1. |
I Got Kick
02:45
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Well, I don't mean to keep scaring you all
and causing all of these false alarms
but if a house cat gets nine lives
a wild cat must get 10 times that long
plus or minus some
when in white shirt and short
I am certain sure
to be that angel dancing on the freshly mown grass
even on the pavement I am still known to hold
a pretty sizable advantage
why's that? because he got, she got
I got kick
I can shock, I can pull asunder, I can subdue with just a very gentle tase
I can shoot out of a radio tower
and interrupt your television broadcast with an emergency message
saying: I got she got
when in white shirt and short
I am certain sure
to be that angel dancing in the freshly mown grass
even on the pavement I am still known to hold
a pretty sizable advantage
why's that? he got, she got
I got kick
when in white shirt and short
I am certain sure
to be that angel dancing on the freshly mown grass
even on the pavement I am still known to hold
a pretty sizable advantage
why's that? because he got, she got
I got kick
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2. |
Paleo Cathedral
02:57
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may allow back in
knock knock, ding dong
may allow back in
the paleo cathedral
may allow back in
just put a bend in your sidewalk
stop your cubicle gardening
the paleo cathedral
may allow back in
put a bend in your sidewalk
stop your cubicle gardening
dig in some real dirt get your cuticles hardening
just stop that cubicle gardening
and if you see me walking down the street
go ahead and splash mud on me
I don't need clean pants with pleats to be seated
or you can go ahead and follow me
you don't need hymnals
don't need money offering for where we're headed
it's too primitive, too primitive
the paleo cathedral
may allow back in
just put a bend in your sidewalk
stop your cubicle gardening
the paleo cathedral
may allow back in
put a bend in your sidewalk
stop your cubicle gardening
dig in some real dirt get your cuticles hardening
just stop that cubicle gardening
and if you see me walking down the street
go ahead and splash mud on me
I don't need clean pants with pleats to be seated
or you can go ahead and follow me
you don't need hymnals
don't need money offering for where we're headed
it's too primitive, it's too primitive
what if I didn't know a thing?
what if I wake up and I lose my wedding ring
just like Tom Hanks's wife did in Apollo 13
yeah, what about then?
what if I wake up and I've gotten my signals crossed
and I'm fighting somewhere in Vietnam
and I get shot in the butt while I'm running
carrying my almost dead friend?
may allow back in
may allow back in
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3. |
Wildebeest
03:49
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Well I just walked in to tell you
Just to brag a little
Let you swim very honestly
In your jealousy, yeah
Hey, come take a look at this
No way, you shouldn't be embarrassed
It's just the head
from one of your dead parents
Alright now
Wildebeest don't cry
You know you're not such a wild guy
And hey those bullies that bother you
They occasionally clobber you
If occasionally means all the time
all the time...
Well I'm happy when you're happy
I'm happy when you're sad
I'm happy when you're crying
I'm happy when you're mad
Oh wait
Is it the other way around?
I'm the odd one left in the town
Loop the rope over the branch
Let the crowds gather round
Get down now
I said,
Wildebeest don't cry
You know you're not such a wild guy
And hey those bullies that bother you
They occasionally clobber you
If occasionally means all the time
all the time
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4. |
Apron
02:37
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it was inadvertent
tried to kill it
but I hurt it
then I changed my mind
to avoid the verdict
it was inadvertent
inadvertently I was made into an apron today
my friend defending himself subjected me to verbal cascades
inadvertently I was made into an apron today
my sisters ate the candy then they blamed it all on me
inadvertently I was changed into a King Bird today
of the genus Tyrannus that is both large and insect eating
inadvertently I was morphed into a platelet today
a minute non-nucleated disk-like cytoplasmic body
inadvertently I was kicked off a shoe into a big puddle of rain
a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface uncontained
inadvertently I was blacklisted in the 1950s
my political beliefs, real or suspected sympathies towards the American Communist Party
inadvertently I was changed into a fissure today
a narrow groove or furrow as is found in the liver or the brain
inadvertently I was involved in a Rorschach folly
the ink was meant to trick me into having guilty feelings towards my mommy
inadvertently I was made into an apron today
my friend defending himself subjected me to verbal cascades
inadvertently I was made into an apron today
my sisters ate the candy then they blamed it all on me
it was inadvertent
tried to kill it
but I hurt it
then I changed my mind
to avoid the verdict
it was inadvertent
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5. |
I Quit the Band
02:24
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giving up on everything else
except for you baby
I'll take my coffee without the milk
your sugar's all I need
I'm giving up on everything
except for making love to you, baby
I'm giving up on everything else
what if I quit the band?
giving up on everything else
giving up on tightening my belt
once you commit to me
we'll share our money in a joint bank account
your money's all I need
I'm giving up on everything
except for making love to you, baby
I'm giving up on everything else
what if I quit the band?
