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Token
02:43
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Suddenly turned and I realized
My office was spinning upside down and ‘round
Unlimited stimulants and overtime
Workers’ comp thinks I’m a clown
Can’t focus on my screen
Mark Zuckerburg watch over me
Manicure my world-view
Friendships flatter me
Will you come and join me on an electronic bender
Install a virus killer to my mind pretend
Please will you be my token right-wing facebook friend
No more cat photos
No more Hitler memes
Please will you invite me to what I haven’t seen
No more cat videos
No face palm Star Trek memes
Please will you bring dubious gestalt to my screen
Can’t have you on my team
Bernie Sanders watches over me
Emails on your server spark curiosity
Will you come and join me on an electronic bender
Install a virus killer to my mind pretend
Please will you be my token right-wing facebook friend
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2. |
Calorie
01:45
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Nature girl won’t you scoop me
The soil no longer binds us
Nature boy won’t you punch through
Our mud walls they divide us
Our common sense
Once happenstance
The wisdom of our rivals
Psycho real estate
Our landlord
Finds a way to grind us
4 wheel drivers
Hard-hat strivers
The cave wall’s tumbling
The nature girls are stumbling ‘round
The cold water’s lengthening
The nature boys they calorie count
4 wheel drivers
Hard-hat strivers
The cave wall’s tumbling
The nature girls are stumbling ‘round
The cold water’s lengthening
The nature boys they calorie count
Respect the calorie
Rough body
Rough body
Respect the calorie
Rough body like me
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3. |
Albert
02:49
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He’s just an 80’s Rockstar wannabe
Lives in the basement of his mommy’s
He’s got long flowing metal hair
& wears tight jeans with lots of tears
He was cool & live in 85’
To him Skid Row Band will never die
He never landed a girlfriend
Forever lonely in the basement
80’s wannabe Rockstar
Slimy greasy, but he don’t care
He’s got big dreams &shoes to fill
He’ll make it even if he has to kill
Sweat stains on his wife beater
Drives his red corvette everywhere
Thinks he’s totally hardcore
buys me booze from the liquor store
Gotta band made up of dropouts
Practices daily on his drums how
His family says it’s a racket
They don’t really understand him
80’s wannabe Rockstar
Slimy greasy, but he don’t care
He’s got big dreams &shoes to fill
He’ll make it even if he has to kill
He’ll make it even if he has to kill
oh oh even if he has to kill
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4. |
Ski Bunny
03:33
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She’s a fan of the Pyrenees
Hits the slopes in minus 10 degrees
Grinding powder while you’re slicing cheese
But she can’t say thanks or please.
The slopes are rather chilly
But you’re safe and toasty
By the fire she keeps you company
But you can’t say thanks or please.
Expensive furniture, hot cars
But your heart’s in arrears.
Now you catch the bus to Whistler
Watch out you'll be kissin’ her.
Don’t fear the ski bunny
Put your number in her phone
Her Daddy’s got 3 three degrees
And a shiny silver Mercedes
She hosts his gala every January
But he can’t say thanks or please.
She loves her Hollywood movies
Never heard The Flamin’ Groovies
Brings a working-man to his knees.
But she can’t say thanks or please
Expensive furniture, hot cars
But your heart’s in arrears.
Now you catch the bus to Whistler
Watch out you’ll soon be kissin’ her.
Don’t fear the ski bunny
Put your number in her phone
Grab your keys for the ski-doo
There’s a storm coming in
Don’t fear the ski-bunny
But don’t make her your honey
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5. |
Everyone I Know
03:28
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Hey there!
How’s it going?
Don’t I know you from somewhere?
You look familiar!
Or like someone else
I think I met you at that show
Oh that’s right!
Now I see
You’re one of the musicians!
You’re in the band?
You were playing?
OK, I think that we should be friends!
Cause everyone I know, is in a band
And if you aren’t I just don’t think,
We can be friends
It’s not you, It’s not me
It just so happens to be that
All my friends are in a band
It just happens to be like that
Remember the time?
You were there
We were backstage at the hall.
You just played
After our band!
The crowd was going wild!
Hey wanna come
Back to my space?
We can party more and drink?
But not you!
Did you play?
