This is a remixed version (with new vocal) of the track that first appeared on 2009's Daisycutter album. We first released this powerful song by Lillie Palmer 14 years ago, and thought it was prescient then. Now it seems ever more so.
lyrics
Insanity Street
- Lillie Palmer, Maizery Music (ASCAP)
We live on Insanity Street, where the ends and the means seldom meet.
And we walk and we talk while the Four Horsemen stalk the stones of Insanity Street.
And we talk of the coming of peace, of a time when hostilities cease; but we make and we store all the weapons of war 'cause we live on Insanity Street.
And when in the turning of years the market for war disappears, should we meet on the street with the dust at our feet, and we'll stare at each other through tears.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
But we buy and we sell all the weapons of hell
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
We live on Insanity Street, where the ends and means never meet.
All you cold numbered doors don't be quiet no more cause we live on Insanity Street.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
credits
released November 3, 2023
Insanity Street (3:32)
- Lillie Palmer, Maizery Music (ASCAP)
Sara Milonovich - vocal, baritone violin
Nikki Matheson - harmony vocal
Abbie Gardner - harmony vocal, dobro
Rob Henke - trumpet
Greg Anderson - electric guitars, organ, electric piano
Viktor Krauss - acoustic bass
Ben Wittman - drums
Original tracks engineered by Scott Petito at NRS, Catskill, NY
Additional recording by Greg Anderson and Viktor Krauss
Mixed by Greg Anderson
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