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What's [It] Building

from All the Hills by Zoetrope

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What he's building in those little letters on the wall ?
He gets his way, you see?
Where's the man he belongs?
He said the only thing he wants is his child, or two.
And he never leaves the house, he's staying on him.
I hear people at churches saying, 'God, he's in jail.'
What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
I heard he has a lawyer in his home In Arkansas
And he'll always be there.
What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
It's like a hospital…
What it's like is too much money that he could spend on a hospital,
You see?
We have a right to know.
What's he building in there? What's he building in there?
I'll bet he was going to go to college When he got arrested.
I'm talking about the church.
That's right, he's going to get off.
You're paying him cash because your son's here... You see?
I heard he used to go to church.
One day, he'd be around the house and he'd be talking to somebody in the back.
It's like a hospital, then some people would come and go.
But he never leaves, he spends his money on stuff.
His family is on a plane.
It makes it feel like home.
I hear he keeps coming back from his stint at the hospital .
And he says, you're lucky.
He keeps coming back from his stint at the hospital.
And I'm looking at you with pity, what's he doing in here?
I'll bet he was just going to be an old man.
I heard he'd live forever, but it's what he would do, at least He'll be able to keep moving On my side.
He keeps coming back from the hospital to visit me In the house that he'll never touch.
In the garden, That's what that man says, It's all to himself. I have no idea Who's making the call.
I'll bet he's sitting in front of him And I'm asking him, who is in charge of this place!
I don't know Who's calling, I can't believe I'm here…
I'm going to take my son home and find him here I'll put him at Camp Schuyler,
it's the only place I can afford .
He's going to come here to see me and he's going to make sure I get out.

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from All the Hills, released April 2, 2019
Lyrics written by the Open AI GTP-2, using Tom Wait's 'What's He Building' as input.

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Background music assembled from a stolen chunk of C148's 'Living Mice'.

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