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Ball & Chain Record Store by Ellyn Maybe
/ o3 t% w3 b( k. f' w& P3 J% X1 tBall & Chain Record Store
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Someone came into the ball and chain
" z7 i- p3 ~+ B( E$ `- w# H7 Z# frecord store I work at+ F9 A+ M4 P9 o1 E# Z$ I, }7 t
and said no bags5 G* a1 m: H6 O
a waste of plastic$ M& L; A7 s' x$ ~! ?3 u4 _, h% o/ T& r
: z+ C+ d) D g. X; {3 @ FI said yes: P* P; D1 w% |$ `3 G
You must be a granola eating, left wing,
- V" H! E+ K% t/ M! x2 Ldig gothic, post-modernist, watch a lot- g6 j4 @' n0 g+ R! Q7 N9 y* ]0 K8 S
of Billy Jack movies, Arlo Guthrie type
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He said yes
% H4 L# x) t, y$ ^. [! T' NI smiled
2 A( U' s% S& l4 u, d6 vI dream of Tom Waits fingerpainting+ k" w k. b+ Z3 u8 u3 q) d
lightbulbs on my holiday wreath,
, M$ W& j, b7 q: U+ K% r# iand I'm Jewish, pretty weird huh?. X# H+ ]( ?* N2 x& R: s5 ?
I celebrate Tiny Tim's birthday
; V! m; A/ v/ K' s7 {with a parade of dancing deadheads
0 q# l" I" v6 f( m+ v5 ~& g1 Ysome who never sleep and some
4 b2 S$ g( A5 _" o! P! T+ ]) G4 lwho never go to the bathroom
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; o& P* c8 N( {His T-shirt said have you hugged
$ z8 B: E! a) k& H' |+ |! {9 m) P, Ta rainforest today?
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I said I love the planet
, a4 n2 r; O4 Q/ c# M& q( ~! L' _1 Dbut it's unrequited love
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He told me babe, you're bringing me down
- h3 B1 ^* M, h5 l; X2 R9 mWhen I was born my first word was ooomm2 K( K' l! z/ j3 M4 z: y6 s' L) Y- s6 p& o
In kindergarten I organized the pacifists
* l- Z! D# s% ]+ A5 zto demand we didn't have to read
/ n+ H7 ^- y* i' P( `& Zfrom Dick, Jane and Spot books
9 X2 Z. K" k2 [0 nToo generic
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2 Z, y4 ?' {- D/ G! t! o! vI demanded we get American Indians* E' g9 {% C2 e' F1 N
to talk about what's real
+ p3 k- ?2 P \: y; x' D" kAnd I gave them my nap mat
* }) D% H# q: k; ?2 pcause it's their land and! u7 o8 N! o& c. t
I gave them my peanut butter9 ^2 X( b- P [! n4 t
and jelly sandwich cause
& V1 s% L0 s- y( N% Ithe buffalo have been murdered( P" b: s5 j1 h. _9 Z1 g
and they need protein) T9 l+ i- ~8 I* m
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He blushed with passion and said
5 Q4 j, m2 [: t5 n- B, ltell me you
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Well, the first 15 years of my life( X& D4 E" e' ^" r" j/ |
I thought Barry Manilow was a sex symbol
- }. P# w8 ~ C) TNeedless to say I got a sort of late start
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* s8 a9 ?% _6 X9 m$ L0 S3 W9 ]at being at one with the cosmic heartbeat+ ~3 h$ K6 q3 ~% T$ q
7 l2 o1 v( o( ~He gave me one of those looks% X$ i6 ]2 s% m4 p% T5 V7 @
like I better get this girl
! A- z4 A, A0 f$ _: H9 Q6 H6 Usome Jack Kerouac books to read fast
7 O3 l$ m$ k4 t# w4 wbefore she suffers the confusion8 Z& V) y& K2 Z6 ^
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of not knowing there's other existences' J- m3 D( n7 d- P( t$ N4 n
beside the banal
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: D! {. a- v1 H& c* l0 hI put my hands on my hips and squealed% _5 {' t) u& p& u; N8 H
I read On The Road and the letters
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& k. |( r7 p1 jof Allen Ginsberg to Neal Cassady/ g- ?. |, r. e1 t
and vice versa; H5 |' \2 I% I: L
