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Don't Deafen Me, Persephone

from ORFEAS by JUDGE SMITH

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HI CRIMES: (David Shaw-Parker)

Yo, check out my man Orfeas.
They call him the modern Lazarus,
‘Coz the guy died; he was broke inside,
He was deep fried, when he totalled his ride,
A candidate for formaldehyde.
Well, that’s what the doctors diagnosed,
He was gone, he was toast, no more’n a ghost.
And as he bled, on his death bed,
His soul was led to the Land of the Dead,
And what he saw there changed his head,
‘Cos he spoke with Angels, and the babes all said
Don’t look back.
Don’t look back.
Never look back. (Yo, Big ‘O’!)
Don’t look back. (Yeah...)

(Word up!)
And they said it ain’t his time to go,
So he say ‘Cheerio’ to the Place Below,
And before you know, the medico
Find his heart beating out fortissimo.
So now he’s back, playing fast, showing class,
All the rockers he surpass;
An’ now, he gettin’ Hip Hop on their ass,
With the dope beats of MC Crimes,
And my fresh rhymes, he’s changing the paradigm
With the message he brought back from Hell
That he’s compelled to tell, so listen well. He say
Don’t look back. (Yo, Big ‘O’)
Don’t look back. (Word up, y’all)
Don’t look back. (Check it!)
Never look back. (Sheet!)

ORFEAS: (Judge)

Thank you, thank you...Maxwell Blow, saxophone!.. and MC Hi Crimes! Thank-you-very-much!..

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from ORFEAS, released May 23, 2020

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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