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Socrates & the Angel of Death

from In Midtown by David Hakan

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lyrics

Socrates and the Angel of Death

G Em C G
The first time I met Socrates he’d just learned to play dead.
G Em C D
Uncle Hilly would point his wartime rifle at his head
When he clicked the trigger, our eyes would open wide.
Socrates was lifeless till he shouted, “Come alive”.

C D
With a laugh to scare the Angel of Death
G Em
and banish skies of gray
C D
he would let the whole world know
G Em
he’d lived another day.
C D
Come alive. Come alive.
C D
Come alive. Come alive.
C D G
Ante up, my friend, are you gonna play this game?

He’s a yellow Labrador and can hear popcorn spills land.
When we’d play penny ante with Gramma and all the clan
Uncle Hilly’d show his hand to his philosophic chum,
then bet his whole stack recklessly as if tomorrow’d never come.

refrain

It was two kids later uncle Hilly scared us all.
Tackled by a heart attack, we watched that big man fall.
Confined to bed and breathless, a trainride beard upon his chin.
like a man who’s made his quota and holds a ticket in his hand.

refrain



Socrates and the Angel of Death Page 2.


Now we play beside poker and deal a hand to Socrates.
But his ears pick up a warning and he hackles instantly.
The two of us are clueless, but I’ve heard them say
that dogs can see the Angel of Death coming their way.

I can not let the moment pass. the room is cool with fear.
I creep up behind Socrates to look between his ears.
I lose my sense of balance. The world turns black and white.
A hooded figure lands and fixes uncle in his sight.

C G C G
Socrates goes crazy. He anchors at his master’s side.
C G C D
A thousand broadsword warriors couldn’t make him stand aside.
C D G Em
With teeth ready to tear at nightmares
C D
and a heart no blow could ever crack.
C D G
You know he stayed right there till that awful vision passed.

Uncle Hilly got well enough to go back to his door to door.
But he’d take Socrates along, and play hooky a little more.
And when he finally passed away, I found Socrates on his old route.
I had to take that old dog in, make him play dead and shout.

Come alive. (4x)
refrain

words and music by David B. Hakan 5-8-94

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from In Midtown, released June 22, 1999

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