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Industrial Growth

from A Story All About How by The Scribes

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She was a social butterfly fluttered by with a bitter taste
Muttered why is this business so common place
No place in commons nonsense she overrates
General consensus says that she’s out of date
Little late bloomer brunette played musical chairs
With acoustical flair on open mic
Only human consumed by letting her soul bare
Five years who cares? She’ll drink tonight
Sings ‘til the bell rings a bottle of Bells sings
As she clings to her wagon thinking at least I'm not off the rails
Or back in jail or affecting my record sales
But my one hit broke my heart
It tipped the charts but didn't want to hit the ground so hard
Back in the gutter now I came so far
Pain lowered the bar tired of aiming for those shooting stars

She sits hoping that nobody would know
They took her body and soul
And swallowed it whole
The camera light's on but nobody is home
And know it's starting to show
But still the industry grows again

He was a local rapper man dapper dan held his swagger down
Worked hard for his artform and mastered sound
Wants fame faster after them massive crowds
Mixtape hero here you go pass it round
A few years late hates it no fame yet
Still waiting for pay cheques and keeping it real
Internal debate that rages won't make hits
But fame is his aim still seeking a deal
Now when the deal comes with some of the real funds
And photos with real guns he's thinking
At least I'm not making pop
Sure it's fake hip hop and It hate it but I'm paid so what
Now his big hit fails to chart
And these labels are smart so he's dropped and it breaks him apart
Now he's back where this tale did start
With a weight on his heart
A former star who knows he gave up his art

She sits hoping that nobody would know
They took her body and soul
And swallowed it whole
The camera light's on but nobody is home
And know it's starting to show
But still the industry grows again

And all those lights that were shining so bright
Look like stars man god damn
Until the times when the day becomes night
It gets dark man I get down

Down in the dumps rebounding from the punch
He's craving the escape and found it in the drugs
Was so damn easy when these people knew his name
From champagne and coke now it's needles in his veins
Hardship so hard to walk when he once larged it
In starships scarred by the talk of other artists
His heart isn't art set his memory's fading
Of seminal days fame's a terrible craving

Pretty as a picture gritty as a scripture
Tales from the crypt she sips the elixir
Hard to swallow a pity to let the truth out
Tale of two cities she's really filling her boots now
Walk it foot in her mouth she can't talk it
Awkward round of applause before she forfeits
Tortured in vain for the radio fame
Same game-show and it's growing again

She sits hoping that nobody would know
They took her body and soul
And swallowed it whole
The camera light's on but nobody is home
And know it's starting to show
But still the industry grows again
She sits hoping that nobody would know
They took her body and soul
And swallowed it whole
The camera light's on but nobody is home
And know it's starting to show
But still the industry grows again

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from A Story All About How, released January 29, 2015
Written and performed by Ill Literate, Jonny Steele and Lacey.

Recorded and produced by Shaun Amos at The Dojo.

Mixed and mastered by Shaun Amos.

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Copyright 2015 The Scribes.

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