Street Sweeper Social Club - The Oath lyrics
rate me<BR>
The lamppost could swear<br>
It had seen me before<br>
And stared<br>
As I stumbled through the motel door<br>
The dirty mirror<br>
Also thought I looked familiar<br>
But commented only that my suit was<br>
Brilliant<br>
The TV<br>
Bolted to the wall and cracked<br>
Remembered how I cried<br>
And said I'd never come back<br>
In the lacquer of the table<br>
I had carved my oath<br>
With burnt butter knife<br>
And this is what I wrote<br>
<br>
I pledge<br>
To get their foot off my neck<br>
Instead<br>
I shall demand my respect<br>
I'll fight<br>
Even if I won't win<br>
Alright<br>
The beginning is the end<br>
I pledge<br>
To make the bosses cringe<br>
Instead we'll get some justified ends<br>
I'll fight<br>
Til the system is gone<br>
Recite<br>
This ex-losers song<br>
<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
<br>
I pledge<br>
To live life as lesson<br>
That said<br>
Even my words are weapons<br>
I'll fight<br>
Show love in motion<br>
Alright<br>
Mountains move from oceans<br>
I pledge there is no surrender<br>
Instead I'll expose their agenda<br>
Fight<br>
And make vampires bleed<br>
Recite<br>
This ex-losers creed<br>
<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
<br>
I pledge<br>
That I'll taste each second<br>
That said<br>
I know each moment's a present<br>
I'll fight<br>
A battle fit for ballads<br>
Alright<br>
At two we hit the palace<br>
I pledge<br>
That we are individuals<br>
That said<br>
From you I'm indivisible<br>
Fight<br>
And match the blaze of comets<br>
Recite<br>
This ex-losers promise<br>
<br>
The carpet<br>
Inquired<br>
If I'd lay there again<br>
And where was the girl<br>
From when there last I had been<br>
The commode<br>
Refused to speak<br>
As I made my escape<br>
It knew ever subtle nuance of my war<br>
Torn face<br>
The concrete outside<br>
Felt disrespected<br>
It was partly my fault it had been neglected<br>
At the precipice of fate<br>
Is where I carved my oath<br>
With the dagger from my back<br>
And you know what I wrote<br>
<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Yeeee!)<br>
Alright, Muthafuckas!<br>
(Coo-Coooo!)<br>
Fight, Muthafuckas!<br>
<br>
Na na naa na, <i>[etc.]</i><br>
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<i>[Thanks to Jimmy McTiff for these lyrics]</i><br>
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