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Crazy House (1988 version)

by Lach

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Crazy House After finishing a wartime meal A hand-rolled cigarette I give myself a feel A reminder so I won't forget The circus is coming but it's different this time When it was here last year I went on every ride House to car to street to bar I can feel the heat rise Like driving through small town on Christmas eve night Circus is in town but I'm in tight control I let the other clowns fight over it all The house of mirrors where they steal your soul and put it up on the wall The house of horrors at least has guts but the monsters there are stuffed The big arena and the circus parade where the ringmaster leads the charade You can hear the cheers coming at you from the darkness You can see a crowd out there but you can't see one face I've been in, now I’m out, and I'm going to go to crazy house After filling out my application and waiting in a white, white room they bring me congratulations, a smock, a mop, a broom Circus is leaving but it's different this time I'm the king of crazy house and I'm leaving this town behind

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"This track is from the very first Antifolk compilation, Fortunes 13, and it came out originally on cassette tape! It featured amazing early Antifolkers such as Brenda Kahn, Billy Nova, Mike Rimbaud, Kirk Kelly, Zane Campbell and Roger Manning. Crazy House later appeared with full band on my album The Calm Before.
Bonus feature: An early cartoon about Antifolk scribbled on a bar napkin. I called them Bartoons" - Lach

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released November 8, 2015

Lach - Guitars and Vocals
Billy Nove - Producer
Norman England - Engineer

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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