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The Ave

from Shadows by Rick Reid

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The Ave

That bottle it’s a bible
That barstool it’s a pew
The barkeep he’s a priest
This tavern a church
Your waitress she’s not an angel
Your friends they’re lost souls

Friday night that’s the sabbath
God in your poisoned veins
Hey we’re all the same, how sad is that?
(how sad is that)

Maybe we should trade places
Spend some time in other shoes
I think we’d find it’s just as boring
As the life we choose

Blame it on your family blame it on your friends
The only god is routine don’t worry routine never ends
10 thousand fools stream down the ave
Cops beating girls while the crowds gather ‘round and laugh
Everyone looks then everyone leaves I’ve taken beatings for people who’ve
never been there for me
Think of me however you want, you stand in that crowd you’re just like that cop
You started the fire but you ran from the flames
If you believe in something you can take a little pain

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from Shadows, released February 28, 2011

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Rick Reid Victoria, British Columbia

Songwriter, musician, singer, writer, member of Eternal Husbands, The City Streets and half cut, dad, husband, film enthusiast, voracious reader, veganesque, unprepared hiker, melancholy optimist and traveler living in Victoria, Canada.

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