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Bolrom

from Just as Sure by Rebecca Riots

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lyrics

I was seeking a voice of inspiration
when he floated through the food court at 2 am
with a beat box on his shoulder
that beat box blaring by his ear
something I recognized

And he lifts me off the ground whenever he hugs me
And he always sets me safely down
Like a rebel, like a sage
With his wild nomadic ways
He's Bolrom
He's so familiar

Well it happens all the time
He is wrongly acused
And he's walking on these streets
like he don't belong, exiled to the night.

Sometimes Bolrom sits for hours
Sometimes he's gone for weeks
And I don't know where

But he lifts me off the ground whenever he hugs me
And he always sets me safely down
I can't claim to know him
He's a mystery to me
But, oh, he's so familiar

When he called, I was surprised to find
he'd already been in for a long time
maybe a month or two

When the trials and tribulations
of the world get intwined
You'll space travel
Your tired mind
Your very worried mind

And the public pretender
wouldn't defend you
One slip and they've got all the reason they need
Yeah, they got me worried too.

Well he lifts me off the ground whenever he hugs me
And he always sets me safely down
He's keeping out of harm's way
But harm comes anyway
It's all too familiar

Pulling Street Spirits from your pockets at the end of the day
You try to do it like they say
I know it's not as good as they make it out to be
But don't give in , don't give up, don't let them have their way

'Cause he lifts me off the ground whenever he hugs me
And he always sets me safely down
I can't claim to know him
He's a mystery to me
But, oh, he's so familiar

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from Just as Sure, released May 1, 2004

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Rebecca Riots Berkeley, California

Rebecca Riots was a female “radical folk” trio founded in 1993 by its members, Andrea Prichett, Lisa Zeiler, and Eve Decker.

"A band with a conscience that heals minds with its social and political commentary"
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“The trio is far and away one of the Bay Area's most impressive bands. Rebecca Riots should be a household name.”
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