Electric Jive

Electric Jive

 

I was lost in the blue on LaRue Avenue                                

Every face every place reminded me of you                         

You’re a demon who ascended to heaven’s gate                  

I know a lot of bad words and the worst of them is wait      

 

The streets are alive in electric jive

Gotta be quick in the trick to survive

Reality it cuts just like a knife

Electric jive it’ll save your life

 

Big Tiny was hustling numbers hoping to score                   

You know you’re a gambler if you always want more          

I bet my heart and soul it was all that I had                                      

Even in sin when you win it’s natural to be glad                  

The streets are alive in electric jive

Gotta be quick in the trick to survive

Reality it cuts just like a knife

Electric jive it’ll save your life

 

Well the cards were marked and they delt from down below           

There was going to be a fight from the get go                                   

A year’s wages of chips sitting on the table                                      

A smokey room a gambler’s doom straight out of a fable                

 

The streets are alive in electric jive

Gotta be quick in the trick to survive

Reality it cuts just like a knife

Electric jive it’ll save your life

           

My love hearts fall to diamonds cause money’s supreme                 

The ultimate score’s the wicked whore of my dream                       

When things become rough you need more than words to bluff      

I was hoping that my sweet six shooter would be enough                

 

Somewhere there’s a dead man with a bullet in his brain

Somewhere there’ s a conman with a story to explain

I’m a wanted man the scourge of the underground                           

And baby that’s the real reason I’m nowhere to be found                

 

The streets are alive in electric jive

Gotta be quick in the trick to survive

Reality it cuts just like a knife

Electric jive it’ll save your life 

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"Down On The Avenue" song by John Kaniecki and Ashish Kejriwal

This song lyric is heavily influenced by my experiences on Chancellor Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. It is but a snapshot of a multi-diverse culture. Also, I address some uncomfortable lies and truths, but I wonder if you can discern which is which. Of course, as always, I throw in my opinion. My very good friend Ashish Kejriwal was kind enough to put a musical interpretation to it. If you’d like to use this song lyric or see my extensive collection of copyrighted stuff let me know.

Down On The Avenue

It’s black and blue down on the avenue

The brothers are into free enterprise

And everything I say is absolutely true

Except in the parts where I speak lies

We’re all equal over here

See slavery disappear

Old money lost control

White men invented rock and roll

You ain’t got a clue

Till you’ve been down on the avenue

You can’t win with that imported sin

So get on your knees and be born again

The worst gang is dressed up in blue

And the F.B.I. haven’t got a clue

Nobody tells the company what to do

We’re all happy down on the avenue

We’re all equal over here

See slavery disappear

Old money lost control

White men invented rock and roll

You ain’t got a clue

Till you’ve been down on the avenue

I am still angry over Wounded Knee

I am still fighting to become free

And it’s sad that I know your history

When to some it is just a mystery

We’re all equal over here

See slavery disappear

Old money lost control

White men invented rock and roll

You ain’t got a clue

Till you’ve been down on the avenue

Government people are pawns of money

And this song isn’t meant to be funny

And they laugh all the way to the banks

And they don’t even give them any thanks

We’re all equal over here

See slavery disappear

Old money lost control

White men invented rock and roll

You ain’t got a clue

Till you’ve been down on the avenue

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