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Back in the Back

from Dust Windows by Kingsley Flood

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Boy bleeds on a blacktop roof, the waters are rising, the choppers are mute
Boy counts his legs and arms and smiles to the sky and I wonder why

Boy half a world away buckles his belt and kills to be saved
His pants were never dry, yet he smiles to the sky and I wonder why

Oh, you better get better your soul, because the line is forming
Be quick or be quiet, cause just like that, you’re back in the back again

I am a sinner’s saint, I may not be good, but I ain’t no slave
Some men got poisoned tears, do they fear to be loved, or love to be feared?

Oh, you better get better your soul, because the line is forming
Be quick or be quiet, cause just like that, you’re back in the back again

Now I’ve seen the robeman selling psalms. And when the hand shakes, great, but don’t let anybody see you don’t let anybody see cause when you’re down, down, down in the water you’re just like a child. I’d be just like a child. And I’m bound, bound, bound to drown. Better run and hide. Better run and hide.

Oh, you better get better your soul, because the line is forming
Be quick or be quiet.

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from Dust Windows, track released April 3, 2010

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Kingsley Flood Boston, Massachusetts

With features in NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, Boston and Washington, DC sextet Kingsley Flood straddles the line between high energy indie rock and introspective folk.

With its "signature high energy" (Rolling Stone), the band has played the main stage at the Newport Folk Fest and has been dubbed "Boston's best live band" (Boston Herald).
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