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Area 51

from Road Movie by MDH

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"nothing actually happened"

We didn’t actually go to Area 51, in fact you can’t – you’ll be shot on sight if you try to stray into this mysteriously locked-down area. The song instead chronicles our visit to Roswell, New Mexico – home to an alleged alien crash site…

“Roswell makes no bones about alien tourism – every shop front, from banks to mechanics, seems to have a green face with big eyes in the window. It’s a friendly place – we get vouchers for a motel at the visitors centre which will make this our cheapest accommodation of the entire trip so far. The little old lady who checks us in is doddery and charming in equal measure. Having saved a few bucks I set off to pay $5 to get into the UFO Museum (and “Research Centre”) in town. The shops on the way are shameless and pity-evoking, yet everyone seems so cheerful as they watch solitary customers walk in, get bemused and walk out again into the dry heat, empty-handed. The museum itself does give me an old familiar itch from the X Files days – especially reading about how Area 51 (NW of Vegas) is still a top secret facility patrolled with “deadly force”.”

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the message is clear: we’ll tell them what they need to know just to avoid a TV show
you never seem to hear: we’ll let them make up their own minds, explain ourselves in our own time

the message is clear: we’ll make sure everything’s alright and tidy up the landing site
you never seem to hear: we’ll check that we are all insured, then we’ll give the guided tour

I like the way
you still try to say
that nothing happened on that day
that nothing actually happened

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from Road Movie, released September 1, 2014

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