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A-back in the days when the battles raged
And we thought it was nothing
A bookstore man meets the CIA and we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in
Get the cradle rocking
Ah, out with the redneck pig old men
And it's go
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
Back in time again
Ah, I can't forget your terrorized face
When you cried for the shameless
Wasted life Ameri-K-K-Kan
And you smile
So why should we run when we cannot hide
And my flag is burning?
We could be wrong but that's alright
We'll rise again
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
It's back in town again
Lookin' away it's another day
And of course we love you
Radical man is the CIA
And we say no
We'll round up the Durham H.C. kids
And the Char-Grill Killers
Jesse H. come into our pit
All-ages show
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
It's back in time again
And we thought it was nothing
A bookstore man meets the CIA and we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in
Get the cradle rocking
Ah, out with the redneck pig old men
And it's go
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
Back in time again
Ah, I can't forget your terrorized face
When you cried for the shameless
Wasted life Ameri-K-K-Kan
And you smile
So why should we run when we cannot hide
And my flag is burning?
We could be wrong but that's alright
We'll rise again
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
It's back in town again
Lookin' away it's another day
And of course we love you
Radical man is the CIA
And we say no
We'll round up the Durham H.C. kids
And the Char-Grill Killers
Jesse H. come into our pit
All-ages show
The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
It's back in time again
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"Cradle" = Cat's Cradle, famous venue in Chapel Hill "Jesse H." - longtime NC senator Jesse Helms "Durham H.C." - Durham is another town that's right near Chapel Hill, so is Raleigh "Char Grill" - I think that's a restaraunt..???
Definitely about the political polarity of NC and its conservative nature.
On the "Durham H.C. Kids":<br /> H.C. may mean Hard Core, at the time sonic youth was considered by many to be in the "hard core" scene. They were also playing with the likes of nirvana and dinosaur jr., both VERY loud bands, so this would make sense. I'm not sure about back then, but I do know Durham is now considered to have one of if not the highest rates of gang violence in the U.S.<br /> Also, the "Char Grill" is a burger chain started in Raleigh in the 1960's, from the pictures it looks like one of those old drive-ins with the waiters on skates and what not. It was probably a haunt for beatniks and hot-roders or something. <br /> Great song, thanks everyone else, this one's always interested me a lot.