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I hear that train a-comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Portland, Oregon and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a-rollin'
On down to Beaverton

When I was just a youngin'
Back when mama called me boy
I thought guitars and microphones were just some fucking toys
Then I saw a band in Reno just to see them live
Those guitars and microphones?
They took over my mind

I bet there's rich folks drivin'
In their fancy hybrid cars
To their houses in the West Hills where their shoes don't fall apart
Well I'm sure it's lovely livin', but I'm not sure that it's for me
But the older that I get
The more I know uncertainty

If I ever get a "real job,"
A white-collar 9-to-5
Pray I don't lose my shit, strangle my peers with their neckties
Oh the judge'll stare me down, say, "Boy, I'm sending you away
On down to Folsom Prison
A long vacation out of state"

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from Remarkably Unmarketable, released March 10, 2017

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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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