Locust Avenue

 
              
Intro 
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Not a home just a place where we got high we were all nineteen and freedom was a taste that we enjoyed 
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Living for the nights we would go until the drugs ran out or until someone recalled being employed 
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We all worked in restaurants, if we worked at all Justin made his ends meet selling pot 
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Nasty in the crawl space that summer was a small taste of a lifestyle where the party never stopped 
 
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There was that day we all tripped and walked around to look at flowers but i started freaking out and had to 
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leave 
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Then I calmed down and I stole my fathers car to get back needing to be a part of the memories 
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I picked you up and we went on a beer ride we parked so we could walk along the beach 
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I gave the money in my wallet to a man I met screaming nothing really matters cause nothin really matters 
 
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Guitar solo *reggae feel* 
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And then the leaves started fallin the police started callin they set shop right down the street 
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They gave us parking tickets cause we showed them where to stick it when they asked to come inside to take a 
peek 
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The parties got out of hand neighbors didn't understand we were young and didn't give a fuck 
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Casey crashing through the wall we wouldn't make it through the fall our safehaven had run out of its luck 
 
Bridge 
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So we sing oh oh ohoh dada da da da 
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So we sing oh oh ohoh dada da da da 
 
Verse *Straight forward punk feel* 
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One day the cops came through the door screamin everybody on the floor this search warrant will execute 
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today (today) 
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Justin crawled out of his window with a half a pound of endo the bastards woudln't get him in this way (no 
way) 
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And they did not but the eviction notice came the landlord hadn't trusted in their will (good will) 
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The party had to stop  But none of us forgot  The one summer we spent 
 
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Outro 
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