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Aaron's Gold

by Alan PostScript

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my ode to Lou Reed and the guy down on his luck

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Aaron's got a plan
He's gonna do it man
He's going downtown to the corner store
to buy him a lotto ticket

past the signs and the crowd
shouting so loud
“Why won't the rich help the poor out?”
He's got no time to picket

He spends his last five bucks
to bribe Lady Luck
offered her Pepsi and nabs
to lower her guard

He watches after the News
He only needs two more 2s
It's gonna be a cold night
'cause she's playing hard

CHORUS
He's gone out on a whim
with the odds stacked against him
and when the bough breaks he'll grab the next limb
he refuses to fall

For he's spent all his power
climbing up that ivory tower
All that glitters is gold he'll be damned if he goes
and loses it all

Verse 2

Aaron sticks to his plan
He's going to the corner store and
he'll buy some scratch-off cards
with his government check

He scratches the silver
with his fingernails yellow
He can't help but score green
he bought the whole damn deck


CHORUS

BRIDGE
He nearly had a heart attack
when he won the grand prize
Half he paid in tax
the other half changed his life

They put his face in the paper
He made the evening news
When one night he tossed the dice and he lost the prize
staring down the end of a .22

CHORUS

He went out on a whim
with the odds stacked against him
and when the bough broke he grabbed the next limb
he refused to fall

For he's spent all his power
climbing up that ivory tower
all that glitters is gold he'll be damned if he goes
and loses it all

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released September 25, 2017
modified .22 sound originally by cedarstudios from freesound.org

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Alan PostScript North Carolina

Alan PostScript dabbles in as many genres as he sees fit using every influence he has ever heard. He favors hard rock, pop, euro-prog and soundtrack.

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