Boccaccio

by The James Rocket

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This one seemed pretty topical when we wrote it. Now it seems a little quaint. A lot happened the last few weeks, you know?

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIzZTzBu3g0

lyrics

I can smell my piss
I can taste my food
I can catch my breath
Guess I'm doing good

But I feel like one of the bad kids
Every time I step out in the hall
Smoking up in all the school stairwells
Marking up my name on bathroom walls

I wear a mask, doesn't matter how it looks
I wash my hands and I try to do it right
I keep away from crowds like I'd be doing anyway
I make some noise from my window every night

But I feel days come I'm not prepared for
Even though I know they've come before
When I read some dead Italian from the plague years
It can't convey the things we have in store

When I can smell my breath
And I can taste my piss
If I can catch my food
Guess I'll be doing good
Yeah I'll be real good

We're in the last dark days of the empire
Here come the fire bright nights of the fall
And if you need your name to be remembered
Go paint it high on any standing wall

If I believed in such a thing as justice
Then I might think we maybe had this coming
I can't believe that dying choking brings our sins into the light
So I'll make noise from my window every night
Yeah I'll make noise from my window every night

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released June 10, 2020

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The James Rocket Brooklyn, New York

We sing about bartenders, time, roller derby, lies, dolls, spy planes, and the rent.

Produced by Markleford Friedman

Current Members:
James William Roy
Vanya Edwards
Joe Elliott
Ken Weingold

Former Members:
Lon Rozelle
Bob Palmer
Tommy Cooke
Miles Edwards

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discography

Burnout

Aug 2020
Thrust

Aug 2016
Launch

Aug 2012
Hate. This. Song.

Oct 2020
Opening Up

Jul 2020
Boccaccio

Jun 2020
We Are Here For You b/w Derby Girl

Mar 2016

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