From the recording INNOCENCE, IGNORANCE (pleasantries)
Available on 7” 45 rpm vinyl b/w In Between or Beyond - Radio Sun Records 1994 (e-mail jf@radiosunrecords.com)
Featured on compilation CD: 3 Minute Revolution (RPM Records): http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rpm96
recorded by Brian Macaluso (basics) at Dreamhire (portable studio) NYC 1993,
Paul DiBenedetto (overdubs) at Legend Studios LI NY 1994,
mixed by Drew Vogelman at Sorceror Studios NYC 1994
jim - guitars, voice
andy fitzgerald - harmony vocals
greg clarke - drums
john greene - bass
chris gray - guitar
written 1992 Brooklyn NY
©(fitzgerald)
Lyrics
Innocence, Ignorance
Some call it ignorance
Some call it innocence
Now that I’ve lost them both
I need them back again
Reasoning and rationale
Have they helped me? - I can’t tell
I love to laugh
Cherishing any moment when I smile
Politics holds such a frown
The media’s got us upside down
And we dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig
Memories, memories, memories, memories, memories...
Bleed over pages of deceit
Guilt makes the man see
A sickness unresolved - progressing
And the deepness thrills the soul
As much as it sickens the mind
Give me innocence, give me ignorance
Give me something to believe in
I’ve got my whole life in front of me
I don’t want to leave it
I don’t want to talk about moms and dads
And all the others who built our minds
The only ones who know true peace are dead
This is our world, baby
Men are sick and women I can’t say that it’s us
But I think so... So, so soon I’ve grown up
Memories, memories, memories, memories, memories...
Bleed over pages of deceit
Guilt makes the man see
A sickness unresolved progressing
And the deepness thrills the soul
As much as it sickens the mind
Give me innocence, give me ignorance
Give me something to believe in
I’ve got my whole life in front of me
I don’t want to leave it