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The Big Game

They tested my soul and messed up my name
And invited me over to watch the big game
In the big USA
And we'll all get to play
You'll be queen for a day
At the big game

I was a quarter past twenty and never been kissed
The sweet land of plenty ought not look like this
Just 3,000 miles
Of benches and aisles
And everyone smiles
At the big game

Went back to my old playground, it sure felt strange
To see the Bird of Paradise asking for change
As the weather turned cold
And her feathers grew old
All the tickets were sold
For the big game

Ran into a girl I once knew as a virgin
Seems she'd had an affair with a plastic surgeon
With porcelain teeth
And a note underneath
Saying: Wake me up, Keith
For the big game

She sang: Love me tender, then love me hard
We can charge it all up on the good Lord's
Credit card or the phone
You're never alone
We've got CycloMassage
At the big game

I went back to the house where I first went berserk
There were thirteen clocks there and none of them worked
They just sat there and lied
As they rusted inside
Their hands were all tied
At the big game

I'm sure that they didn't intend any harm
But they sold my piano to the Salvation Army
For a song
They were banging a gong
And chanting along
At the big game

My dad sat me down, he read me his will
It felt just like school and I couldn't sit still
I just stared at my feet
'Cause our eyes couldn't meet
I cashed in my seat
For the big game

I swear that I never felt so alone
As there with my family in our family home
And the cable TV
Had a channel for me
But there's nothing to see
But the big game

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from Waiting For Elijah, released June 6, 2006

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Since starting out in 2007, The Elevators, based in Israel, have earned their place as the No. 1 jam band east of the Mediterranean. Their original music combines humor, love, philosophy and spirituality served up in a stew of rock, soul and a little psychedelia. ... more

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