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Black Canyon

from Phoenix by Pedro the Lion

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lyrics

Just after midnight
Black Canyon Freeway
A man, when he could no longer deal,
Stepped in front of 18 wheels

My uncle Ray was a paramedic
One of the first boots on the ground
He saw the man beneath the truck in several pieces
Obviously gone, time to call for clean up

More flashing lights came
Cops blocked off the road
Ray’s pal from another engine came over with a gallows joke
Come on, Ray, we can save him
Come on, Ray, we can save him
Come on, Ray

Ray’s pal went closer to see the broken body
Pretty quickly he came back looking queasy
Saying Ray, you won’t believe what that man said to me

Get this truck off my back
Don’t know what I expected but that hurt really bad
Where were my people at
Coiled up like a rattlesnake waiting to attack

Next up the female fire engine driver strolled
To see the body solo when Ray declined to go
Against her better judgment all her training and her plan
She recognized in those pieces a broken hearted man

Compartments came apart then
Compartments came apart then
She gathered herself and crept back to the truck
Remembering all of the times she’d nearly given up
She had to be twice as human and just as tough
She knew it was never enough never enough

To get this truck off my back
Don’t know what I expected but that hurt really bad
Where were my people at
Coiled up like a rattlesnake waiting to attack

Tell them your stories
If you carry them by yourself
The gorier the details
The more you are alone in hell

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from Phoenix, released January 18, 2019

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