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Fat Cat

from Party! by Dance Party Boys

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when more than enough is never enough
you'll waste your last days where the golden calf strays

Faust has sold you a feline disguise
you're stuffing your face with enough for nine lives
write off the crumbs you toss to the despised
the ones you're unable to see

your gilt-ridden (NOTE: this is a play on words, it sounds like 'guilt ridden' but it's gilt, meaning gold) nightmares have rendered you numb
to ghosts from the past present and yet to come
it's clear that you never check under your thumb
beyond dumb
you thought you'd get off scott free

free ride it's closing time
read the signs know it's time to pay

skin the fat cat

bribery tenders your unpleasant chores
sycophants bury your treasure off shore
reverse robin hood parasites of the poor
stealing in such revelry

but one day you'll trip on your gold cobblestones
your screams go unanswered the servants have flown
when you can't drag your carcass back up on the throne
struggle alone
no one will help you for free

free ride it's closing time
read the signs know it's time
now we all know way too much to ever let you walk
you can try to buy your way out you're in for a shock

free ride know it's time you pay

skin the fat cat

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from Party!, released February 6, 2012
dance party boys copyright 2012

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Dance Party Boys San Francisco, California

DBP are everything the band's name suggests and much more. But don't let the name fool you, they play punk rock with a sense of danger and beauty that's been missing for far too long. The sound has been described by some as a "full blown aural explosions that will tingle your senses". Members of Dance Party Boys have been known to operate certain types of sailing vessels and aeroplanes. ... more

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