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Floozies:
We gettin dolled up here Raven baby
we dustin on off all the fun time gin
the night is poised and its salivatin’
the carousel is cranked and is set to spin

They gettin riled up here raven baby
the midway’s bein’ lit like good old times
the bally’s bein blared by the barker
baby its all set up all down the line

Raven:
We’ve got this woman with a tumor
that thing's bigger than her head
they say it laughs and loves to drink
and even smokes in bed

they say it swears like a sailor
they say she wants to die
they say the tumor wont let her
it makes her stay alive

There’s freaks and geeks aplenty
with souls that're so grotesque
they'd make the timid vomit
and that just you in the mirror my friend

we've got many here in transition
to some kind of animal but truth?
i'll tell you a little secret
the only freak show here is you

Floozies:
Take the tour and ride the rides
What sweet thrills we have inside
Where the unchained laughs reside
What sweet sounds and such strange sights
And the show goes on all night
All you want awaits inside

Raven:
Over there we have a mermaid
who in a tank of vodka stays
in that tent the clowns will pay you a magic coin
to let them have their way

We've tents containing mazes
and mazes made of tents
we build them out of discarded dreams
that folks here in their old lives left

See, theres those with thirsts and hungers
that mundane life cannot fill
so they search inside a bottle
or try to find it in a pill

but the solution’s like a piece of math
an equation they cant speak
if they solve it they would end up here
we 're the answer that they seek

Floozies:
Take the tour and ride the rides
What sweet thrills we have inside
Where the unchained laughs reside
What sweet sounds and such strange sights
And the show goes on all night
All you want awaits inside

……….

Raven:
All who come are welcome
you may feast on every vice
and i saw what you did back there
set the narrative on fire

Youre so confused my darlings
they really did a number on your minds
you know you're not in the real world
you've left that long behind

You've heard of the collective unconscious?
Well that's where we are now
you and i are trapped here
and yes, your whole fake town as well

but we both know they're coming
coming for you and when they do,
there'll be a door that's open
and that's our ticket through

These little nasty computers
who've ben messing with your lives
dont think i haven't noticed
they've been studying Llyod for quite some time

Yeah, a few of these fair tricks
i certainly know well enough

Helen:
Wait, who's Lloyd?

Raven:
(Sighs), the only man i ever truly loved

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from Uncle Raven's Super Happy Funtime Carnival, The Ballad Of Lost Hollow Act 2, released July 7, 2017
With Lauren Osborn as the Floozies.

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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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