Faster Jackalope - First Impression

from SpinTunes #15 Round 1 by Spintunes

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Strange New World: You are an alien visiting the Earth. Write about what you found.
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First Impression
By Faster Jackalope

Verse One

Stepping out of the starship door
Smoke is clearing and the horizon starts to show
Why is the atmosphere so cold
Why is this yellow sun so slow
Try to blend and look indigenous
The clothes are too tight and the air is way too thin
And tonight I will walk among them

Chorus One

Our first impression
Is their intense aggression
When they want to claim their space
By any measure
They seem to derive pleasure
From the same place that they make their waste

Verse Two

Organized rocks in cubic form
Mostly in squares, there’s flickering lights
The Earthlings congregate at night
And stare upon their satellite
Their purpose seems so ambiguous
They keep on going but it seems they get nowhere
They don’t know that there’s no time to spare

Chorus Two

Carbon dioxide
Is a steady slow suicide
They lace it in their drinks
They mine their mountains
To make more fancy fountains
Collapse is on the brink

Bridge

If we choose to help them
Will we grow to regret it?
When we say they’re so human
It’s just a galactic epithet

Chorus Three

By every measure
They seem to derive pleasure
From the same place that they make their waste
Our first impression
Is their intense aggression
When they want to keep their space
Carbon dioxide
Is a steady slow suicide
They lace it in their drinks
Collapse is on the…
Collapse is on the…
Collapse is on the...
Collapse is on the brink

credits

from SpinTunes #15 Round 1, released November 4, 2018
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Faster Jackalope is a mythical rock band of North American folk and indie rock scenes (a fearsome band) . Faster Jackalope is said to be so dangerous that hunters and rock critics are advised to wear stovepipes on their legs to keep from being gored. One of the ways to catch a Faster Jackalope live show, is to entice it with whiskey, the band's beverage of choice. Faster Jackalope can imitate the human voice, according to legend. During the days of the Old West, when cowboys gathered by the campfires singing at night, Faster Jackalope could be heard mimicking their voices or singing along, usually as a tenor, but sometimes as a jazz trio. It is said that Faster Jackalope, only records during lightning flashes and that their 3 locations (WA,CA,and PA) make the act difficult despite their reputation for productivity.

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