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The bar is my church and you are my flock.

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On your knees and on your elbows,
the noisy prayer flows
from your soul into your mouth
then out in to the room

And like a corner preacher preaches
to the sidewalk walking masses,
your words fall on deaf ears
and your heart falls on the floor

And where’s my salvation,
where’s my reward.
I’ve thwarted temptation -
left the devil at my door

It’s here you present your offering
for the people who sit suffering
and the ones bent on crushing,
their lifetimes that you dread.

So you reach down to the challis
and bring it to your lips,
drink deep from the spirits
and fall into yourself.

No need for salvation,
you have your reward.
There is no temptation,
no devil at my door

Redemption and conquest
over demons in your eyes.
It’s here you find the very best,
it’s here you damn the lies

It’s then you remember
the times the spirits found you
and lifted you up from nothing,
then delivered you to yourself

Here’s my salvation
here’s my reward,
embrace the temptation,
let the devil in my door

Now the neon glows like stain glass
in a sunlit reverie,
elevating the evenings bombast
and throwing it to gods door.

The sound blows like a trumpet
for all those who care to hear,
breaking down your walls of silence
and rumbling through your fear.

Embrace my salvation.
Feel my reward.
Succumb to your temptation,
let the devil in your door

The alcohol burns the rafters,
on the morning of hereafters,
when the saints have only laughter,
to run the sinners off to bed.

So we roll away slowly,
from this place, so holy,
where the streetlight floats so ghostly,
in the early morning fog

credits

from The Incredible Parade of Cool, released July 9, 2012
Jeff Scott Roberson, Paul Cavins, Kendall Davis

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Murder Creek Assembly Cincinnati, Ohio

"Jeff Roberson's songwriting embodies the soulful pocket of twangy Folk Rock that inexplicably materialized in Southwest Ohio." - Ezra Waller
City Beat Magazine

"The Godfather of anti-folk" - Dan Reed, WFPK

"Doing live bumps with JR!" - Gary Burbank, WLW ... more

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