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James Brown

from Reinventing Axel Foley by THEEMOTRON

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Tron finds himself in Augusta GA, the same hometown as James Brown, during the death of James Brown and his funeral ceremony.

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James Brown
James Brown
Put him in the Ground
James Brown
James Brown

This jack thats brown goes down and out
To James Brown who was a black man
I don't understand why they say black men can't swim
When I was 9 I dove off the high dive for the first time
I forgot how to swim
A lifeguard saved me from the grave
He was a black man

I always think of him
Every summer when I swim
I can still feel his hands
And that python in his pants

Oh venomous snake x4

Please don't sink your teeth into my skin
Because I teach the children how swim
I don't teach the children English
Because Bush is not my president
Bush is a band I use to listen to
When I was a teen I listened to Glycerine
And Little Things and everything off of 16 Stone
16 Stone oh

(Solo Breakdown)

How did the grunge rock god named Gavin
Who doesn't believe that Elvis is dead (No)
Get that girl named Gwen
Get that girl named Gwen

How did the lead singer guitarist of the band Bush
That had the song on the Tank Girl soundtrack
Get that girl named Gwen
Get that girl named Gwen

Both Gavin and Gwen know how to swim (know how to swim)
The African American helped me and
I helped both of them

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from Reinventing Axel Foley, released September 21, 2014

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THEEMOTRON Mc Donough, Georgia

The Emotron is a Southern bred solo performance art project propelled by raw creative emotional energy & original synthy song composures on a vintage midi Yamaha QY700 Sequencer. Tron can be seen live often in the us, lighting his junk on fire & performing magic in his Daddy's 1974 wedding suit & shit. ... more

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