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Sage Francis - Civil Obedience
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Sage Francis - Dance Monkey
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Sage Francis - Fresh
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Sage Francis - 16 Years
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Sage Francis - Agony In Her Body
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Sage Francis - All Word No Play
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Sage Francis - Andy Kaughman
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Sage Francis - Apathy And Sage On Tone Capones Show 903 Wriu
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Sage Francis - Black Out On White Night
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Sage Francis - Black Sweatshirt
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Sage Francis - Bridle
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Sage Francis - Broccilude
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Sage Francis - Broken Wings
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Sage Francis - Buckets Of Silence
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Sage Francis - Cafe Girl
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Sage Francis - Call Me Francois
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Sage Francis - Can I Kick It?
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Sage Francis - Clickety Clack
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Sage Francis - Climb Trees
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Sage Francis - Come Come Now
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Sage Francis - Conspiracy To Riot
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Sage Francis - Crack Pipes
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Sage Francis - Crumble
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Sage Francis - Cup Of Tea
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Sage Francis - Damage
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Sage Francis - Diamonds And Pearls
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Sage Francis - Different
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Sage Francis - Dirty Mac
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Sage Francis - Disasters
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Sage Francis - Doomage Damage
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Sage Francis - Escape Artist
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Sage Francis - Eviction Notice
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Sage Francis - Eye Of The Tiger
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Sage Francis - Flashback 96
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Sage Francis - Follow Me Snippet Verse
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Sage Francis - Garden Gnomes
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Sage Francis - Going Back To Rehab
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Sage Francis - Good Fashion
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Sage Francis - Got Up This Morning
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Sage Francis - Ground Control
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Sage Francis - Gunz Yo
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Sage Francis - Haunted House Party
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Sage Francis - Hell Of A Year
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Sage Francis - Hey Bobby
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Sage Francis - High Step
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Sage Francis - Hoofprints In The Sand
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Sage Francis - Hopeless
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Sage Francis - House Of Bees
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Sage Francis - I Apologize Featuring Sole
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Sage Francis - I Keep Calling
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Sage Francis - I Was Zero
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Sage Francis - I'm Afraid Featuring Sole
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Sage Francis - Inherited Scars
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Sage Francis - Inner Conflict
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Sage Francis - Jah Didn't Kill Johnny
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Sage Francis - Jesus In A Bowl Of Germs
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Sage Francis - Keep Moving
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Sage Francis - Killing Time Live On 90.3
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Sage Francis - Lie Detector Test
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Sage Francis - Life Is What Distracts You From Death
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Sage Francis - Little Houdini
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Sage Francis - London Bridge
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Sage Francis - Love The Lie
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Sage Francis - Mainstream 307 Non Prophets
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Sage Francis - Majority Rule
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Sage Francis - Makeshift Patroit
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Sage Francis - Mermaids Are Sea Sluts (spoken word piece performed on 90.3 WRIU)
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Sage Francis - Message Sent
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Sage Francis - Midgets And Giants
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Sage Francis - Mullet (Spoken Word Recorded Live At The Met Café, 1998)
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Sage Francis - Mutiny
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Sage Francis - My Name Is Strange
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Sage Francis - Narcissist (live On 90.3 Wriu)
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Sage Francis - Needle
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Sage Francis - Next Testament
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Sage Francis - Oliver Twisted
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Sage Francis - Orphanage Freestyle Part Ii Featuring Aesop Rock Slug And Eyedea
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Sage Francis - Pen To The Gun Fight
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Sage Francis - Personal Journalist
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Sage Francis - Pitchers Of Silence
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Sage Francis - Polterzeitgeist
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Sage Francis - Product Placement
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Sage Francis - Rewrite
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Sage Francis - Runaways
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Sage Francis - Sea Lion
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Sage Francis - Slow Down Gandhi
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Sage Francis - Smoke And Mirrors
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Sage Francis - Souvenier (Unreleased)
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Sage Francis - Specialist
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Sage Francis - Strange Famous (spoken word rhyme on 90.3 WRIU)
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Sage Francis - Stuck Featuring Slug
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Sage Francis - Sun Vs Moon
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Sage Francis - The Baby Stays
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Sage Francis - The Best Of Times
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Sage Francis - The Buzz Kill
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Sage Francis - The Emperor's New Clothing
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Sage Francis - The Masters Are Back Nonprophets
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Sage Francis - The Strange Famous Mullet Remover
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Sage Francis - The Time Of My Life
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Sage Francis - The Weak Link
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Sage Francis - The Write A 1995/1996 Class Project
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Sage Francis - Three Sheets To The Wind
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Sage Francis - Threewrite (Non-Prophets)
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Sage Francis - Tree Of Knowledge
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Sage Francis - Trite
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Sage Francis - Underground For Dummies
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Sage Francis - Vital Signs
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Sage Francis - Waterline
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Sage Francis - Whore Monger
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Sage Francis - Worry Not
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Sage Francis - You Cant Give Up On Love
Little Houdini
Sage Francis
In Florida at the Daytona International Speedway
He was a fugitive on the run,
Christopher made a quick escape
while being transported in a van
that was picking up convicts state to state.