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He said on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday( }: P3 P7 H, R2 f, n$ O8 z
I'm a part time Marxist
* W, f1 W/ s- ?He took out a beanie
2 d y& `- z1 m; L' f6 s f% I" ~put it on his head
3 l9 V' J0 o, y9 O* A! iand began to chant3 @+ s& X, |& G! ?! F
$ M1 W9 X' T0 h# ~! o6 @0 _This definitely turned me on
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3 ^+ [) a! ?0 l# v5 F" pAll of a sudden he began to sing
3 S( w4 T9 K% Z1 R Dthe minimum wage workers' song
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" Q4 A8 u% x: k' ~9 j+ P7 d! ~the walls are full of faces4 X5 n" T- b7 J& B3 j8 ]/ }
the mini-malls are full of neon6 p6 X+ _* m/ J
the bitter bite the hands that feed them
8 x! r# J" W" ^9 A3 Kthe food is a mixture of bone, blood7 C1 b% u# E; E" U( }5 ?2 T/ T6 h
and snails7 B/ _ |7 Y3 Z0 g- I
man is a cannibal
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K X! I9 ]& A; j7 d; ?I said wow! you are the sort of guy4 i0 V F, {7 w7 b
who says right on and really means it
* K0 a$ b$ Y% f& Kyou probably only drink the milk
$ l4 C ~, {5 J& }of socially conscious cows
$ r6 d D* _# awho voted Crosby, Stills, Nash
) v1 U: \+ g& N0 |# a1 Y: _and Young for president
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He screamed oh chick my life changed( U% d& ^% @) v' C. k. E: D
in 1962 when I realized the Constitution
3 _# F9 m3 s! nwas written without women, blacks,
7 F) V7 v3 R+ [3 d/ Y h5 Q/ Dindians, and poor white men in mind
% ~1 B, ]# k" \0 w% J1 H, hThat was not o.k.
* b3 Z5 H4 {$ J5 ^, ]I became the Jackson Pollack of feminism/ w1 m- N0 ^* G8 O
I threw paint of outrage everywhere. [, S* v( D5 W
I was a man who identified! O# T) z, c {+ j/ o9 b, b; M
with Billie Holiday and Ernest Hemingway: U- j4 p/ n* P0 F
I was a traveler
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9 i9 C9 R& P0 h4 R% [So what brings you into this
+ z% s) ^# r& W7 u1 QSan Fernando Valley air conditioned) \% N3 k$ i- a p! n
intellectually malnourished video store
& p$ e/ T' Q6 h6 @with the exactlys?
$ V: |) T* x- t1 c/ e- f: H( Z3 _' qWe open exactly at 10:005 f; \ n9 M% c' O( a9 d
Close exactly at 10:00
2 m! {, I/ o# T% M$ m( zNo matter what our karma! A" i; B$ }# ^6 X
Damn it's so crass,! V' K- q. ?' P# H [: G
you can't even rent The Last Waltz here. f5 [: j0 ^: s g2 f
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He said I'm in a competitive mantra makers
/ W8 w2 D0 M0 N6 M9 Nbowling league0 y6 S, G; v% ?% Z
We have weavers, chess players
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and Hell's Angels
- M6 H8 P( ~( T. C% HInventors all, j! o! n( M* E; r- d8 T! F u5 i7 q b
We bowl whenever the fuck
! h1 K4 D4 |) Z, ^/ D# D/ w2 Dthe spirit moves us
X4 F& \: I" }0 UWith any luck we'll be playing the
# i* H8 E) W; w+ X# N& W8 J6 ^6 U# @New Age/lawyers/used car salesman league0 u$ w6 l) P9 u: i
again real soon
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* s! q& G4 `( k, g* THippies and New Age people are like
/ C/ T8 G) a; Pthe difference between Bob Dylan and Bob Hope4 @% H; A: E. b1 y. K
; l2 ?+ V- d G1 z- L' x. SHe smiled and said do you want to bowl?0 X& e% r) P/ ` }3 i# m
We are definitely into strikes
$ S- C( c$ g3 J9 E& z# @for the betterment of the worker2 e# G$ w) o. P- T1 {
We need someone who looks
: ?/ O* U9 u* c/ }, h. wlike she could walk into the woods
, k# j& U- V4 H5 k" T2 ?. k# x9 h" Nand find incense without getting poison ivy
- k2 p3 X/ F# v+ l/ FYou look like Van Morrison
