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Al and His Machines

from Friend A Dinosaur by Paladino

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lyrics

The story starts like many others, it happened no too long ago in a town not unlike any other town.
Rust had seized the industry, the aimless men wandered the streets the factories had all long since shut down.
He came with fruitful promises, investment funds from overseas he said he’d help us hold our heads up high.
With a product everybody wants, a job that everybody needs.
Looking back how could we be so blind.
Long after dark, the men all gone home, but Al and his machines will keep on churning through the night It won’t be long, until his master plan’s unveiled.
We didn’t know the processes or what it looked like in the end, or even how the parts were being used.
The trains arrived each evening, raw materials on double stacks and only left us all the more confused.
Uncarved jade from Burma, slabs of rock salt cut near Timbuktu copper ingots from New Mexico.
LED’s from China with a rather shameful failure rate and inert gases shipped from parts unknown.
Curiosity got the best of some, three men from the receiving dock, snuck into the shop floor one winters eve.
Through an endless maze of HVAC ducts, above the watch of sentry guns, what they saw they hardly could believe.
Metal Eiffel towers, mini Buddhas, rings of sandalwood. I heart New York t-shirts stacked thigh high.
Coffee mugs with union jacks and Dallas stars on cowboy hats, anything to catch a tourists eye.
Long after dark, the men all gone home, but Al and his machines will keep on churning through the night.
As he looks on, outside his window, the townspeople all gathered with their torches all alight.
It won’t be long, until his master plan’s unveiled.

credits

from Friend A Dinosaur, released December 1, 2017
Paladino is: Chad Burgess, Weston Gritt, Christopher Haise, Mark Harrig, Matthew Webber.

Recorded with Lodi Broekhuizen at lb. Studios, Milwaukee, WI.
Mixed by Michael Mann at Musicmann Studio, Milwaukee, WI.
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering, Milwaukee, WI.
Cover design artwork by Nicole Esche.

Guest Performances:
Al and His Machines: tuba by Aaron Johnson.

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Paladino Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Equally rich in meaning and melody, Paladino delivers honest, heartfelt lyrics and soaring, stirring harmonies. Their songs blend genres (indie folk, bluegrass, Americana rock), artistic influences (Chris Thile, Paul McCartney, ‘90s rock) and subject matter (loss, defiance, the search for connection) with poetic imagery and novelistic detail, shot through with real emotion and dynamic musicality. ... more

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