The Rat In The Hat

from Man Of Clay (the Black Art of Science) by Rich Black

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There’s so much pressure in the world today
There’s a cardboard puppet with no truth to say

There’s trouble brewing in a foreign land
And a pack of bastards standing where I stand

There is a freedom for the ghost and I
But these humans have no open eyes
Why

There’s a school of felons trying to colonise
They’re a one way ticket to the fallen skies

There’s a storm and tempest left your high seas dry
And the prophet tells us that the end is nigh

There is a freedom for the ghost and I
But these humans have no open eyes
Why

There’s a rat in a hat taking bets on the trojan war
And some cat on a mat with his life draining out the door

There’s a crow in a frenzy makes your eyeballs bleed
And the all time loser’d rather play the field

There is a freedom for the ghost and I
But these humans have no open eyes
Why

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from Man Of Clay (the Black Art of Science), released June 6, 2020
Lyrics: Rich Blackam
Music: Rich Blackam/Craig Harnath

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Rich Black Melbourne, Australia

Heavily guitar oriented with flavours covering a broad gamut from rock through grunge to blues including a few unexpected sidebars, Rich's writing covers a lot of territory. Rich has described his art as ‘kind of a screenplay about the supernatural, science, history and human frailty’ and close scrutiny of the lyrics might support this hypothesis, or not! ... more

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