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John Wilkes Booth

by Hot Ashes

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From "Kill Your Owners," out 2013.

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I am John Wilkes Booth
I shot your glorious figurehead down
Now you've got your victim
And I'll do my time

And I am Ghengis Kahn
I conquered, I burned them to the ground
But I'm not your victor
No I'm not your champion

When history loses, history's walls fall down
Someone else gets paid
Someone always gets paid

Hey baby
You wanted to be someone but you didn't know who
Hey baby
You wanted to say something but you didn't know what
Hey baby
You wanted to save someone but you didn't know who
Hey baby
You wanted to be anything but you didn't know how

So I am John Wilkes Booth
I shot your glorious figurehead down
Now you've got your victim and I'll do my time
Aaaah

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released September 4, 2012
Recorded at Sound Gallery in Minneapolis, MN
Engineered by Stephen Ahonen
Mixed & Mastered by Merritt Benton at Sleepywood Dojo

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Hot Ashes Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hot Ashes are loud, bombastic, yet intricate, and dare we say considered. As one wry sound man put it (is there any other kind?) we even "have the audacity to play with dynamics."

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