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Make a wish

from The Baby Album by The Porchistas

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Written for and about the City of Newark, from four different perspectives with a focus on the 1967 Newark riots/rebellion

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Im sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable she said
But thank you dear for such a lovely lie.
I smell the smoke, of a thousand burning homes
On my daddys skin and dirty clothes.

City on the bay, welcoming those ships from china,
Wonder where does that money go?
I will wait for you.
I woke up for you.
You are my bloody valentine.

Im sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable she said
But thank you dear for such a lovely lie.
I smell the smoke, of a thousand burning homes
On my daddys skin and dirty clothes.

(instrumental)
(Break down)
Oh Eloise. Had to leave eleven babies.
How do we let our mama go?
Bled to death on her couch
Only crime, she looked out a window
Guard shot at everything that moved.

Broken promises
Jim crowe aint never gonna work, no,
Is this how you spell freedom?
Tanks, machine guns, soldiers and beatings?
This isn’t fuckin Vietnam.

I will wait for you.
I woke up for you.
You are my bloody valentine.

Im sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable she said
But thank you dear for such a lovely lie.
I smell the smoke, of a thousand burning homes
On my daddys skin and dirty clothes.

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from The Baby Album, released June 2, 2012

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The Porchistas Montclair, New Jersey

Born on a porch in Montclair, NJ. Lyrically driven Porch Rock

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