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death of cool

from help wanted by Teddy Quinn

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this is a time of grieving, angel.
this is a time of mourning, stranger,
for the righteous and the holy fool.
this is a time of leaving, brother.
a time of no warning each other.
this must be the death of cool.
the streets are filled with the lost & forgotten.
i don't need to tell you something's rotten.
i was taught to defend myself in school
from the bully pulpit brain police.
the other gangs let me have my peace.
they'd already seen the death of cool.
i saw the best minds of all generations.
blowing their cool & losing their patience.
twisted by society's tool.
they always use their biggest hammer.
we famine while they feast in glamour.
this must be the death of cool.
did i see you standing on a corner
where everyone feels like a foreigner.
a melting pot that's just a drowning pool.
i was planning for the future.
i heard the blast when they came to recruit you.
i was thinking this is the death of cool.
the good die young & the rich get richer.
i'm starting to get the picture.
the wise grow silent as the idiots rule.
a good heart dies from being stepped on
in the bed he openly wept on.
this must be the death of cool.
now blow your horn as you did at its birth
as now it's scattered over the earth.
shining in the sun like a precious jewel.
maybe from this time of crisis
like a lotus the future rises,
from the ashes of the death of cool,
for the passion burning inside you,
fashioning tomorrow

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from help wanted, released June 20, 2003

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Teddy Quinn Joshua Tree, California

Ted aka Teddy Quinn, a singer, songwriter, artist, activist, journalist in Joshua Tree, California, helped foster the burgeoning Hi Desert Music community at places like Beatnik Cafe, Joshua Tree Saloon, Pappy & Harriets, Radio Free Joshua Tree & Rancho de la Luna, since the early 90s, helping to define the sound associated with this Bohemian outpost in the Mojave. TBA: An autobiodocart film! ... more

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