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Letters To Friends - There Will Always Be Pheasants

from Those Feelgood Quarantine Hits! by Scott Steven Erickson

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Originally from "Return to the Land of Jackalopes" (2009)
Re-recorded for the Letters To Friends Demo (2010)

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They build their comfort zones out of dollar signs,
and imaginary lines
Then they wrap the whole thing up in old barbed wire
Then they take a “NO TRESPASSING” sign,
and staple it on top,
prosecuting anyone who tries to enter
This house is full of boundaries,
without much form of diplomacy
This house is full of enemies,
with no reason to be hostile
Take me away…

‘Cause they’re just so afraid of living

They built their comfort zones out of $s
and imaginary lines
Then they erected giant walls to keep each other out
Then they called themselves countries,
and the rest were aliens
prone to get zapped if they tried to get in
This country's full of boundaries
without much form of diplomacy
This country has some enemies
with some reason to be hostile
Take me away…

‘Cause they’re just so afraid of living

I deconstructed my comfort zones
no more $s or lines,
and I welcome anyone, for I’ve no need for boundaries
And I welcome all the challenges I can find for myself
It keeps me alive
keeps me alive
I can do so much more than just survive!
It keeps me alive

So take me to Siam
Take me to Canaan
Take me away to Czechoslovakia, to the USSR
Take me away to any kind of place
that can give me hope for change
Take me away…

but there will always be pheasants,
who can fly across borders
There will always be pheasants,
who’ve no need for fucking passports!
There will always be pheasants

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from Those Feelgood Quarantine Hits!, released April 5, 2020
Phil Deveney - guitar, vocals
Eryn Zerr - trumpet, vocals
Scott Erickson - accordion, vocals
Aaron Gates - bass, vocals

Recorded by Aaron Gates in Pierre, SD

Art by Scott

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