A Night in the Alley

Live, 1992-Mar-28 – 1150 Club – Toronto, ON

John Harvey, Paul Settle, John Battaglia, John Kinsella, Dave Turcotte

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Live, 1998-July – Gown’n’Gavel – Hamilton, ON

John Harvey, Paul Settle, John Battaglia, Dave Turcotte

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Lyrics

the scent of dead piss
alone in an alley
broken bottles
jagged edges
acute to the touch

(a dog’s yelping
permeates
the dead air)

C
I heard a child crying
Then I realized
That child – that child was me!

shaking
like he hasn’t had a drink
for 2 whole days,
he tilts
the bottle
to his lips
and the poison
penetrates his system.

(blood transfusion
falls to concrete
kisses cement)

C

red cement
where his lips
graze the ground,
his mind fades
and all
thoughts
become

(blank
empty
dead)

C

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Notes

• This must have been written after we finished recording at Crystal Turtle, or else we would have included it.
• This was one of a couple songs that we carried over to the last Uncle incarnation.
• The dynamics of this one captured the lyrics perfectly.

Written: 1990-1991

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