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Based on the article by French philosopher, Denis Diderot, "

Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown, or
A warning to those who have more taste than fortune"

www.marxists.org/reference/archive/diderot/1769/regrets.htm

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Oh Diderot I didn't know
I let you go and found a new replacement
I was the master of my own
But now I am a servant to the scarlet

Frameless paintings used to line my dirty walls
But now uncomfortable,
I've ripped them down and changed them all

Broken clay to antique gold
I'm spinning straw to leather
What a Grimm tale when my new red robe
Can make all my possessions seem so old

So friends keep your old friends
For I was used to you
And you were used to me
If you have more want than you have money
You'll be captured by curse
Of luxury

A thousand times I measure out my wealth upon my fingers
I am captured
The scarlet robe of red has bled itself into the place
Where I was anchored

Oh please save me from my own insanity
Release me from these thoughts
That keep me prisoner eternally

Take back your gold and leather
But please leave my scarlet robe
For we are one
And I need it
And it needs me
And we are bound together

Striving towards vanity
Possessions for propriety
Lulled into eternity
Forgetting my identity

So friends leave your old friends
For I've no use for you
And you've no use for me
If you have more want than you have money
You'll be captured by the curse
Of luxury

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from Horoscopes, released January 27, 2012
Written by Astrid Jorgensen
Recorded by Jake Walsh
Produced Jake Walsh, Astrid & The Asteroids

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