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Chemical Kid

from Back to the Basement by Bad Kids

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From “Bad Kids - Back to the Basement”
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All words and music copyright - Harlow Crandall

A song for Peter Doherty

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he was a chemical kid
dreaming of guns and rimbaud
he was a chemical kid
burning holes in my stereo
he was a chemical kid
past his days on the dole

sound system was pumping out mad verse
I was plastered to the bed dreaming of course
of the boys in the in the band and broken songs
wondering what it'd be like born down in Albion

in the heart and mind there's always so much left unseen
from the flames of the fire in the soul we are born libertines

he was a chemical kid
with falling silhouettes of dreams
he was a chemical kid
riding with the girls in limousines
he was a chemical kid
face framed on magazines

in the shallow night reading french poetry
I felt the flowers of evil blooming within me
each word flowed intoxicated and pure
like a drunken vagabond on the dance floor

in the heart and mind there's always so much left unseen
from the flames of the fire in the soul we are born libertines

the barren streets burn calling out the centuries
those that came before, my grandfather's histories
But in truth it never, never meant that much to me

he was a chemical kid
the son of a falling empire
he was a chemical kid
seduced by his own desires
he was a chemical kid
from a nation grown grey and tired

in the dawn I can't find any work to be done
the factories are closing and the jobs are gone
there's nothing to do but scribble mad dreams
and read the piles of books and magazines

in the heart and mind there's always so much left unseen
from the flames of the fire in the soul we are born libertines

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from Back to the Basement, released February 25, 2012

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The Bad kids formed in Rochester New York, 2009. Past members have included Alex Northrup, Jim Hill and Ben Court. "Back to the Basement" is their first album recorded on a budget of $200.

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