He did it during a bathroom break,
he hot-wired somebody's pickup
In fact,
Christopher had a long history of theft
involving trucks,
He was on route to Alabama
for stealing someone's travel trailer
Grand Theft Auto
He was a career criminal, jailbird
who also had three outstanding warrants
in his home state of Tennessee
It was an outstanding performance that set him free
Little Houdini
Stole a big rig, then a tour bus that belonged to Crystal Gayle
to evade a five state manhunt that wanted to put that birdy back in jail
but they failed
..
'cause Christopher wasn't just running from cops
Christopher Gay was now racing a clock
his mother was dying
and there was no time to be held
inside of a cage with locks
so yall can turn up your nose
and suck on your teeth and wag your finger like tsk-tsk
but he had to take the risk
Little Houdini
There wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision
to break from the prison
His only motive was to go back to his childhood home
while his mom was still living
it wasn't a house
more like an old mobile camper
where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer
Sometimes,
The only answer we're left with
when the loved one's name is on the death list
Is to head for the exits and go home
Christopher got the hell out of Texas
His abandonment was reckless
It prolonged his sentence
Y'all can forget it
He had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this
Unless you consider the other instance
He went the distance
Similar situation, it was a bizarre coincidence
When he escaped from the prison the first time,
Not this time, but the one before
He visited his dad
Cause he was dying inside of a mental ward
Suffering from Alzheimer's
He paid respects
Made his peace
When he was done
He didn't run
He returned himself back to the police
That's when his mom made her plea
She said:
"He knows what he done was wrong,
but he knows his father don't got long
He's not a fugitive on the run
He's not dangerous, he's our son
he ain't never hurt no one
He knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his father don't got long
He's not a fugitive on the run
He's our son"
This ain't no country western song.
Christopher wasn't just running from cops
Christopher Gay was now racing a clock
his mother was dying
and there was no time to be held
inside of a cage with locks
So Y'all can go on tossing rocks
And talk your talk like tsk tsk
Meanwhile Chris is stealing a tractor trailer from Wal-Mart
An 18 wheeler, he's peeling rubber the bird takes flight down turnpikes
Three hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but it ain't worth her life
Ran it off the road, and abandoned it
50 yards from his moms to avoid the cops
Thats half a football field from her feeble arms
After all this stuff
The tour bus, the pick up trucks
The tractor trailer, interstate chases
He put on the brakes and couldn't get close enough
The news reporters told people to lock their doors
Like there was a monster on the loose but there was no truth to those reports.
His mom had weeks to live
And Chris had years to serve
They were within shouting distance
But I don't think he heard her final words.
I don't think he heard her final words.
She made her plea to the TV
"He knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his mama don't got long
He's not a fugitive on the run
He's not dangerous, he's my son
he ain't never hurt no one
He knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his mama don't got long
He's not a fugitive on the run
He's not dangerous, he's my son"
This ain't no country western song.
The third time he escaped from a state cop at the Georgia pit-stop
He just slipped out of the handcuffs, he jumped ship then he took off
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an open road where he could be free
Little Houdini
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a wide open sky where he could fly
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an open road where he could be free
Little Houdini
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a wide open sky where he could fly
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an open road where he could be free
Little Houdini
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a wide open sky where he could fly
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an open road where he could be free
Little Houdini