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Broad Ditch

by Presto Bando

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1.
Echo Echo E-cho 01:51
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Echo Echo E-cho E-cho E-cho E-cho Echo Echo Echo Echo E-cho E-cho E-cho E-cho Ain't got that Chechnyan machismo but what they say is to each his own And I say You got it So flaunt it You want it I want it I can peak you like we're on Mount Machu Picchu baby You want it I want it You want it That's good You got it So flaunt it You want it I want it I can peak you like we're on Mount Machu Picchu baby You want it I want it You want it That's good Echo Echo E-cho E-cho E-cho E-cho Echo Echo Echo Echo E-cho E-cho E-cho Echo Echo Chechnyan machismo ain't got that but what they say is to each his own You got it So flaunt it You want it I want it I can peak you like we're on Mount Machu Picchu baby You want it I want it You want it That's good
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Whole Body Blues 03:10
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I watched my love wash her whole body whole body whole body blues I watched my love wash her whole body and man it never looked so good to me Bought her a rose with my own money whole body whole body blues bought her a rose with my own money just like any normal spendthrift would now don't you think And she still had the nerve to ask me Are you devoted to me? I said well sure now I think so, I said of course now I think so, well what do you think? I think so write her in pencil not scented ink whole body whole body blues write her in pencil not scented ink because I am not that girly Hey! no I isn’t! and no I ain’t! Kiss her each morning and before sleep whole body whole body blues kiss her each morning and before sleep as is required by the jury cause I know if I didn’t it would result in my own physical injury but hey, if you see her don’t say anything cause everything is good (wink wink) when I am with my baby She comes up and she asks me again Are you devoted to me? I said I told you that I think so she says guess what? I just don’t know I said I told you that I think so she says guess what? I just don’t know do you god bless me before each sneeze? whole body whole body blues do you god bless me before each sneeze I say how could I possibly know you’re gonna sneeze before its release? She says, I do that Bewitched nose-twitch wiggling that little (twinkle-twinkle-twink) I do that Bewitched nose-twitch wiggling I say well my god, how am I supposed to know these things you know if you want me to know these things you just gotta tell me I can’t be expected to notice certain little cues for how you want your loving I’m fast asleep whole body Not my whole body whole body blues I sift through dreams whole body blues about my love’s plotting and about her strange calling and about our love rotting And I just can’t help but ask myself in the end Are you devoted to me? You know what, I can’t say for sure no, no, no, no can’t say for sure no, no, no ,no can’t say for sure
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French Girl 02:34
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I want a French girl a real nice girl with a little bit of curls not a little girl I said a French girl no escargot though just a little bit of curls and a little bit of world and a little bit of morals in a flask I want one rich girl a perfect pitch girl an already found her niche girl this is my laundry list girl and I hope I find her as advertised though I couldn't win her if at that cause I treat my mother bad never had no luck in true love or romance I want a cat girl a sound girl a not to very loud girl former lost girl now a found girl all around girl with a little bit of curls and a little bit of world and a little bit of morals in a flask I want a French girl that can speak some good English whose word I trust enough to not have to learn French I want a horizon office size and fairly safe for kids at that don't forget about the baby changing station or his morning rations and his little bubble bath with his rubber ducky splash for his drying winds the finest from South France I want a French girl a real nice girl with a little bit of curls no not a little girl I said a French girl no escargot no just a little bit of curls and a little bit of world and a little bit of morals in a flask I want a French girl that can speak some good English whose word I trust enough to not have to learn French
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Roll in the Mud 01:57
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My mother once told me to roll in the mud I told her right back why don't you roll in the mud my sister once told me to walk in the grass I told her right back they just fertilized it My father once told me to take a long nap I told him right back I just drank non-decaf My mother once told me to roll in the mud Well I told her right back why don't you roll in the mud She took me to the orchard that's when she soot me on a stool she sat me on it no, soot me on it made me several haircuts gave me several shaved me several taught me how to play by the rules taught me how to play by the rules My father once told me to sway so my past is real boat-like and shows I have sailor command My sister once told me to crow bar my can'ts and reveal the seedy parts underneath that My mother once told me to take with my hand and marry the one that will age with the best My father once told me to coast then pedal so I have energy left to love out thick candles She took me to the orchard that's when she soot me on a stool she sat me on it no, soot me on it made me several haircuts gave me several shaved me several taught me how to play by the rules taught me how to play by the rules My mama once told me to roll in the mud I told her right back why don't you roll in the mud My sister once told me to walk in the grass I told her right back they just fertilized it Father once told me to take a long nap I told him right back I just drank non-decaf My mama once told me to roll in the mud Well I told her right back why don't you roll in the mud
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Upside Down Sea 04:00
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I own a corner store Too proud to send my kid off to that war I'll wear my Sunday best When I escort my mistress You can watch me be and be and be and be and be and be and be and be Right there Under the upside down sea I will be there Under the upside down because the Sea is upside Down goes the sky between them I am found Sit up said Sally Yes, I have been above and it's not full of porcelain and it's not full of love It's just like here except all the birds are doves And that's why I own a corner store one, or two, or three, or four Too proud to send my kid off to that war I'll wear my Sunday best When I escort my mistress and You can watch me be and be be and be metaphys-epistem-ontologically Right there Under the upside down sea Yes I will be there Under the upside down because the Sea is upside Down goes the sky between them I am found I said Sit up said Sally Yes, I have been below It's not like a furnace It's not full of your old foes It's just like here except all the birds are crows And that's why I own a corner store Way too proud to send my kid off to war I'll wear my Sunday best When I escort my mistress You can watch me be watch me be watch me be and be and be Right there Under the upside down sea Yes I will be there Under the upside down because the sea is upside down sea Whoopsy Daisy is upside down sea because the Sea is upside Down goes the sky between them I am found