Sorry, not trying to be a dick
Cause everyone I know, is in a band
And if you aren’t I just don’t think,
We can be friends
It’s not you, It’s not me
It just so happens to be that
All my friends are in a band
It just happens to be like that
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6. |
Aerial Drama
02:39
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Lasers, drag racers, TV dinners
Phasers on snow days
Jet fuel on Fridays
A robot dog or two
Those were the days
Before the call
Until the desert showed me
Who dangles the stars
Book of forbidden science
Atomic gift
I paid the price for giving away
Away
I paid the price for giving away
Away
All of them came
All for my name
All are in the game
Aerial drama
Until the pricey pilots
Channeled empty space
Alien architect
Awake upon the tube
They chose the time for giving away
Away
They chose the time for giving away Away
All of the papers came
All for my name
All are in the game
Aerial drama
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7. |
Old Skins
04:31
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I have shed old skins
You don’t know where I’ve been
So why not put your judgements aside
From birth to death
It’s life and then the end
Don’t let those moments pass you by!
Whoooooaaaah oh oh oooooooo ohs x2
And what do we become
When the shackles of the living
From our wrists are shunned
Let my body dissolve
Into the sun and the stars
Bask in the grandness of it all!
Whoooooaaaah oh oh oooooooo ohs x2
I have shed old skins
Had more losses than wins
But that’s the truth of troublesome times
Because through the pain
You can still have gains
If your mind can just hold on!
Whoooooaaaah oh oh oooooooo ohs x2
I have shed more friends
Than I’ve chose to take with
On this trip that we call life
There’s not much I’ll miss
As I fade into the bliss
For this final flight!
Whoooooaaaah oh oh oooooooo ohs x2
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8. |
Residential Tendencies
03:15
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It’s a nice day for making fables
A change of fate
for Anne of Green Gables
She’s paid for May but it matters not
Just a little thing that she forgot
The hash stash
It’s what she does for fun
The laws have changed
But they’ll grind her till she runs
Citizens are born
Learn to crawl
Then sign on sign on
Even if you’re poor
Sign a lease
Keep the peace
While you can
It’s a nice day for turning tables
Rent from me If you’re able
I don’t fancy your look son
But come right in
We might learn some
Oh wait I guess I changed my mind
The clan I prefer Is not your kind.
Citizens are born
Learn to crawl
Then sign on sign on
Even if you’re poor
Sign a lease
Keep the peace
While you can
You built an armchair
To sit on my porch with
An exclusive possession
I want to torch it
It’s about time for
It’s about time for
It’s about time for
(Rent from me Anne) x 4
Citizens are born
Learn to crawl
Then sign on sign on
Even if you’re poor
Sign a lease
Keep the peace
While you can
Pay repeat
Rent receipt
If you can
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9. |
I Ain't Got
04:29
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When will I become enough?
When will my cup be filled up?
I’m looking in the mirror
The only person standing here is me
I can’t do it all, excuses, piled up so tall
Because I ain’t got enough time
I ain’t got enough money
I ain’t got enough friends or family
I ain’t got enough skills
I ain’t got enough ready
I ain’t got enough days to get it.
But I think about it all the time
But my excuses keep me behind
Can I help myself get through?
The barriers that keeps me from moving forward
I ain’t got enough time
I ain’t got enough money
I ain’t got enough opportunity
I ain’t got enough words
I ain’t got enough hope
I ain’t got enough technology.
There’s something always holding you back
But I just can’t place it
It’s a fear or thought I have
Because I just can’t face it
I ain’t got enough space
I ain’t got enough power
I ain’t got enough pain or privilege
I ain’t got enough love
I ain’t got enough freedom
I ain’t got enough
But I gotta find it in me
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10. |
Rent
02:00
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Six months born
Life ahead yet
Nightly bed wet
First debt
Rent! Rent! Rent! Rent!
Students in the red
Raid the dorm
Rage till dawn
Sleep debt
Rent! Rent! Rent! Rent!
Bones in the soil
Family plot
A twilight cot
Life debt
Rent! Rent! Rent! Rent!
Please don't bury me
My ashes will be tasty
Wash 'em down with a splash of rum
Tribute for my life on the run
Rent! Rent! Rent! Rent!
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