7 L7 Z1 S& n, a* qwhen you pout your lips1 C1 a# X K! d% m5 {( s/ M
You could be a part of the father son and, Y( b# j$ ~/ e+ |1 J2 h
the holy ghost meshuganeh athletic league; j1 S5 o: g( B2 K7 D/ f8 n- }
Besides I love you
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: O. s2 j5 e, m( U4 _" qI started to weep3 c3 g, t3 s+ }& e7 ^4 H, f( A
Tears of Bas Mitzvah cake
1 m& @; _: d5 {4 k7 q3 t- ~$ Qand tears of being the last kid picked2 C2 d$ d2 i- }0 M5 n
for field hockey in gym class
! ?+ w! P- ^* p7 n* b4 S# PAuthentic tears
4 k1 i/ W! r j, L& s! PNobody ever said all that to me before
% f+ [/ T, A8 s( nI guess I kind of do have Van Morrison's mouth
/ K7 J! u8 @) F$ \Why hadn't anybody ever noticed?! i. G8 O! l3 M1 P, L( T
+ n1 u) B, |; @5 s K- f; w3 N# u6 iI said I love you3 q; g, O! D8 a9 l2 n6 n
But every free moment I moonlight at
+ E: g) Q2 q# p: qHairy Krishna Organic Coiffures
% W4 Y4 c. x0 `( p( w0 vand Tea Salon
9 I, C# \5 u1 |9 FWe use" \0 K4 d4 {4 A) m
no chemicals
( C6 M1 \- ~: g& @9 Ino dyes
2 F, q" l" O2 K1 B. A+ U$ Eno sprays
0 d* W; N$ m7 }3 j. zno combs2 v0 v% v0 d, g, P2 `3 z
no brushes/ g' e3 h. I0 B# z* I4 W6 Z
Hell, you look pretty much the same going out" W% l' | \7 L) [
as going in
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* @% @5 ~. m' x& ^1 J% QHe said what's a nice girl like you doing/ ^! x9 [* d/ i4 C; y* G4 j3 ]
living in a Republican administration8 x- ?& j0 X* o6 p, l% w
like this?4 y. E* L" x" k& s. s- O; x
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The manager of the record store comes over
7 t+ G! w ~. e# Aand says
- G% W z' p4 b' p8 H9 I* Iyou know the movie Fahrenheit 451
, v5 U: K0 g5 Z, R+ mCorporate has ordered us to burn it
t, X. ]1 y* b. hGet to it!' M% V1 W) Y4 v4 M
Don't give me your damn whimpering- S# C$ E. ?( w
Joan of Arc eyes
. e e1 G; f$ X5 P9 N6 d- RLots of people would love to have your job& v# ]" U+ @/ d4 A, t
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I screamed pig PIG3 k/ a4 O9 u# S8 g: _# B+ [+ f
You are giving barnyard animals a bad name
1 o- O& K* h% F) B- D" H; wCops are Pigs!
" \1 u+ E2 u- i0 K9 W' VIntolerants are Pigs!+ O& J" [9 X0 T' h+ Y0 p
Bigots are Pigs!
$ ]& k) B$ _1 E& GEverybody who does it and says they're3 u( h; o. ?% k q! g$ i
just doing their job is a Pig!
, C% i0 R/ z: [# X* |Everybody who does it to someone else
% i8 O4 X3 P6 q4 G9 Uknows what they are9 w5 p. v: J0 Y
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This is my first day at the record store
Y- @& d" A. X4 u4 \- d# O2 FI guess if they want to have a quiet! Y' M& X8 E- Y) T& t
complacent yes sir type of employee4 N, D$ U# q: Z! t0 }* y" {/ q+ V" P7 Z
they ought to ask different questions
6 }: `" k+ n W( e b) a, Gon the application
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like do you conform?. H% [: v$ j) \! z
like do you care that this is stolen land?
* D: ]; P! K, Q: I a# b% q, b% Slike do you believe in playlists?5 ^7 e X5 n i- V8 L. ]
like do you believe in yourself?, E% ~6 D$ U4 s! E6 p* `3 M* a
do you mind waking up alone
/ x. h8 z+ `' ^rather than being beat up with fists?
+ i* {9 }( j: `# A! vdo you see the government is beating us up1 u% C* m/ {9 {3 ?' g
as bad as a knife in our elbows
1 K: {& V+ H' }" ]as bad as a slur in our ears
, F+ E3 s, s! J- F+ T4 k# Qas bad as a rape+ n; X" w# y/ f. F N2 X, }
when we just wanted to be held
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8 N- U, H+ W: R1 w; [2 [; oAnd all they ask is
