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Joyful Danger

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It's getting dark at the fairground
The sun has set
I feel
The drying sweat on my neck
I'm just a speck now, in a sea
Of illuminated neon

A man in a top-hat, with a curious raised eyebrow
And mustache curled
Approaches me
A carpet unfurls
Red and velvet
Rolling toward me in the foggy dusk
He extends a striped
Mahogany cane through the rain
And tells me

"Why not enter further and deeper here-in?"

Fear and laughter
Juxtapose
Do I suppose this trip's beginning
Will hold its mood until the end?
Who is my new friend?
Who is he?
Where is he taking me?
My God, who is this man?

Curious Stranger
Such a Joyful Danger (x2)

Who is this man?
What is this journey?
Where did my pastoral
Innocence then go?

My eyes feel open for the first time
I feel the spectres, demons, angels too!
They stir a bitchin' brew
I sit in it and stew!

Oh
Curious Stranger
Such a Joyful Danger (x2)

credits

from Southern Cities, released September 23, 2013
– music written by Matthew Montgomery
– lyrics written by Luke Brogden
Luke Brogden: Lead Vocals, Percussion
Matt Montgomery: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Bass, Keys, Banjo
Matt Honkonen: Drums

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Southern Cities Knoxville, Tennessee

Southern Cities is the songwriting collaboration of Matt Montgomery & Luke Brogden. The songs reflect the group's influences, from roots to rock, jazz and psychedelia.

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