Another nail in my coffin
Another tear stain on my sleeve
All the things I've forgotten
Dottie Danger carries with her in the street
She's got a nose for trouble
They say she should keep it clean
Pirouettes through the rubble
Our blessed lady of matchsticks and gasoline
Out on the scene, above "The Times"
She lives for the sun and the perfect crime
Dottie Danger, there's none stranger, a mystery to all
Don't let them change it, rearrange it, it's not something to be solved
They say your rage is one of those phases you will grow out of
Well, they can politely fuck right off
The here and now bite the big one
The future seems increasingly dim
Despite these limitations
Dottie lives the way she needs to live
Without regrets or remorse
Without the stain of original sin
And facing no other recourse
She'll burn it down and build it up again
The wind will blow the smoke away
She'll dance on our graves on that fine day
Dottie Danger, there's none stranger, a mystery to all
Don't let them change it, rearrange it, it's not something to be solved
They say your rage is one of those phases you will grow out of
Well, they can politely fuck right off
And I know Dottie Danger don't need these words at all
Used to see her outside the old vets hall
Holding court in the parking lot, without a care at all
So immaculately messed up, so brutally fine
Even though I never looked her in the eyes
I knew, we were two of the same kind
When Juli & The Painkillers would play
She'd say the things you knew, but never knew how to say
Underneath all the vitriol she would hurl
She was too pure for this world
With a righteous noise, a joyous rage
You could tell she'd read all the rules, ripped up every page
With a wild look in her eyes as she sang
Of a brand new dance in our own secret slang
We wrapped up in the arms of the same youth gang
When Juli & The Painkillers would play
The whole world outside could fuck off with no delay
In a cardigan and costume pearls
She was too cool for this world
And now if this town has seemed to grown too straight
A little less strange, a little too tame
I still hear her voice every now and then
Oh, she thought me how to walk like a woman
When Juli & The Painkillers would play
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If it's true that "here and now bites the big one", can anyone blame The Reno Casinos for turning a blind eye to the present? This double-sided digital smash sees the band plant one foot in the past, one foot in the future, and no feet in the now to tell you, dear listener, how it was, and perhaps, how it shall be again.
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released March 5, 2021
Recorded at Fort Ancient. Juli & The Painkillers originally by The Comedians.
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