giving up on everything else
couldn't we still be friends
and find some time for some collaboration
we could do our own thing
help each other out when we need
a part sung that's way too hard for our own voice to reach, yeah
and as for who gets what
if you can play it, then you get to keep it
just find some way to fit some of your own lyrics in there
they couldn't tell what song we were playing
until we wiped away all of the electronics
but then they couldn't tell what it was anyway
then we built it back up again
into something frightening and angelic
but then they couldn't tell what it was anyway
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6. |
Follow Them
01:48
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I left my half
on that side of the lake
well should I swim over and get it?
or would that be a real big mistake?
what if I called it a vat? would that do?
well you could certainly swim across something like that
now, couldn't you
what if my dreams were as solid as fiction
and what if I follow them
what if I need to just make a prediction
but then, nothing follows it
what if my dreams were as solid as fiction
I left my half over on that side of the lake
never thought I would ever need to make a prediction
never ever thought I could have made such a big mistake
such a big mistake
I left my half
on that side of the lake
well should I swim over and get it?
or would that be a big mistake?
what if I called it a vat? would that do?
well you could certainly swim across something like that
now, couldn't you
what if my dreams were as solid as fiction
and what if I follow them
what if I need to just make a prediction
and then, nothing follows it
left my half over on that side of the lake
never ever thought I could ever need to make a prediction
never ever thought I could have made such a big mistake
such a big mistake
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7. |
Game
02:48
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well I want you to love me
like I am your baby
I want you to treat me like I'm your first everything
then I want you to hold onto me
so very closely every morning because
I got what you need
always and forever
even if you leave me
I will make it a game for you, honey
I want you to drug me
like I am your play thing
I want you to milk me for my frosting and my cream
and then I want you to hold onto me
so very closely every morning because
I got what you need
always and forever
even if you leave me
I will make it a game for you, honey
I will give you a run for your money
oh yeah I want your love
I will make it a game for you, honey
I will give you a run for your money
(I got what you need
always and forever
even if you leave me)
oh yeah I want your love
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8. |
Not Much
01:14
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Not much
Not much
Down by the river
Dissolving my liver
Stepping outside
Catching my breath
Away from a woman
Dissolving my ticker
I ain't know how much time I got left
What do I know about these things they're telling me about?
Not much
Not much
So I'm down by the river dissolving my liver
And I'm stepping outside and I'm catching my breath
Getting away from my woman who's dissolving my ticker
No, I ain't know how much time I got left
What do I know about these things I'm telling you about?
Not much
What do I know about this "love" they're telling me about?
Not much
Not much
Not much
Not much
Not much
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9. |
Wind Charade
03:21
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hey
I'm like some wind charade
on constant holiday from rest
I'm always in motion
but others say, no way
you are like some kinda hurricane
you always form your rage
aways off on some kinda ocean
but once you've seen me
I swear it
I will never be coming back I won't tell you this once again
I will disappear into the day sky, broad daylight
I will never be
you will never ever see me coming back
some people refuse that they're outside of their heads
that's when I say don't you go baby
(I ain't never coming back)
I tend to refute and not recognize them
that's when I say don't go crazy
hey
you're like some nursery
feed your babies mystery from birth
to protect their emotions
but hey
you are like some sort of a surgery
see you help and you hurt but not emotionally
you are still subject to rules and also to perversion
okay it's the second time you've seen me
but this time I really swear it
I will never be coming back man I won't tell you this once again
I will disappear right there into the day sky, the broad daylight
no I will never be
no you will never ever see me coming back
some people refuse that they're outside of their heads
that's when I say don't you go baby
(I ain't never coming back)
I tend to refute and not recognize them
that's when I say don't you go crazy
just try it now
kick me down I'll get back up
just try it once
just try it kick me down you'll whiff through gusts
go on just try it once
you'll whiff through gusts
I'll walk right through your waves
and your entire bodily proportions
okay, I admit it
this is the third time you've seen me
but this time I really swear it
I will never be coming back man I won't tell you this once again
I will disappear right there into the day sky, the broad daylight
no I will never be
no you will never ever see me coming back
some people refuse that they're outside of their heads
that's when I say don't you go baby
I tend to refute and not recognize them
that's when I say don't go crazy
so kick me down
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10. |
Worry
03:16
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when I worry I want to die
when I don't worry I don't want to die
I just want to rely on and encourage my interior
but it takes thought to try this
and for a thought I've got to get a loan
I've got to pay interest
I've got to purchase something from an accredited lender
sometimes it's like that
yeah it's gone
then it's back
then it's gone
then it's back
where it started
she is lying on her side and I've been waiting all week for this
we cut on the event and I start to disintegrate
I survey the room for my most favorite indulgent accessory
but then she starts to cry
my patience is tested
my allegiance put on trial
while lying supine
she tries to charm my spinal column
sometimes it's like that
yeah it's gone
then it's back
then it's gone
then it's back
where it started
sometimes love is like that
all gone
all bad
all good
all back
all over
I say words with pauses
my brain starts misfiring
a charmed snake is my supine spinal colonnade
I wander through purses
to find the most private things
to recall later that evening
in case she doesn't show
the intention is to invent the connection
between that object and her
and then replace that position in her purse
and be carried everywhere around with her
and have to revert to being inert and transferable
sometimes it's like that
yeah it's gone
then it's back
then it's gone
then it's back
where it started
sometimes love is like that
all gone
all bad
all good
all back
all over
supine
she tried to charm my spinal column
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11. |
Methuselah
02:30
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Help me, Methuselah
Help me, is your milk for sale?
