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    Casey tells the story of a circus freak known by the rubes only as the fearsome Dogman. At heart though, Casey is a simple sweetheart who cares only for his newfound circus family. One day a mysterious interloper shows up at the big-top tent with a strange fascination for Casey. This man seems to have a strange influence over Casey, and Casey finds himself pushed into doing jobs for the man that he doesn't want to do...jobs that have increasingly violent ends...

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lyrics

I was born on a standpipe
Flopping onto land like
The creature from the Flint lagoon

Michigan she raised me,
A wolf and a baby,
Kill our food and howl at the moon

I’ve been called a body resurrected at the foot of Krakatoa
A tape delay echo of a supernova
A wave of radiation burning shadows into pavement like a…

Like an atom
Like an atom

I used to believe them but that’s all over
What I really am is dislocating my shoulders
Pulling frantically against the straitjacket’s hold
Over a case of undiagnosed claustrophobia

Like an atom
Like an atom

‘Cause I’m smart
But I ain’t rich
I think it’s safe to say you don’t know who you’re messing with
Do you know who you’re messing with?

I’m gonna kill this city
Slit its skyline and bleed its streets
There’s malice in its shadows and its taken all my pride from me

And I’ve been called a lazy hypochondriac who can’t get a real job
An overeducated and potential wasting art snob
Trying to learn to farm while stumbling naked in the garden like I’m

Like I’m Adam
Like I’m Adam

I used to believe them but that’s all over
I used to believe them but that’s all over
I used to believe them but that’s all over

I am everything I am

I’m an atom

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from Casey, released September 27, 2019

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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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