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Brown paper bag man gone to sleep at the bus stop
Any roof'll do when you sleep under the stars
When out of the darkness a dark man accosts him
What starts out as words ends up going too far

A knife flashed in the light that shone from the streetlamp
It's a Hollywood spotlight lending focus to the scene
Pressed into his flesh and pulled out with a flash
Coins spilled on the sidewalk, blood's rolling down his jeans

Spare change, spare change
Another coin just tossed away
Spare change, sparge change
When it rains it pours, when you're poor it just rains

His body was found lying prone in the gutter
Like a cigarette butt some dick flicked in your yard
After a lifetime of being routinely discarded
I guess it's true, old habits die hard

You don't get a funeral when you die with your hands out
If you can't afford four brick walls how can you pay for a grave?
If only tall boy pallbearers could carry a casket
Half as well as they'd carry him away

The only reason I even wrote this song for him is
I thought for a second he was a different bum who I knew
But Donald Ray Polk, even though you were a stranger,
I'm sorry I waited until you died to even notice you

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from Songs to Fan the Flames of Disc Content, released May 1, 2015

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The Messy Jacksons Portland, Oregon

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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