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An Outburst, An Upbringing

from Headlines by Arbor Vitae

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An Outburst, An Upbringing

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Shop ‘til you drop, drop dead in the aisle.
The supply we stock must last a good while.
You mimic me, but that's not what I said.
Your mimic is mockery, my face is turning red.
So you can act the part well, but you missed ten lines.
Whatever you're doing, you're not doing fine
But I’m just fine, thank you.
Just fine? Not fine, but OUTSTANDING to boot.

An outburst that's out of bounds- that's for the news.
An upbringing towards reaching out doesn’t usher in the loot.

Extra, extra, see all about it
or read these eyes as you hear between the lines.
“Pardoning on a scale that rivals royals
or out to sea with the riff raff.”
to question how many days it has been just makes them laugh.
2000 little leagues under the sedimentary Christmas Sea

A fight to settle the score
A surfacing and drift towards shore
The Washed up, the Wrung dry,
the cured and raised eyes.
No heading is lost at captain's deck.
Not to be seen are life preservers, vests.

Many back home beg just one final say.
One more kiss blown, one more “bon voyage”
So they could remember on that black day
That their girls done up with corsage.
DOA not MIA, nor POW
Dreaded of days, here they lay. Yes, the whole entire crew.
From atop a dreamt mountain of gold and of cash
to the bottom of the sea, a ship's mast and its cast.

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from Headlines, released August 26, 2006
Doug Chambers, Joe Ranne, Tony Wesche, Ryan Hunter, Alex Boardman.

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Arbor Vitae Omaha, Nebraska

After a few years of playing shows as The Atlas, we changed our name and recorded this set in 2006.

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