever let them see —

You’d better believe
Oh please, believe!

11. There’s no time for fooling around anymore.

You have to go
You have to leave
Go away
Stay away

Go away from Baltimore.


Repeat verse 1 & 2

12. What’s in the planes?
What’s in the drains?
What’s in the water?
I think it’s someone’s daughter:
A victim of the slaughter.
I guess someone forgot her.
Don’t you see?
That could be you
Or it could be me.

13. go away/stay away/fade away



14. I woke up this morning,
and everything’s changed.
I look around at a brand new city.
with a brand new name.

(C) Damon Norko 2020

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from Rock Against Reality, released June 21, 2020
Damon Norko . . . vocals
Jim Mcpherson . . . guitar
Mike Bell . . . bass, guitar
Darryl Dardenne . . . drums
The Submensas . . . b. vocal

lyrics by Damon Norko (c) 2020
based on an original composition by Mike Bell (p) 1987, 2020
arrangement by The Submensas

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The Submensas Baltimore, Maryland

A Damon Norko lyric-fueled rock band that inhabited the Baltimore-Washington area from 1983-93.

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