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Act 1: Dawn

by Society Fringe Players

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J P Kells Great Rock and Roll from some Baltimore homies Favorite track: Greeting Card.
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1.
The Glow 03:15
As Jesus sighed the Romans sharpened spears He asked the Holy Ghost he said "What the hell am I doing here?" With the hand of Satan they bought a business ain't that nice Jesus said "Here's to you, Satan" and melted everlasting life in a knife By the firelight they sand and they turned with a toast To raise glasses of hearth to the heavenly ghost A line made of footprints they melted the snow That was frozen to iron by the heat from the glow The old man coughed the spit froze to his beard A piss drunk Cassanova wasted from the years His words were slurred and broken he raised his flask again He said "To everyone who hrts, give from your own pain." He was slain By the trashcan he sighed and he turned with a toast To raise glasses of pain to the heavenly ghost A line made of footprints they melted the snow That was frozen to iron by the heat from the glow So we dance by the firelight and sing songs of joy No government can crush our musical toy No war can kill melodies hovering free Let the magic of music release you and me Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99
2.
Walking in the dark Waiting for the sync to kick the new Blowing on a spark Banners reading "loss" when lies turn true A thunderstorm will rage in the dark but I'll still scream for the sun A million hopes lie shattered in the dusk build them back one by one Reaching out my hand Stumble blindly fall and taste the ground Crack an awkward joke Smiling at the bummers all around A greeting card that's stuck to the floor From dreams that spill from a whiskey glass The sunrise blanked by the clouds of the storm Sitting by and I watch the world spin past It won't last Watch the goings on I just don't feel part of this at all Turned away and gone Save me from the summer of the fall A greeting card that's stuck to the floor From dreams that spill from a vodka glass The sunrise blanked by a castle n the shore Sitting by and I watch the world spin past It won't last Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99
3.
You spent all your time on Who you climbed the walls for Spent all of your money too She feels like an outcast This true love did not last She is getting tired of you Spend the days growing colder Yeah She's already gone She's afraid of you Ignore all of her bruises Concentrate on bad things Hit her when you're feeling bad She wouldn't bear your children Miscarried your first born son First one that you ever had Spend the days in icy silence Yeah She moves out She's afraid of you And the days go on She came back one day and You felt like a real man You hit her just a bit too hard You made up a gravestone Laid her out on flagstone Buried her in your back yard Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99
4.
If I die tonight I would be alright Because I don't want to live If I had a chance with my decadence Well then my life is all I could give I would sacrifice for the other life That somehow might not end If I had to guess I would ask this mess Would never come again If I have to fall I implore you all Not to follow what I done If I had a choice with my lonely voice I would pull the trigger of this gun If I die tonight I would be alright Because I don't want to live If I had a chance with my decadence Well then my life is all I could give If I die tonight I'm gonna live Live on and on and on Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99
5.
Elvis Is God 09:49
The second coming played a rhapsody Rubbery legged both white and black Kept the preaching to a minimum Blood and sweat poured down his sunburned neck His eyes shut tight and his soul was pure Jet black hair and karate pose Sang a song about a mystery Reverberated 'round the globe .......... Sideburn Jesus was pumping gasoline Curled his lip and shook his ass Drove his truck up to the Temple The vendors said they'd take a pass Said "Get your sorry self on back to Memphis Don't want to hear no blues by whites" The sneering scarred out face of slavery Flew across the sky at night .......... They cleaned him up and took his picture But the colonel betrayed his very soul Treated the King like a whored out marionette But you can't kill Rock and Roll The last temptation in the Holy Land Desert sand and neon lights People come from near and sunder See him sing three shows a night They say he's dead but thy're not right Elvis Is God Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99
6.
There's a torn dress in the corner I don't know where it's from I got bloody knuckles and I got a broken thumb There's a shovel by the door I don't know why it's there I got dirty fingernails and blood all in my hair I thought it was er tat I buried but I seen her walking down the street If it wasn't her that I buried I guess it must have been me Read more at http://societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com/#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99

about

This is the first Act of an 8 hour rock opera entitled THE BIG OPERA. The rock opera is accompanied by a podcast. They'll alternate songs with podcasts that consist of conversations that start out about the song and then lead to wherever. Both fellas are pop culture junkies, mainly scifi and any entertainment that has achieved cult status. Mainly they're aging rock and roll guys who are STILL banging around Society's Fringes looking for a way in. Recorded at Opossum studios.
Read more at societyfringepodcast.libsyn.com#poFVtiOuyzEsoDke.99

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released June 10, 2014

David Linantud: Guitars and vocals
Brian Lutz: Bass, engineered & mixed
Ryan Bowen: Drums
Chris Johnson: Fiddle
Monster Rob Hornung: Saxophone

Engineering, recording, and mixing by Brian Lutz
Mastering by Drew Mazurek

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Society Fringe Players Baltimore, Maryland

Dave and Brian, as the band Society Fringe Players, are psychedelic punk rock opera hillbillies who are using this podcast to roll out their 84 song narrative entitled THE BIG OPERA.

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