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Verse 1: It's the modern way to live out our days
In a planned community
Pay your bills on time and you'll be free of crime
In an atmosphere of tight security

Verse 2: They'll fill up your time with things to do
Like fun social activities
Structure your day for you from morning through
And at night you'll have a drink and watch TV

Chorus 1: Sitting alone facing these choices about my life
Freedom and uncertainty cut me like a knife
Looking around I see the way that it will be
If I lose myself inside the planned community

Verse 3: Work from nine to five or if you are retired
You play poker in the rec hall afternoons
Dinnertime at six, company at eight,
Who'll be leaving at ten because it's late

Chorus 1: Sitting alone facing these choices about my life
Freedom and uncertainty cut me like a knife
Looking around I see the way that it will be
If I lose myself inside the planned community

Verse 4: It's the price I pay to try and get away
From the planned community
Pay my tax each year and work to suppress the fear
Bubbling up in insecurity

Chorus 2: Sitting alone and it's getting lonelier each year
Autumn was my season but now I start to fear
That like the leaves turned crisp and gold
and falling from the tree
I'll be raked into the basket of the planned community
I'll be placed inside the casket of the planned community
I'll be raked into the basket of the planned community
I'll be placed inside the casket of the planned community

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from Electricity for the Youth of Today, released May 2, 2014
Composed by Hank Hoffman

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Happy Ending New Haven, Connecticut

Happy Ending formed in 1983. Inspired by garage rock, psychedelia and folk rock, the songs on debut vinyl LP “Have A Nice Day!” sported lyrics dark with Reagan-era political dread. Thirty years later, the current lineup features original members Hank Hoffman and Richard Brown—now playing guitar and flute as well as sax—along with drummer Tom Smith and bassist Randy Stone. Pop meets psych freakout. ... more

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