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Debutante Warnings

from The Lecher's Waltz by Rasp Thorne & the Briars

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lyrics

Debutante Warnings


Ya better suffocate that hip sway darlin,
Better shove it in yer pocket ‘til yer set free,
It just aint mere evidence that yer flauntin,
It’s the intersection dissectin’ the chaff from the wheat.

Yer quite the pretty peacock snarlin,
Thinkin what ya did can never be traced,
Well all the girls fresh out of county
Are yakkin’ their lips all over the place,
Etchin’ in the factors ya sook to erase.

‘Cause murders like a magic marker baby,
What’s first inscribed don’t always show but it don’t erase,
Just takes a swab of the right solution
to peruse the writ you did not dictate.

The bullet casings, ejected an’ spread all over,
The sulphur stink interlaced with your cheap perfume,
Your menthol cigarette, the filter, ya know I found it,
Crushed ‘neath the counter an shellacked with your lipstick’s bruise.

If ya suck the bottle dry when yer not thirsty,
Yer gonna shake when the tremens start to creep in,
But yer a greedy little creature aint ya baby,
Bet you’d pawn yer next of kin for a lost weekend.

Yer like a spoiled exhibitionist starvin
for what can only be unleashed in abject privacy,
I got an instant one up on you starlin,
‘Cause I can get off with no one watchin me,
In locked scenarios I tend to jangle the key.

So tell me why won’t ya face me, don’t tell me it’s ‘cause yer crazy,
Such charades of bullshit are best kept for your defence,
Come to the window, gaze at me through the plastic,
I can’t even touch you or throw acid through the vent.

Yer like a thirty minute car crash honey,
After fifteen no one cares about your misery,
The jaws of life don’t care about yer body,
Just separatin tissue from spoiled steel,
An executioner won’t mince with yer wide thighed appeals,
Better button yer lip before he makes you squeal,
‘Cause my debutante warnings are the real deal.

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from The Lecher's Waltz, released July 8, 2012

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Rasp Thorne Berlin, Germany

Rasp Thorne is a writer, musician and performer based in Berlin.

Current musical projects: DRUCKS, CHAGRIN, Silk Rut (Berlin)
Previous bands include: Rasp Thorne & the Briars, LaZY SHaRKS (London) Ryder Pales, and SPAR HORNET (NYC)

Along with solo songs he has also recorded poetry extensively.

'Etched in the Ether', a collection of lyrics, is available now through CHAGRIN PRESS ... more

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