Skyscraper

from Wild Dogs - Digital LP by Battered Suitcases

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Skyscraper
You’re like some kinda skyscraper
that just popped up overnight.
A new silhouette on the skyline,
a new shape in the night.
I don’t know if you’re sturdy,
I can’t tell if you’re slight,
I can’t tell my up from down,
I don’t know my wrong from right.
Dropped a penny in the ocean
Just to see if it could swim.
The ripples ran out in commotion
to satisfy your simple whim.
But your penny it sunk to the bottom,
With your sanctity and your sin.
Picked up by passing shark
when the waves came rushing in.

Lead me into temptation
Forgive me for my sin

Seems to me you’re still running,
Even when you’re home and dry.
Eating life by the skin of your teeth,
You never stop to wonder why.
I don’t know if you’re stupid,
I can’t tell if you’re sly,
You fill me up with your mischief
And you leave me with no alibi.

Lead me into temptation
Forgive me for my sin.

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from Wild Dogs - Digital LP, released February 7, 2020
Written by Sharon Labor
Sharon Labor - Poet, lead vocals, bass
Jessica Roe - Drums
Frank Labor - Guitar

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Battered Suitcases Phoenix, Arizona

Battered Suitcases describes its music as "uniquely beat rock and roll" and lives up to that description stunningly. The band offers a truly new and original sound, introducing a whole new genre in the wide world of rock 'n' roll. Battered Suitcases songs infuse the sanctity of spoken word with the rawness and pump of rocking punk, with a touch of swagger. ... more

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