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Goin to Reno

from Lexicon Carnival by The Messy Jacksons

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Leavin my home on a hot Highway 50 night
Headin east through the Sierras to go bathe in some neon lights
I made some promises that I can't keep,
The folly of youth, yeah, words are cheap
Now I'm yelling "I don't!" every night when I'm lyin in bed asleeep

So I'm goin to Reno
To bury my ring
My man, what does he know?
He doesn't do anything
As my boiling resentment
Turns to simmering rage
Great Expectations reads more like Bleak House as time yellows the page
Got too many days left to be spending 'em this close to the grave

I dropped out of school so I could go and be a wife
He gave me his hand and he covered up my eyes
The roof over my kitchen blocks out the stars
Even a convict gets some time in the yard
White picket fences ensnare the same as black iron baaars

So I'm goin to Reno
To bury my ring
My man, what does he know?
He doesn't do anything
As my boiling resentment
Turns to simmering rage
Great Expectations reads more like Bleak House as time yellows the page
Got too many days left to be spending 'em this close to the grave

The biggest little city well it's lovely this time of year
Trees line the Truckee, the casinos fill you full of beer
Leanin over the bridge on Virginia Street
A tear hits the water, didn't think I'd weep
Drop that fucker in the Truckee watch the current drag it down to the deep

Yeah I done went to Reno
And I buried my ring
Beneath those cold Truckee waters
Can you hear my heart sing?
Now I got me a paper
Says my life belongs to me
Thought I'd lost my heart, but I got it back down on Virginia Street

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from Lexicon Carnival, released February 11, 2015

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Do like like funny sad sound words? Then Messy Jacksons have good sound words for you. You like finger string picky fretty? Messy Jackson have other good sound words for you. Messy Jacksons is sometimes one, sometimes many, sometimes acoustic, sometimes electronic, always funny sad sound words from the Portland that stole its name from the other Portland. ... more

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