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Archive song #10! Written by me on March 31, 1988. Two days before my 19th birthday. Apparently I didn't like "purveyors of the truth" even then. It took me a while to remember the chorus. Might be near the original?

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Walking through the field today, I came across a man talking
He said everything I wanted him to say
He said enough to keep me from walking away
He said: "We got truth for sale"
And I thought to myself, that's for me
He said: "Pay by mail, order free"
But the air around him was stale

Just a little but here and a little bit there
At least give up half
I say: "None or All!" and that's my fault
No more right and no more wrong
Nothing's where it belongs
Let's get this straight once and for all
We've got Truth for sale

He said: "Come one, come all- truth to buy"
With puzzlement written on my face, I came closer
He picked me out and said: "Come on son, don't by shy
There's no time like now- You've got no future"
I said: "I see your point, but there's more than this"
He said: "I know, boy. Keep your mouth shut, it's bad for business"
"There's a future based on the past"
"But nothing's guaranteed to last"
There's a future based on the past, but nothing's guaranteed to last

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from Archive Volume One: 1987​-​1988, released December 28, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Brad James Beske
All instruments and vocals by Brad James Beske

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Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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