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you go to Norway
I go to Switzerland
let all the zombies come
and tear this place apart
I was looking forward to my life
and all the things I could be
can't you picture me sailing on the bolded sea
here's the face of truth
terrible truth beyond the imagination
they built hell on earth
and we knew it was happening
the country is not stupid
even though it's silent
it still has eyes and ears
it just can't find its mouth

a fail extended through the years
the fog rolls over Constanz
faces and figures like shadows merge
race to the surface then disappear
I die toddy
you die tomorrow
let all the zombies come
and tear this place apart
down by the harbor
there's a statue of a woman
fifty feet tall
a skirt split to her waist
in one hand there's a pope
in the other there's a key
revolving very slowly
above the mist

you wake up in the morning and see that huge reflection
snatch up a gun and fire twice into the mirror
the country is not stupid even though its silent
it still has eyes and ears
it just cant find its mouth
you go to London
and I'll go to Canada
let all the zombies come
and tear this place apart

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from All the Fame of Lofty Deeds, released April 20, 2004

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Jon Langford Chicago, Illinois

The L'homme de Renaissance of indie rock.  The prolific Welshman-cum-Chicagoan has done it all in his time.  Founded the Ground Zero UK art/punk collective The Mekons. He's also the guiding force in the Waco Brothers, the rarely convened collective of the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, the Skull Orchard and Wee Hairy Beasties. As nice as he is prolific--take a dive into his many musical endeavors. ... more

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