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Virgin Junkie in America

from Rock Against Reality by The Submensas

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Drug addicts are vilified; but what about all the other addicts? Why do we scapegoat the drug addicts only to turn a blind eye to the soporific distractions caused by mass media and capitalist greed? We watch them die and feel better about ourselves, because we are safe. This song is a micro/macro exploration of addiction, starting with the archetypal addict and applying it to society as a whole. The ‘Indian’ in the piece is a reference to the anti-littering commercial from the 1970s….

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VIRGIN JUNKIE IN AMERICA

The virgin junkie pawed through the ashes of the past
In the mega-mausoleum, she is sinking down
Down, down, down, to her knobby knees
You can hear her thirsty pleas, thirsty pleas-

Her man is coming for his scooby-due
The naked steel is a'ripping through leather
And the pain in the loins with the pink glue oozing
He goes soft, and he can hear her prayer:

Won't you please? Won't you please -

She sucks phlegm from gnarled , ancient Indians!
Doing rain dances on televisions,
Washing out their eyes, man, with Heaven's popped hymen;
You can hear her, you can hear her crying-

Won't you please? Won't you please-Addict me.

I have seen her fleeing from those martian ulcers,
Her karmic debts are sealed in saline seams,
Only a hole in the head still open,
Like a secret attic, addicted to breezes-

And while trying to insulate her head,
She fell in love with fiberglass
Just like the candy they feed the children
in Disneyland.

And the children grow fat, and bloat the borders,
And the borders are burning everywhere;
I can see her crinkle and twist
As we expand.

So give it up, now.

Give it up you Gummy Sacrificial Lamb!

(C) Damon Norko 1983, 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

lyrics by Damon Norko (c) 2020
based on an original composition by Mike Bell (p) 1983, 2020
arrangement by The Submensas

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