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  • The physical release of the "Roberta" EP comes as a paperback chapbook, featuring:

    -Download of "Roberta" EP
    -A 30-page short story, entitled "Lifers," written by Dalton Deschain, focusing on Roberta and tying in directly with the lyrical narrative of the album
    -Lyrics
    -Illustrations by Day Clancy, animator for the "Freakshow" music video

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lyrics

I wasn't born a freak,
I was born who I am.
The circus came later
When they couldn't understand.

To be born under punchlines
When all I want is to breathe
Turned out not quite what they wanted
Sold off at thirteen
And what a fuckin relief

I keep my anger in notebooks
And my passion on the stage
I sell out night after night after night after night
And every Sunday a parade
Come see me in the parade
Every Sunday a parade
Wish I could grab 'em all and say

That now that I'm who I want,
all anybody seems to want is to stare
The only monsters in the freak show
have paid to get their ass in those chairs.
I’m not a Sunday School lesson,
just decided not to live my life scared
The only monsters in the freak show
lurk in the closet under the stairs.

I found some love for the first time
She's as removed as myself,
Paired up we swim against the current
Like a couple mermaids from hell

I hear you call me Rob as in Robert,
That’s a mistake no that’s not who I am.
The bearded lady's what the barker calls me
But to you it's YES MA'AM
YES MA'AM
YES MA'AM

credits

from Roberta, released October 28, 2016
Recorded at Kill Infinity Studios and the Ice Plant
www.killinfinitystudios.com
www.theiceplant.com

Engineered by Dalton Deschain and Wayne Silver
Mixed and Mastered by Dalton Deschain

Written by Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show

Dalton Deschain - Guitars, Vocals
Jo Kroger - Vocals
Craig Kierce - Guitars
Michael Kennedy - Bass
Phil Harris - Drums

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Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show are a pulp-punk band from NYC that tell stories loudly. Get ready for a weird-ass tale about circus freaks, nuclear war, and demonic possession that you can sing along to. Visit daltondeschain.com for details.

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