Big Rude Jake - Blue Pariah lyrics

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On a day like this in the Market quarter

And alleys lined in patchwork posted bills

And coats of paint like petals peel

And colors glow from within themselves

Serengeti pink and Prussian blue

Rembrandt reds and amber honey golds

And Garden greens and deadly sharkskin grays

As the mob thickens, the mystery unfolds.

(Chorus:)

And I take to shade, and I play the shadows

And I watch my back and I play it cool.

And I stand on guard and I stop to wonder

And one day withers and a new one blooms.

And on a day like this in the grid-lock traffic

In the grinding gears and the razor wires

And a thousand faces and the island music

The charge electric, in the air and sky

And fresh killed flesh, and rhinestone studded ironies

Are crucified on every porch and post.

And vestal whores on second story balconies

Cuttlefish and diesel go dancing up your nose

(Chorus)

And the city steams and rides a steelyard fulcrum

It teeters and sways in the sundown light.

I hold my breath and I hang in the balance

Of a city that reels b’tween despair and delight.

And I am not your judge, I am not your Champion

I won’t straight the road for some new messiah.

I am a boulevard dog in the concrete corridor

I am compelled by a mystery, I am the Blue Pariah.

(Chorus 2x)<br />

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Thanks to Sue