( ?% {: c+ M( v7 Ycan you work part-time?# _9 j, }. t& [% ^' U
and what days can't you work?) `* ~" g! Q* E# p& y( U
and they say whom do we contact
3 X E+ L$ B7 |4 \in an emergency?
% C0 v/ ~3 ~' v# {I said5 o) `- n& R0 d! F- S
cause you need to ask that9 n' z( a& q$ x" d4 i8 ]
constitutes an emergency
! j& f# s2 d( r2 s- bThe hippie said my name is Hell's Bell's8 `% k2 z. L* w- K5 P. Q" g
but you can call me hope
/ E4 {- X2 V5 w) T0 Y5 r( x5 YHe said I dug you5 F+ B! a2 Y8 p9 j% u. }
Now I dig your whole being1 E0 e3 s+ y7 s$ W3 B
7 ~) G1 u7 C |! g9 a+ N( pIt's strange
9 U: F1 c* I, V- j KNo matter how many nights I wake up unhappy
6 ^1 X; K; H O7 B" Pthere is still a possibility of rising
7 U6 u6 g6 g0 m/ ^4 \6 _into a change so easily
( h% [* e1 S8 _4 _' i3 b% Q v5 \The outlaw lives in a world9 n" ~2 q7 q" Z e4 b" G5 i
where when he sees a mirror' s, P( |# U5 k7 S8 W8 A& G C
he sees a hero. l& z) O# J( _" e3 l
And all heroes put their bellbottoms on0 F: _7 G. k \! e" v* A
one leg at a time# x; J6 @ s9 ?1 ]
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Let's face it
# i. j; N7 F+ [, p/ DHow can you trust money when
, u( L$ g( W* o9 T, fit's politician's faces printed on it
+ ?1 H5 @. f5 R$ ?' X5 N9 YMoney is sexist6 X+ ^& S2 O9 x, I+ f
The only woman on so called American currency
' R$ |* U: @- P1 Zwhich is really Turtle Island% Q2 ?# G; b, ]5 u) X2 P7 e
to the Indians is Susan B. Anthony
+ G: g, Z5 @% z1 j, Z& rand they stopped making those real fast
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2 i$ P4 t( `: y9 X& i8 ]7 ]9 jIs money worth killing for?
" Z* b+ |2 A) y/ \, a" i! G8 RIs money worth dying for?% O9 Z- ~2 p9 `# ?$ N# x1 V
9 { V& N& e- |, KI ran through the store singing2 ?, X: b% v2 e7 r4 i
about William Blake's eyebrows& H/ [' V+ G& m& v ^( N! P
and Walt Whitman's bellybutton# B* o5 t+ ^2 ]
saying everything is alive& s- z, s1 j' f, |
and everything is sort of adorable
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I took paperclips and gave them
4 O9 V7 A% W, _2 t& ]3 gto loving vegetarian families
+ t1 `/ P0 \- R+ g. R0 }. Lwho needed someone
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I took the bathroom sink and gave it a hug2 K* m) l# I% u- Z
I freed all the rubberbands!
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: n }8 {4 r: e1 {And I said to all the plastic bags( H/ n% q, |7 V5 ~( G
I will never burden you' p8 @2 a2 g2 E2 d3 n0 B+ A
with films weighing you down,% `7 w4 n4 l T I& A$ B2 A1 w
Perry Como cassettes,8 W% H0 D5 u v
or even a piece of Jerry Garcia's beard
; B, W( z2 \" _* k: n" rWell maybe
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& q0 X7 g: R( ^" f4 Z5 s# lBut I will never staple a bag2 S6 d) V$ F" _' l
for you brought love& e4 s/ V$ |& E) v' K" l4 W9 ~$ k0 \
5 x9 |5 y9 H0 b* G. i$ U1 vMost people tell me
5 F3 Y+ o) o/ }/ Z& Eit was all the pop tarts I ate$ J! v( v; e+ b) f6 `0 S6 r
Some people tell me- x" M4 \0 K! s% Y; v4 o( S
it was because I was a liar9 e j! Y8 L4 z) B
And I said I'm too honest
; m. D5 f+ t) H5 g! Rto be anybody's best friend
5 E, ]" X$ t! f5 [but at times nobody believes
$ p! Y _8 F2 q7 Z& v& Ethis hippie ever even came by+ x$ `$ ]' \5 |1 X
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there are/ M. e: N7 p2 g, C# W
no lingering peace signs
, [( P+ D& W ^+ J6 {no incense0 l' c6 a# ~: E+ _, t
no tea bags
: ^7 \4 g; `; C8 s% W+ n3 pno fuck the fuckers pamphlets" d$ j, [6 j l' `. t o
yet I still can't even believe# I! ] O2 E4 }
Abbie Hoffman is dead
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So my strengths and pains) c' j: `3 ~- r& n! ]- w
are in my sense of wonder
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( _7 i- n+ r: \& x) DAll I know is I don't believe in
$ ] }4 b) K+ P- D& I; r" k# g$ zwearing sandals and argyle socks together5 `& m& Y q) J/ a# |
And when I needed it most, hope was here9 k9 K. s( p4 t
change must not be too far behind
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