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KEYS TO THE KINGDOM

I can't find the keys to the kingdom
I tried every knob but those doors just won't open
I locked myself out a long time ago
and now on this air I am choking you know

cuz I misplaced the keys to the kingdom
I retraced my steps but i'm just so inept
at recalling the details I need to recall
and keeping things where things are kept

it don't matter how hard I pound
they ain't never gonna let me back in

back when I held the keys to the kingdom
I took it for granted my view was thus slanted
I used to sing mantras exposing the contras
and now i've become disenchanted

my ideals were my keys to the kingdom
but ideals reached there limits so now i'm a cynic
leftist politics sweep the palace steps slick
while I stand at there base and wait for kings to slip
and relinquish the keys to the kingdom

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from Vile Rhythms, released September 25, 2023

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