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Written in 2008 in rural Colorado while the main industry in the city I'd just left, New York, was destroying the economy.

lyrics

There's a reason why hero rhymes with zero
Mostly having to do
With this town.

Today the bull rode, and Augie Metzler came by.
Now my friends are in a pile.
They're stopping the clock.
Forget the gremlins in the subway for now,
Their day will come, too.
Is that heartless?
Hey, you have to play the game
Before you win or lose.
I have a ton of flesh,
Of course I have an ounce for you.

El Dorado in reverse
El Dorado in reverse
It's a blessing and a curse
El Dorado in reverse.

Follow the bear tracks to the other side,
Where no one stays a stranger long
When the spikes come out.
Truth or consequences, truth or dare,
Oopsy-daisy, devil-may-care.
What's shameless,
When a bird in the hand is worth a
Knife in the back?
You feel good about what you got?
I feel bad about what you lack.

El Dorado in reverse
El Dorado in reverse
It's a blessing and a curse
El Dorado in reverse.

Put your one-piece on, baby.
We're going down
To the shore.
Put your one-piece on, baby
But be careful you don't drown, oh
Don't drown, don't drown, don’t drown.

Today the bear rode and Augie Metzler died.
It might take my friends a while:
They've forgotten how to be surprised.
His mama and his papa took the train to town.
They rode first class in a
Suit and a gown.
They're both spotless.
There are people in this world
Who do nothing but choose.
Sing for me baby, sing me them Lindbergh blues.

El Dorado in reverse
El Dorado in reverse
It's a blessing and a curse
El Dorado in reverse.

credits

from There Is No Time and Nothing's Been, released December 8, 2014
Lawrence Lanahan - guitar, vocals
Joe Tropea - bass guitar
Bob Wagner - drums

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New album 6/1/23 from Baltimore songwriter/producer Lawrence Lanahan's band Disappearing Ink! On The Charm of Abstraction, Lanahan abandons guitar for mesmerizing synths, intricately programmed beats, imaginative sampling, and occasional rhymes. Even with a new sound, his core songwriting voice--“melodic and lyrical invention,” “chilling chord progressions,” “rare honesty and power"- remains. ... more

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