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from The Birth of Ikmik by One Word

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Not long after the suit and the tie were discovered
The mannequins ambushed the clerks.
And paraded away from their shopping malls
And took control of the affairs of the state
There’d be no laughter no love
And no happy ever after
Just to work until the day that you die
You die.

The devil’s on the elevator telling me
How he has ridden up and down
With his mannequin arms and his mannequin legs
He fits right into your capitol town.

He looks as old as the sea
but he can’t be older than me
He says God wanted him a beggar
So he left him his knees.

Devil don’t beg me
Devil don’t beg me
Devil don’t beg me

Not long after sir Newton
Invented the law that brought us all
Falling back down to earth
Oh we gave up on flights
And embraced fears of heights
No more wings to the dreams of our birth.
And all the laughter and love
That rained from above
Is now buried so deep in the ground.
But sister, don’t waste your time
There’s no more gold to be found.

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from The Birth of Ikmik, released February 14, 2012

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One Word Memphis, Tennessee

A few folks from Memphis, TN. One Word has been making music together since 2007.

They are currently in the studio working on there 2nd album "Judgement Day" due May 2015.

One Word is:

Daniel Clarke
Gabe Hatch
Chris Madden
Josh Samuels
Chris Vermillion ... more

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