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Artist: Rancid
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Red Hot Moon
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Red Hot Moon
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Red Hot Moon
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Casey's Cali-California's gotta reputation
And she hit the asphalt
And she's waiting for an escape now
Escape is called the 164
Now Casey, she don't remember where she's from
And Casey, she wants to run, run, run
She's a punk rocker
She don't trust no one
On a South Bay bus all alone
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Casey never caught up
Like the rest of the rats in the fucking maze
"Check me out," she said, " I'm in a concrete jungle
I'm an individual and you are stuck in a haze, "
Oh hell no!
She knows what they do, 'cause
'Cause she says so!
And she knows who her friends are
So fuck you!
Don't get no closer
You'll only make her run far away
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
I knew Casey's brother for a while
Let's say we spent a lot of time hanging out
I always thought -- and so did he -- she'd be the one
To get out of here and make a life for herself
But hen we found her
In the little league park
In the dugouts
It was cold, damp and dark
And no one knew why she wouldn't wake up
I think she finally made it back home
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
Under the RED HOT MOON
Take a bus downtown to the graveyard shift tonight
SR: One time for your mind
Two times for your soul
Three for the graveyards and the money I fold
Dimmed out in the city, where the Sun burns slow
No hope, it's a pity, can't say no
Not my time to go, it's not my time to die
The last thing I want is for my mother to cry
It was love at first light, the very first night
Things have never been the same since I took the first flight
The way I've lived my life, my love, I lived lavish
(Under the red hot mooooon)
Lost me from the start, you'll lose, you'll never have it
Untouched, unleashed, back up, you don't want it
Stick him for his cash, he's back, that's how we flaunt it
Take to the past, I take it to a blast
Bust the motherfucker, I'm out on this smack
(Under the red hot moooooon)
Dimmed out, high as fuck
I'm out of control
Let's bounce, rocksteady, man, I'm ready to roll
Under the RED HOT MOON
Under the RED HOT MOON
Under the RED HOT MOON
Under the RED HOT MOON
(Fade out)
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