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The Black Snake

from boys will be boys by alex & the people

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    First edition, limited run cassette. Specially mastered for that ‘80s cassette sound and assembled with care -- thanks Steve! Cassette + case will be delivered once the album is released in early summer 2020. Watch a short video of it being made: youtu.be/JjruoGX-CMs.

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lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down the river rowed a mother
Holding her only child
She told him of the birds and the fish
How they used to make her smile
She painted plains full of color
A past sunny and bright
The warmth of the sun
How the stars they shone at night

[Verse 2]
There she saw it coming
How long would this hunger last
On the banks of the Black Snake
Grew a greenish patch of grass
But the clouds of smoke they thickened
Blocking their only light
She lit her tiny lantern
Hoping darkness she could fight

[Verse 3]
"To hell" she cursed those greedy men
Who played god for a while
Then she pulled him close again
Her last and only child

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from boys will be boys, released April 25, 2020

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alex & the people Boston, Massachusetts

A son of immigrants who fled at midnight saving money under bathroom tiles. Given new life from strangers turned family and late nights cleaning hospital floors. We question, we push, we wrestle. We're stubborn and proud like the wrinkles on Yiayia's cheeks, but we soften and change. Culture runs deep, sorrow runs deep, love runs deep-brandy into the fire, a violin cries while the gypsies weep... ... more

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