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Keep Your Distance (Violent Joe)

from Is A Locked Room by Your Vice

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I don’t drink so this is my attempt at doing a AmRep/pigfuck style lyric where I am “just writing in a character”. It is about what happens to the barfly’s when the bars are shut down. There is no insight. I am sometimes not sure there is much “insight” into these characters from this lyrical style and is just a representation of the lyricists id or ego or super ego or whichever one is the one that is the fucked up shit in your head. I should have paid more attention in psychology classes or to my therapist. On the other hand who doesn’t love Jesus Lizard. Just the greatest.

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Yeah he was walking down the middle of the street. No one for miles and miles. And he walked right past Connie O’s. The place he used to wet his whistle every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday night. All alone and then right around the corner. There he was. VIOLENT JOE. The old one armed sailor holding a popsicle that he used to drink with. Arms wide open. Violent Joe came in for the flesh. So he took a deep breath, backed up and looked him straight in the eye and he said
I’M THE KING OF SHIT FUCK MOUNTAIN
And that sent him running man. he just kept running. No more. Six feet. Down. Those days were numbered.
So he walked back alone the way he liked it. Spit on the street. Told himself
“That was the last time the flesh will meet the flesh. It’s over and done. Well maybe we will go get one more drink one last time”

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from Is A Locked Room, released March 6, 2021

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Geoff Garlock Pasadena, California

Geoff Garlock was the former bass player in Orchid, Panthers and The Year Is One. He currently plays in Ritual Mess and Low Estate as well as composing solo synth recordings, featured here. Geoff is also a comedian and sketch teacher. If you needed to know more he would tell you. ... more

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