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Tacit Street 02:51
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When all the angels told me drink that up that bourbon cup I thought, well yeah, I should begin at least I think those were some angels now, let me see, are those halos or rings from drink? So if I left my home on Tacit Street Could I still come find you there? Swear it Now if I use the route that Descartes wrote you know his rigmarole Or if in nude throughout she says she sleeps even when shes all alone If I could unglue for bouts all of those armies I have sunk way down deep into myself I'll be alright, you watch now If I left my home on Tacit Street Could I still come find you there? Swear it Now I could roost around some sort of carpeting more of a foreign departure knocking boots with those been long in line for the big time civilian honors watch unrest unwind itself from around my butter knife I'll be alright, you watch now When all the angels told me drink that up that bourbon cup I thought, well yeah, I should begin at least I think those were some angels now, let me see, are those halos or rings from drink? What did Descartes write, rigmarole What does she sleep in when shes all alone What about those armies I have sunk way down deep into myself I'll be alright, you watch now
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Jenny Octopious 03:36
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Jenny is a runt Jenny is a mixed up piled up (*&^%) Jenny is an Octopious No she doesn't have eight hands What shes got though are eight devotions to her child and her man Well what about the baby? The baby's in the bathtub he's soaking with a fever What about the husband? The husbands at the table Waiting for his dinner to be taken from the freezer and put back in the oven What about the laundry? I picked up the laundry I picked up all the three shirts No! I put in four shirts! They must have lost the dress shirt! The dress shirt for the party So I'll have to go in this and they'll say where haven't I been? Where haven't I been? Jenny is an octopious
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Best Guess 02:53
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Been circling the things that I'm going to do Putting cash away in a death fund fortune Never gonna need it don't know why I do that I've got time I'll live forever and that Is my best guess I'm on the roadside how bout you? You're taking a rest I'm speeding right through I think you'll loose By the time I'll catch up to you I'll still have a lot of juice So get your act together but don't do it too fast You'll make it to some point in your life that you'll want to make last but if you don't believe me I'm not gonna swear on my deathbed you'll have to go find and ask an OBGYN that's your best bet I'm on the roadside how bout you? I'm taking a rest You're speeding right through I think you'll loose By the time I catch up to you I'll still have a lot of juice Lets draw straws and see who wins you go first and draw short as the day is long I will go next then I will be sure to win the way I string things along So all I'm gonna say is try and save your best for last so if you die early they'll say you had a lot left the last laugh should go to those who bottle up their desires and never use 'em and never let 'em expire that's my best guess
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Chincy & Pinter 03:23
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Chincy & Pinter graduate this June Chincy & Pinter are almost done with school Chincy & Pinter what in the heck are they ever going to find themselves doing Chincy wants to be a barber in his hometown so he gets the razor out practices shaving a row of balloons pop pop pop pop pop Pinter wants to be somebody on the dry land maybe a mailman maybe he doesn’t know yet maybe he will find out soon Chincy & Pinter have set sail they have capsized now they are called bobbers Chincy & Pinter well they get bit at by fish like they’re pecked at by big white seagulls Chincy yells over to Pinter man, I hope we don’t get eaten up by a whale with a side of rice size plankton we're going deep in the whale's stomach Chincy wants to be a pauper he's outside he is begging for his toils he eats a lot of leftovers for a mirror he uses the mucky roads splash splash Pinter wants to be a swordsman with a capital S the kind that would begin a biographic description of his person Chincy your love floats away like it’s on some balloon strings you’re playing with doves you’re playing with buoyancy Pinter your love is daily mail and enter the sweepstakes XXOXOX except Sundays Chincy & Pinter have aged outward like wood no I don't beat around no bush Chincy & Pinter want to be cut down and built upon absorbed in the literature the cannon Chincy yells over to Pinter I hope we get used as a chair and a table or at least as them but not burnt for warmth Chincy wants to have a daughter that can handstand and do some cartwheels and loop-the-loops good health through old age and Pinter wants a quiet stage in each of his decades so he can realign himself and balance up the deeds he does each day keep sharpening Chincy your love floats away like it’s on some balloon strings you’re playing with doves you’re playing with buoyancy Pinter your love tastes like rain except a little more salty XXOXOXXXOX except Sundays Chincy & Pinter are two tombstones on a hill Chincy & Pinter are see-through ghosts that haunt little boys and little girls Chincy & Pinter what in the the heck are they going to find themselves doing
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Kleenex Blues 02:16
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This whole time I've been playing with your feelings In fact I will confirm it with some crowing This whole time I've been faking my involved intimacy and now I'm ready for your tears to begin flowing that's why I bought you these No they're not your brand name Kleenex just your simple kind of generic tissue still do the trick though and I bought it in bulk, baby doll This whole time I've been wrapped around your finger like a ring that I had not even agreed on giving This whole time you have polished me and given me scoldings and now I am a lesser human being that is why I am leaving so take this what is it? A brand name Kleenex No it's your simple kind of generic tissue feel free to cry as much as you need to each tear will be cheaper I bought it in bulk This whole time in your cauldron you've been giving me stirrings You've added things like rat tails, bulbs, witch's earwigs This whole time you have salted me and given me pepperings but then you tried me and I ain't so good So I'm just food for your small kiddies so take this what is it? A brand name Kleenex No it's your simple kind of generic tissue cry as much as you need to each tear will be cheaper I bought it in bulk

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released April 10, 2011

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