One sad aspect of doing the Just Some Punk Songs show for pretty much all of the past decade is that there's been a few loyal and regular listeners who have become good friends but who've sadly passed away during that time. When I heard today's song I immediately thought of them so this update is dedicated to Bill, Nan, Stef and any other listener who's no longer with us.
Apes Of The State (https://www.facebook.com/apesofthestate) are from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and they play folk punk. It's a genre of punk music that some people seem averse to but I'm not sure why. There's plenty of great folk punk releases out there.
Apes Of The State have been around even longer than the Just Some Punk Songs show and they're readying to release a new album titled What's Another Night? It'll be out next week : https://apesofthestate.bandcamp.com/album/whats-another-night
This is the song that had me raising a glass to fallen punk rock comrades, it's called Punk Rock Shows In Heaven...
Are there punk rock shows in heaven
Are you push moshing are you crowd surfing
Are the kids still hooked on heroin
Or have they found a way to cope without that trash
I hope you found a way to right your wrongs
And that you make a cool band and write some songs
And that you overthrow your government
Find a way to make things work without that trash
I wanna know if you’ll ever grow up
Or if you’re 25 forever
With that Bad Brains t-shirt on
That you were wearing the day I met ya
In the rehab parking lot, Central Pennsylvania
Now I wear it when I miss ya
You told me once
It was one of the few things you had left
From when you were just a kid
That you never lost
Now it’s one of the few things I have left
To remember the time we spent
Now that you’re gone
I’m writing letters on your Facebook wall
Some days it’s hard to believe that you’re really gone
The only difference between you and me
Is a breath of air some body heat
But when I play our favorite CDs in the car on repeat
It feels like you’re here with me
So if you hear this song in heaven
If you’re push moshing and you’re crowd surfing
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope
And I’m not sure I believe in heaven
But if you’re somewhere and you can hear this
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope without that
Are you push moshing are you crowd surfing
Are the kids still hooked on heroin
Or have they found a way to cope without that trash
I hope you found a way to right your wrongs
And that you make a cool band and write some songs
And that you overthrow your government
Find a way to make things work without that trash
I wanna know if you’ll ever grow up
Or if you’re 25 forever
With that Bad Brains t-shirt on
That you were wearing the day I met ya
In the rehab parking lot, Central Pennsylvania
Now I wear it when I miss ya
You told me once
It was one of the few things you had left
From when you were just a kid
That you never lost
Now it’s one of the few things I have left
To remember the time we spent
Now that you’re gone
I’m writing letters on your Facebook wall
Some days it’s hard to believe that you’re really gone
The only difference between you and me
Is a breath of air some body heat
But when I play our favorite CDs in the car on repeat
It feels like you’re here with me
So if you hear this song in heaven
If you’re push moshing and you’re crowd surfing
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope
And I’m not sure I believe in heaven
But if you’re somewhere and you can hear this
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope without that
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