The Rat Brain

by The John Benjamin Band

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Meet the boy with the rat brain.
He's OK but his Mom's insane.
She talks to his brother,
Long dead and gone away

Do you listen to the voices
Only stilled by chemistry?
Do you sit in a darkened room
Clean your guns and watch the TV?
Well, far be it from me.

Got a dog, it's a three-leg.
Can't fetch but he sure can beg.
Dog chews on a soup bone,
Cracked open like a chicken egg.

Do you listen to the voices
Only stilled by chemistry?
Do you sit in a darkened room
Clean your guns and watch the TV?

Do you wash until you're bleeding?
Do you long for the day
Do you remember when the people
Knew what it's like to be free
Really, truly, free?

Well, far be it from me.

Meet the boy with the rat brain
Got a different sense of humor.
Don't ask what's so funny
You won't like the answer.

Do you listen to the voices
Only stilled by chemistry?
Do you sit in a darkened room
Clean your guns and watch the TV?
Well, far be it from me.

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released October 21, 2015
Music and Lyrics by John B Nolt
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered in Washington, D.C.

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