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Louie's Isn't Louie's Anymore

from Surprises by Disappearing Ink

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Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
No, Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
It wasn’t Louie’s when they first opened the door and now
Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore.

There’s a man in shackles and a Johnny Cash t-shirt
On the front page of the New York Times on the Fourth of July.
Well, there but for the grace of God go I.
He burned his brief Babylonian lover
And now he’s gonna fry
Under the watchman’s eye.
Well, his momma’s gonna cry
And I’ll probably just sigh.

Cuz Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
No, Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
It wasn’t Louie’s when they first opened the door
And now Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore.

Well the old redneck’s house in Hampden is a handbag shop now.
But five rebel flags fly from a crane over Interstate Ninety-Five.
There used to be just one, there must be somethin’ going on.
But I ain’t figured it out in the time that I drove by.
I’m just gettin’ my toll money out with the A/C on high
And staring at the storm clouds in the west wondering how I’m gonna die
And I ain’t even got a flag to fly.

Cuz Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
No, Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
It wasn’t Louie’s when they first opened the door
And now Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore.

Well Johnny puts on a grey suit and ties up his brown shoes
Every morning around 7:15
While I’m still in a dream about
Hidin’ in a latrine while the bullets scream,
Mmmmm.
But Johnny used to put his fist through a plate glass window
Just because he could,
And I never understood then
But I do now.
And now I wake up around 9 or 10,
But I can still remember when
Johnny’d look me in the eye
And we’d think the same thing, he and I
And everything was worth a try
And days were years and I knew that I…oh, well…

But Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
No, Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore
It wasn’t Louie’s when they first opened the door
And now Louie’s isn’t Louie’s anymore.

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from Surprises, released July 27, 2020
Lawrence Lanahan: vocals, acoustic guitar

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Disappearing Ink Baltimore, Maryland

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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