Name: Shooting Down on America
Duration: P00H02M33S
Description: The original version of this track was recorded in 1998 at The 12th Planet recording studio on Main Street in Bel Air, MD. To celebrate the coming 25 Year Anniversary of Join the Cult, the band has decided to recut a few of the originals.

Shooting Down on America

by Skitzo Calypso

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The original version of this track was recorded in 1998 at The 12th Planet recording studio on Main Street in Bel Air, MD. To celebrate the coming 25 Year Anniversary of Join the Cult, the band has decided to recut a few of the originals.

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Lay me down on the side of the road;
Where the dogs and the kids can eat my soul;
I’m spinnin’ ‘round ‘cause I’m fallin’ apart;
Fallin’ real fast through the dark;

I’m like a shooting star;
Right through the dark;
We're like shooting stars;

Cut your eyes out to hide the truth;
How's it feel with your heart removed?
I hate the world that I’m brought up in;
I live to kill and conquer it;

I'm like a shooting star;
Right through the dark;
We're shooting stars;

When the world pulled out its guns on me;
I fought right back with anarchy;
I’m not the boy that I used to be;
I'm too far gone to even see;

So, lay your lips on crystal me;
Feel my thrill and energy;
I’m super psychosomatic kid;
Nothin’ in this world will compare to this;

I'm like a shooting star;
Right through the dark;
We're like shooting stars;

When the world pulled out its guns on me;
I fought right back with anarchy;
I’m not the boy that I used to be;
I’m too far gone to even see;
So take your promises where they came;
I don’t want to play your fascist game;
I’m not the boy that I used to be;
I'm too far gone to even see...

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released July 23, 2022
Brad Cox: Vocals/Guitars
Gary Holmes: Drums
Joe Ruggiero: Bass

Written by Brad W. Cox.
Produced by Tony Correlli at The Deep End Studio.

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