Avail

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Year: 2010
Album: Rancho Tetrahedron

VERSE 1

In the New Western Zone, sniper fire is unknown

Here is plump silicone and a gingham cellphone

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Esus4

Spotlit

breasts, crystal meth, slam the glass, be a mess

You are home, more or less, give or take an ocean’s neck

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Esus4

CHORUS 1

Here is the treasure your

F7/D#

scars have saved – a

vail,

vail

The midway lined, every

F7/D#

hat upraised – a

vail,

F#dim

vail

VERSE 2

Shop floor

light, glossy white packages of delight

Tinsel glint, roller rink, motion-blurred candy stripes

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Esus4

Theme-park

street, cocktail hour, spread your Vicodin power

So your fractures don’t flower by the sour air you’re scoured

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Esus4

CHORUS 2

Signs in the sky read “We

F7/D#

will prevail” – a

vail,

vail

Below the gables, it’s

F7/D#

all for sale – a

vail,

F#dim

vail

INTERLUDE

Half in this

Eb/G

world,

half in the

Eb/G

You can’t be too brave or

Fdim

too far

west

Who are these

Eb/G

clowns?

Why so at

Eb/G

ease?

When I’ve seen the guts of this

Fdim

whole century

Half in this

Eb/G

world,

sun-

kissed and

Eb/G

planned

Half in the next, where

Fdim

plans turn to

sand

Dmadd9/G

Half in this world,

half in his next

Dmadd9/G

Until the bear-claw reaches that thing which

pumps out his chest

VERSE 3

Now it’s

near 5 a.m. and you’re conscious again

Short of breath, but not dead, like that girl on your bed

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Esus4

And the

taxi drives slow, big green plane set to go

Asiatics airside in the firing squad glow

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Esus4

CHORUS 3

Precincts of glass they would

F7/D#

dare bestride – a

vail,

vail

Ecstatic smiles and

F7/D#

shine in their eyes – a

vail,

F#dim

vail

CHORUS 4

The nourishment in each

F7/D#

settled score – a

vail,

vail

The ashen heart of the

Eb6

graphite orb – a

vail,

F7b9

vail