No Pardon

by The Messenger Birds

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Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Steve Lehane at Rustbelt Studios
Mastered by Paul Blakemore

lyrics

Everybody tells me I act older than I am
I'm just trying to die young while I still can
Always keep a drink in my right hand
Don't want to live another minute in this dried up wasteland

Every day's another circus tracking all these lies
All these preachers on a corner trying to speak their mind
Tell me everything will be just fine
All I've got to do now is make friends with Jesus Christ

All rags, no riches
I'll take my chances
Don't want no pardon
Won't take no part in this

Twenty-seven years, you never spoke a word
Take klonopin like candy, but the feeling's never cured
Called my rep to voice all my concerns
And we never talk directly, but I'm told my voice is heard

Can't see nothin' but the wildfire outside
Coast becomes a massive funeral pyre each night
They say all wounds will heal with time
Now the heretics are buying in and selling for a higher price

All rags, no riches
I'll take my chances
Don't want no pardon
Won't take no part in this

And nothing here is different
And no one's going to change
And if it don't affect you, you can look the other way
I'd love to talk this out, man, but I just don't got all day

All rags, no riches
I'll take my chances
Don't want no pardon
Won't take no part in this

All rags, no riches
I'll take my chances
Don't want no pardon
Won't take no part in this

credits

released July 26, 2019
Gang Vocals by Tom Phillips, John Raleeh, and Matt Romanski

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The Messenger Birds Detroit, Michigan

"That's not a rock band, that's just two guys!" - some guy named Kevin

themessengerbirds.com

shows

May 7

The Ballroom at Spiderhouse

Austin, TX
May 10

Diamond Ballroom

Oklahoma City, OK
May 12

Cervantes' Other Side

Denver, CO
May 13

Reverb Lounge

Omaha, NE
May 15

xBk live

Des Moines, IA
May 19

The Pike Room

Pontiac, MI
May 20

Subterranean

Chicago, IL
May 21

HI-FI

Indianapolis, IN
May 23

Electric City

Buffalo, NY
May 24

Cabaret Fouf

Montreal, QC
May 25

Alchemy

Providence, RI
May 27

Mercury Lounge

New York (NYC), NY

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