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Afterward (You Should Have Seen it)

from The Great Routine! by Briar Rabbit

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I cut your rope down
From the rafters
Once everybody went home
A different person
Than they arrived
At the ol' minstrel show

Once they realized
What had happened
The main curtain was drawn
But it was too late
Everyone witnessed
Damage that cant be undone

You should have seen it!
they couldn't believe it!
You forced them to see a man
take his life in his own hands
Left em speechless
they couldn't believe it....

There's no pride
No satisfaction
No lynching photographs
Just your final image
Guilt is seeping
The masks are starting to crack

The paper boys shouting
"Read all about it!
On a vaudville stage at night,
a famous minstrel takes his life!"
They're all reading but still can't believe it
Described at your funeral
as 3/5's of a man with 6/5's of a soul

As you walk along the clouds and find
what this is all about are you still angry?
I heard, in heaven, all of your pain
falls in drops of rain and it hasn't stopped for days
Man you should have seen it
They couldn't believe it

credits

from The Great Routine!, released February 2, 2011
Guitar and Vocals: Phillip-Michael Scales
Lead Guitar: Devon Clarke Geyer
Bass: Annie Hoffman
Drums: Adam Hand
Organ: Josh Moshier
Violin: Nicki Singleton
Cello: Callie Peterson
Viola: David Peacock
Tap Dancing: Jumaane Taylor "The Bearded Hoofer"

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Briar Rabbit Chicago, Illinois

A 2013 International Songwriting Competition winner & B.B. King's Nephew, Briar Rabbit believes pop music and intelligent lyrics are not mutually exclusive

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