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Rock the Grotto

from Condo Fucks City Rockers by Karl Ward

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So the Grotto was a rock club in New Haven. Kevin Peckham and I had a drink there once before Ghost Ghost played a show nearby. I read that Mark Mulcahy from Miracle Legion booked bands for the Grotto back in the day. Rock and roll ghosts. The title is almost certainly a reference to The Clash’s song “Rock the Casbah,” but what do I know? This was the second song I finished for Condo Fucks City Rockers, and it was the first one that really jumped out of the speakers.

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They say we can’t dance, can’t read
Don’t listen, can’t speak
Can’t hear, can’t sing
Yeah but what do they know about anything?

So if I wanna dance, fight
Sing, scream
Dance, scream
What if I wanna burn down everything?

I’m the sound not the echo (Rock the Grotto)
The song not the demo
The drugs not the limo
The fall not the tiptoe

I wanna dance, fight,
Sing, scream,
Dance, scream
I wanna burn down everything!

The sound not the echo (Rock the Grotto)
The song not the demo
The id not the ego
The fall not the tiptoe
The drugs and the limo
The fall and the tiptoe
The id and the ego
Yeah the very first demo

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from Condo Fucks City Rockers, released March 25, 2019

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