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rikshaw finn

from distillation by Manny McGuffin

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Written several years but never really recorded, this one fit nicely into the Old Distillery's "Superstition" theme. A song about the denial of truth in the interest of preserving the comforts of tradition.

(Tango by Carlos Gardel. Dialogue from Time Bandits.)

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In Burkina Faso, they play the tam-tam in hopes that
The cat will free the moon, the source of rain is lunar now
There's Chad Pancake stealing a smoke
The stars above, du kleine kopfschmerz, are copper and gold

The Speke and Burton expedition is searching
Your heart of darkness and the Kama Sutra's only a start
Up the river there's a queen in the lake
You got the sod row and I've got the wind rake

Let's begin to stare into the sun, trading truth for creature comforts and
Let em in, these fireflies and falling stars
come from lies to Rikshaw Finn

Cuban rain on the cradle is falling
43 is holding and Baghdad is drawing
Pretty pictures in black and white
Your story's airtight up in your satellite

I still believe in ghosts and immaterial things
Now it's plain to see your superstition's got the best of me

Let's begin to stare into the sun, trading truth for creature comforts and
Let em in, these fireflies and falling stars
come from lies to Rikshaw Finn

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from distillation, track released October 30, 2010

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