Damascus - Dave Hause

Welcome, my friends, to the show

Dance and drink if you’d like or sit back and take notes

It’s a fine night to test what you know

Who you fear, who you love, and who you cling to for hope

Hope

There’s a strange stifling smell in the air:

Cigarette smoke, perfume, and a tinge of despair

I guess we should all get prepared

Load your guns, take your pills, and start saying your prayers

Say your prayers

I promised that this wouldn’t happen to me

I’ve got scales grown over my eyes and I can’t see

If I falter as this moves along

Don’t you stop me to ask if there’s anything wrong

Your best bet’s to just move along

Throw my bones in the river and write me a song

Sing these songs, sing these songs

I promised that this wouldn’t happen to me

Now I’m stockpiling bullets and vitamin C

I promised that this wouldn’t happen to me

I’ve got scales grown over my eyes and I can’t see

Take the scales off my eyes I’m trying to see