Help me, Methuselah
So old, give me a first hand account of Jonah and the Whale
Here are you milk duds, Methuselah
Go ahead, why don't you just lie on the floor
Here are your milk duds, Methuselah
Tell me some secrets tell me some of your tall stories
Help me, Methuselah
Do you wanna trade, or is your milk for sale,
or tell me what exactly is the deal?
Help me, Methuselah
Give me one of them stories
Since you're so old
Give me a firsthand account of Jonah and the Whale
Here are your milk duds, Methuselah
Why don't you just put 'em down
Put 'em down, lie on the floor
Here are your milk duds, Methuselah
Shoot them at me like their from the blowhole of a whale
Milky, Methuselah
Esmerelda, Methuselah
Kaopectate, Methuselah
Metamucil, The Soothsayer
Terri Schiavo, Methuselah
Grover Norquist, Soothsayer
Esmerelda, Methuselah
Everybody, say that I love you
Body, Methuselah
Single file, Methuselah
Kaopectate, Methuselah
Single file, Methuselah
Cinderella, The Soothsayer
Cerebellum, Methuselah
Laurel Canyon, Soothsayer
Jonathan Kingman, I love you
Help me, Methuselah
Help me, Methuselah
Help me, where's a soothsayer?
Help me, Methuselah
Everybody
Thomas Pink men
Obama
Everybody
I love you
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12. |
Mike Reese
04:17
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sit down, Mike Reese
I'm glad you had some time to meet
you see, I've got a most important thing
needs discussing
I heard you're having trouble
trying to support your family
but hey, if money's the problem
I got a solution I'll be offering
Mike Reese
what I've done is I've planned a robbery
now just stay calm and hear me out
we'll take equal cuts
if things look bad we'll just give it up
oh, we're not gonna play it safe
we're gonna take it all
that way we're sure we'll have enough
and when it's done
we'll drive down south
we'll wait for things to start cooling off
just tell your wife, just tell your friends
you hit the jackpot playing slots
oh, Mike Reese
help me be a thief
and then together we'll hide out
think long Mike Reese
what is the worst thing
the absolute worst thing that could go wrong
you know, if we get caught
this town's so small we'll just end up sharing a cell
or we could get shot
collapse back to back amongst money piles
our lesson learned
our stories sharing the same title
but all of our grief
all of that luxury
would together be found out
(so long Mike Reese)
so long Mike Reese
I guess that I should say that now
unless you can promise me that you'll follow through
that your character is sound
and of the people of the town
simple hearted folk always get bailed out
just tell your wife
just tell your kids
you had to be with someone else
cause all of that grief
all of that luxury
I could not bear
no I could not bear by myself
(so long Mike Reese)
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13. |
Bird Flu
01:58
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Well there is a grainy air of bird seed and bird flu,
A grainy air of it
And no the clothing won't help in shielding you
Neither will breathing in through it
Cause this is a
(Grainy air of birds seen and birds flew
Grainy air of it
Clothing won't help in shielding you
Breathing in through it)
Because this is a grainy air of bird seed and bird flu
No I've never ever seen a bird fly through something like this
Better take your phone out and take a quick pic
Cause the clothing won't help in shielding you
Neither will breathing in through it
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14. |
Headlines & Heartbreak
03:31
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I will love thee
I will love thee like a palm tree
I'll be holding on
in a hurricane
I will take you
I will take you to a place
oh so old
for my health
and of course
for your own
and the headlines read
and the headlines read
boy dies from a broken heart
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15. |
Georgia Peach
05:32
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Hey, my name is Simon Wolf
I ain't a wolf are you
Come on, won't you tell me, my sweet little baby?
You ain't a wolf are you?
I can tell...
Because I ain't no cannibal
Hey, my name is Georgia Peach
No I ain't fuzz-less are you?
Now won't you tell me, my sweet mama?
Oh you ain't fuzz-less are you?
I can tell...
Because I hate fuzz-less people
Hey my name is The Key Bridge
Let me tell you what I do right now
I span over a river
So that I can come and meet you darling
And so that you can get across
And bear the brunt of my lust
And so I went out seeking
Some sort of free radicals
Because I thought that maybe they could help
Aid my health,
Age myself
And so that the love and things
That also happen to have gotten me down
They will quickly be smothered out
Hey, my name is thermometer
Let me tell you what I do
I need a barometer
So that I am able to gauge the pressure
Because the tear ducts they are bound to burst
On the days when I am acting at my worst
I said it before, my name,
My real name is Georgia Peach
I am fuzz-less are you?
Come on and tell me my sweet little baby?
You ain't fuzz-less are you?
I can tell...
Because I hate fuzz-less people
I hate 'em
And so I went out seeking
Some sort of free radicals
Because I thought that maybe they could help me
Try to aid my health,
Age myself
And so that the love and things
That just so happen to have gotten me down
Would quickly be smothered out
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