Love Among the Cannibals
from The Backroom by Mark Hart
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Words: K. Segall / Vowel Play Music, BMI
Music: M. Hart / Take Hart Music, ASCAP
Music: M. Hart / Take Hart Music, ASCAP
lyrics
When girls of odd construction
Wrapped in rhapsody and tension
Hang a right beyond redemption
And continue farther south
Follow past where Fall is falling
And the reptile brain is calling you
To make up fancy reasons
For that dryness of the mouth
And yeah, the hunger
So delicate, so smooth
Its cutting edge is graciously provided
Love among the cannibals
Runs hot and bad and fast
On thousand-year-old freeways
In the caverns of the past
Love among the cannibals
Is cool and good and true
Like the scuba gear of Satan
Blowing bubbles in the blue
The dim, dynamic meanings
Of exotic ladies’ leanings
Defy interpretation
So the feeling comes and goes
Lie down for truth and beauty
And designated duty
Where movies fade to violet
And nightclubs never close
And yeah, the hunger
So delicate, so smooth
Its cutting edge is graciously provided
Love among the cannibals
Is lava after dark
Sweet and sour tidal waves
That rumble past the heart
Love among the cannibals
Is light and sweet and slim
It sighs with perfect patience
And invites you for a swim
Love among the cannibals...
Wrapped in rhapsody and tension
Hang a right beyond redemption
And continue farther south
Follow past where Fall is falling
And the reptile brain is calling you
To make up fancy reasons
For that dryness of the mouth
And yeah, the hunger
So delicate, so smooth
Its cutting edge is graciously provided
Love among the cannibals
Runs hot and bad and fast
On thousand-year-old freeways
In the caverns of the past
Love among the cannibals
Is cool and good and true
Like the scuba gear of Satan
Blowing bubbles in the blue
The dim, dynamic meanings
Of exotic ladies’ leanings
Defy interpretation
So the feeling comes and goes
Lie down for truth and beauty
And designated duty
Where movies fade to violet
And nightclubs never close
And yeah, the hunger
So delicate, so smooth
Its cutting edge is graciously provided
Love among the cannibals
Is lava after dark
Sweet and sour tidal waves
That rumble past the heart
Love among the cannibals
Is light and sweet and slim
It sighs with perfect patience
And invites you for a swim
Love among the cannibals...
credits
from The Backroom,
released May 6, 2014
Mark Hart: guitars, keyboards, bass, lap steel, percussion & vocals
Jesse Siebenberg: drums
Bob Mintzer: flute
Amy Keys, Connie Jackson & Tracy Schell: background vocals
Mark Hart: guitars, keyboards, bass, lap steel, percussion & vocals
Jesse Siebenberg: drums
Bob Mintzer: flute
Amy Keys, Connie Jackson & Tracy Schell: background vocals
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May 2014 -
Jul 2009
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