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Beaten, Reviled, Threatened, and Hated

from Refuge in Genre by Hank IV

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STUMBLED OUT OF DESOLATION
TO FIND THAT YOU WERE GONE
CRAWL AROUND IN DESPERATION
TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG

DONE WALKED FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT
CRAWLED A THOUSAND MILES IN THE MUD
TORE MYSELF ON ROCKS AND CACTI
WASHED MY BODY WITH ITS OWN BLOOD

BEEN CHASED BY CREATURES AND DEMONS
HUNTED BY THE MEN MUCH WORSE
BEATEN, REVILED, THREATENED, AND HATED
A MAN HUNG WITH A CURSE

IT WASN’T SUCH A LONGTIME AGO
WHEN THE SUN WAS A WELCOME FRIEND
THE STARS AT NIGHT WERE OH SO LOVELY
AS WE WALKED TOGETHER HAND IN HAND

THAT WAS BEFORE THE PAIN AND THE SICKNESS
BEFORE THE FEAR AND THE DREAD SET IN
BEFORE THE SEPARATION SENT ME NORTHWARD
TO SEARCH FOR A BETTER END

I’VE THIRSTED FOR MORE THAN TRUE LOVE
AND HUNGERED FOR LITTLE ELSE
TORE MY BODY WIDE OPEN
TO FIND OUT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE

I DONE DIED FORTY TIMES IN THE DESERT
BORN FORTY TIMES AGAIN
BEATEN, REVILED, THREATENED AND HATED
A MAN WHO IS AT HIS END

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from Refuge in Genre, released October 7, 2008
lyrics - Bob McDonald, music - Hank IV

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Hank IV San Francisco, California

Hank IV's hard-charging and visceral dual-guitar rock punk has been likened to “Crime meets Viletones meets Styrenes punk” (Z-Gun Magazine) and by WFMU’s DJ Terre T as “a sick combination of Volcano Suns and Blue Cheer and Chain Gang!”

Hank IV is not related to Hank Williams or any of his descendants.
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