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Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the Grave yard shift tonight
Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the Grave yard shift tonight

Casey's from Campbell, California.
She's got a reputation that she didn't ask for.
She's waiting for an escape now, escape is called the one sixty four.
Now, Casey, she won't admit when she's wrong,
Now Casey, she's always run, run, run.
She's a punk rocker, she don't trust no one
On a south end bus all alone.

Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight
Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight

Casey was never caught up, like the rest of the rats in a fucking maze
Check me out she said, I'm in a concrete jungle,
I'm an individual and you're stuck in a haze
Oh hell no, she knows what the truth is. Because she said so
She knows who her friends are so fuck you, don't get no closer,
It'll only make her run far away

Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight
Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight

I know Casey's brother pretty well, you see,
We spent a lot of time hanging out
I always thought for sure that she'd be the one to get out of here
And make a life for herself
But when we found her in the little league park,
In the dugout it was cold in the dark.
No one knew why she wouldn't wake up,
I think she finally made it back home.

Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight
Under a red hot moon, take a bus downtown to the grave yard shift tonight

[Rap verse by Rob Aston]
One time for your mind, two times for your soul three for the graveyard and the money I stole. Dimmed out in the city where the sun burns low, no hope it's a pity I can't say no. It's 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, since the very first night, things have never been the same since I took my first flight. The way I live my life, I love; I live lavish, lost me from the start. You lose, you'll never have it! Untouched, unleashed, back up you don't want it. Take it for the cash. It's back, now he's fronting. Take two and pass, I'll take two and blast. Bust a mother fucker; I'm out on the flash. Pimped out, high as fuck. I'm out of control. Heads bounce rock skate now I'm ready to roll.

Under the red hot moon.
Under the red hot moon.
Under the red hot moon.
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freehat17 On Apr 11, 2004
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Fuck people who don't like Indestructible. I didn't get into Rancid because of a certain CD, I got into them really through my girlfriend. The shit on Indestructible is just as good as anything.

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So I think I can help with the red hot moon question
KC Died of a meth overdose The “moon” would be representing the bulb of an oil burner pipe and that when meth is smoked it leaves a white residue on the inside making the glass Buick look like a moon To smoke it you need to heat the glass making it “red hot”

Glass bulb not buick

@Leeferd first off all, meth overdose is pretty rare, heart attack after long term use but it depends on the person. Meth addicts usually live long unfulfilled lives. Also meth burns at a pretty low temperature, pipes don't get red hot after they are red hot from being made. I think you are making metaphor out of lyrics with literal meaning.

The thing you said about a full pipe looking like the moon is interesting though, it does kind of look like the moon.

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Kickass song, catchy beat, cool lyrics very smooth

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i second that, i like the guitar at the beginning of the song as well

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yeah i like this song, i dont really think rob aston had to be in it though, although i like his line: "Dipped out in the city Where the sun burns slow" yeah thats nice.

It's about his sister, that's why he's in it.

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can someone tell me what does "red moon" mean?

Red probably means spilled blood or anger, the hot part suggests summer or tense, thats what i think but when he says she found her way home that means shes dead.

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i completely love this song, that's why some of the lyrics as my screen name, in case you didn't notice.

does KC kill hersself? is that why "she wouldn't wake up"?

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I think she overdoses but it's not suicide? I'm not sure...actually I think she just passes out from drugs or something but then she wakes up later "I think she finally made it back home" cause you know when you pass out and then you wake up the next morning and wonder how you got home? maybe it's like that...

She was murdered and dumped in the dugout at the little league park, and the part of the song where it says "I guess she finally made back home" means she finally made it back to a place where nobody could hurt her again.

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i love bands from the california punk scene too bad i don't live there sigh i really wish i lived there but i love this song and this band!!

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i think KC got killed: But when 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 guess she finally made it back home

i love this song but i think it could have done better withou Skinhead Rob though. maybe if Tim sang that part becausei like the lyrics.

Skinhead Rob was in it because it's about HIS sister.

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