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Symptomatic

from Refuge in Genre by Hank IV

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I’m getting ready to buy
All those things
That stare at me
From viewing screens

That look up at me
From glossy pages
And through the doors
Of retail spaces

You might say it’s symptomatic
This clip jammed up my automatic
I’ve heard you say, “that shit it sucks,
it used to be pure but now it’s cut”

I’m getting ready to buy
Aww, I don’t know
It hurts up high
And down below

You wanna talk about margins
On coke and fries?
You see, I know the girl who invented Super Size (yes, I do)

You might say it’s symptomatic
Her clip jammed up your automatic
I know you think that shit is sick
But we both know identity’s plastic

Climb aboard your private log
And ride off on that flume
Things that match and some that don’t
Now redecorate your room.

If it’s news to you, it’s news to me
The definition of value:
How many want it if it’s free?

Jump rope rhythms on the street get hopped
Sawed-off rhythms from the chart get dropped
Glass-jawed boxers in the ring get popped
Cocaine bundles on the beach wash up
Cocaine bundles on the beach wash up
Glass-jawed boxers in the ring get popped
Sawed-off rhythms from the chart get dropped
Jump rope rhythms on the street get hopped

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from Refuge in Genre, released October 7, 2008
music and lyrics - Anthony Bedard

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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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