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Honesty is the Best Policy

by The Submensas

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"Honesty is the Best Policy" is the first song released from the upcoming Submensas album "Rock Against Reality." It is the first new release by The Submensas since the retrospective "Trading Cards of Glory" and is the first song of the reformed original band that has been released in the modern era. Enjoy!

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Honesty is the Best Policy

by Damon Norko

“Take a flame and bring it as far as the Caucasus, and it is still a flame.”

-the Wife of Bath

Rain, Rain, Rain

The rain washed me down
The drain swallowed me up
I’m getting sucked through this sewer of life
And it’s a tunnel of love.

Flame, Flame, Flame

The bridge caught on fire
We sit and watch it burn
We look for a sign
So we can return.

Blame, Blame, Blame

Was I talking to you?
Are you talking to me?
Nobody’s listening;
But there’s only one way to be . . .

Honesty . . . is the best policy. (repeat as necessary)

Don’t // let // them tell you
That love’s too good to be true.
Because I know and I’ve tried
and I know and I’ve tried
And I know that
love is true.

Now, it may be too good,
It may be too good for you.
But love is true


And honesty is the best policy —

Culture wars! (Honesty!)
Climate Change! (Honesty!)
Military-Industrial Complex! (Honesty!)
Propaganda! (Honesty!)
Fake news! (Honesty!)
Plastic Seas! (Honesty!)
Human rights! (Honesty!)
Everything! (Honesty!)

Honesty is the best policy.

Take it home
When you’re all alone
Store it in a cache,
A secret stash
that will always last.

Honesty —

Take it home
When you’re all alone
Put it in a stash
It will always last

It’s all we got
It’s all we have


You can’t stop the rain
You can’t tame the flames
You can’t break the hate
But let there be no debate.

Honesty is the best policy.

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released March 1, 2020
"Honesty is the Best Policy"

lyrics by Damon Norko
original composition by Mike Bell

Damon Norko . . . vocals
Jim Mcpherson . . . guitar
Mike Bell . . . bass, guitar
Darryl Dardenne . . . drums
The Submensas . . . b. vocals

Recorded at Cone of Silence Studios, Winter 2019-20
Produced and engineered by Rich Feinstein

lyrics by damon norko (c)1983 , 2020 / music by mike bell (p)1985 , 2020 sonic kitchen of love / arrangement by the sub-mensas"

(c)(p) 2020 Damon Norko productions

Album artwork by Sonya Norko

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

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