Getting Used to Uselessness

from Old Devils by Jon Langford & Skull Orchard

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Never knew the tenderness lost his only friend
Never had much sympathy or kindness in the end
Rags to riches move on up, from hunger into fat
Drank the cup of bitterness, where’s the sin in that?
Getting used to uselessness

Youth is squandered, tossed away
Before it has begun
Heavy traffic claims a soul, a new day on the run
Hey, hey fantastico, hit the top and then you know
Create, destroy, confess, getting used to uselessness
Getting used to uselessness

Always conscious of our power,
Always conscious of our chains
Power slips away but yes
Something else remains
After all that time & the killing that was made
Live and die before a mirror,
Happy to play the victim again
Getting used to uselessness

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from Old Devils, released August 24, 2010

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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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