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A bunch of our families joined forces to get a super cheap deal on Plymouth Volare wagons in 1977 for something like $1500 each. By 1981, the grown-ups had tired of their economy station cars and let their wayward teens use them. All of them had broken plastic grills - no match for deer, poor weather conditions and insufficient brake technology.

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Lyrics 5/23/20 (not sung)

VOLARE PATROL
(c) 2020 by Nick Bensen

Brakes are bad
The exhaust is shot
Windshield fogged
And running hot

Moms' old cars
Don't want 'em no more
Fix that window
And driver's door

We're bad news
That's no lie
Every day
We almost die

Nothing to lose
Settling scores
Wasting gas
And avoiding chores

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Throwing fireworks
Car to car
Getting high
And sneaking in bars

Anything not to
Face my dad
Let's all go
Do something bad

Feeling bored
Nothing to do
Let's steal
A street sign or two

Tripping out
Across the dam
Said we're studying
For exams

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Mount Airy!
Piney Point!
Grand Street!
129!

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Oil is low
Grill is cracked
Two of the girls
Got sick in back

Tossing pizza
At Fox Lane dweebs
While barely meeting
Our basic needs

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

Look out now
Slow your roll
Out of the way
Volare Patrol

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from As Crowtown Watches, So Crowtown Falls, released June 12, 2020

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Nick Bensen Avon, Connecticut

Nick Bensen learned guitar from Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo). He played in the Croton Dammed, the Assassins, Three Globe Banana Monte, A Subtle Plague, Polar Arc and 33 Tiger Infinity. He made 3 solo CDs but gave it up in 2005 due to illness.

In April 2020, Nick suddenly regained the ability to play. With 26 psych/prog/fusion releases since then, Nick Bensen is really making up for lost time.
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