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Thomas:
Do you have it?

Constance:
Got it right here. Hang on, i’ll be back in a second…

Police:
And on the day we come it’s over
Please all keep calm while we perform our vows
This man, an officer has eyed him
He is a rebel. Soldiers, shoot him now

And there’s a device we have been seeking
And it is in this room we know
There is a thief and she has got it
I… what do mean she’s gone? Well find her. Go!


Constance:
Run like the hunted
run like they’re coming
run like the sword will finally fall

run like the desperate
your last final minute
run like the end has come to call

run like the hours
the days all when counted
run like they passed while dreamers slept

run like the fire
the winds of desire
run if you want to live again

run and taste the rain, run from mistakes you’ve made
run, run away
run and just embrace, run, the air the pulse the pain
run, run away

Jackie:
Constance!

Constance:
Aunt Jackie?

Jackie:
Quick, get in.

Constance:
Aunt Jackie what are you doing here?


Jackie:
A dragnet’s on the street and your name is its list my sweet
The cops are blowing doors down while they weep
But you, my dear’ve been busy making pockets light and dizzy
I know the little secrets that you keep

My pals in the resistance caught wind of the existence
Of this dapper device called an MCG
And they hired this thief to swipe it then you show up dolled and diapered
Now i know the little secret that you keep

Constance:
Aunt J, i know you raised me after my folks died but these days
I’ve got a gig that’s heavy, crazy, sweet
I new name, boyfriend, life i meant to tell you but got tied
Oh these little family secrets that we keep

Jackie:
Your new life sad to say the cops are peeling it away
Your name, your place dismantled piece by piece
That thing you took is precious to the cops, hawks and resistance
And they’ll string you up and swing you in the streets

There’s one way that this goes down, we’ve got to get you underground
This map is marked and bring that MCG
Down beneath the city a substation sits all ready
To receive that hot potato that you keep

Constance:
I don’t care about your plan, i only care about my man
When the cops came he was stuck and still inside
If they find out who he is, he’ll be beaten, tortured, killed
I could trade this stupid thing to save his life

Jackie:
Your fella’s not important, you forget that there’s a war on
There’s a greater good of which you now must thing
We’ve worked for years and now we’re gonna bring those bastards down
Ah these little family secrets that we keep

I will spill a straight admission, your aunt’s long since found religion
There’s a voodoo cult who meets under the streets
Go underground and find them and they’ll help you and they’ll guide you
They know the little secrets that you keep
Oh these little family secrets that we keep
Those little fam

Run like the hunted
run like they’re coming
run like the sword will finally fall

run like the desperate
your last final minute
run like the end has come to call

run like the hours
the days all when counted
run like they passed while dreamers slept

run like the fire
the winds of desire
run if you want to live again

run and taste the rain, run from mistakes you’ve made
run, run away
run and just embrace, run, the air the pulse the pain
run, run away

Constance:
Thomas, Thomas

Thomas:
Inanna here i am

Constance:
Oh thank Gd baby
How did you escape

Thomas:
Don’t worry now
Do you still have it

Constance:
It’s right here now come let’s blow this joint my dear
Tonight the heist went down

Thomas:
And on the day we come it’s over
I can help you if you just stay calm
There’s bigger things here than you realize
I’m sorry but this must be done

And on this day the party’s over
It’s time to wake up there’s a war to win
And if you run these men will shoot you

Constance:
This isn’t real, this isn’t happening
When did they turn you, how long since?

Thomas:
Just take my hand i’ll help you live

Constance:
Run, the tears and shame, run when you’ve been betrayed
Run, run away
Run when your heart breaks, run, the pain just slaps your face
Run, run away

Run…. Taste the tears you make, run from mistakes you’ve made
Run, run away
Run…… somewhere far away
Run, run away

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from The New Albion Radio Hour, A Dieselpunk Opera, released May 20, 2013
Featuring Lauren Osborn and Courtney Ellis

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Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more

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