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All Cows Eat Glass
00:33
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Try to fall in line.
Try to stay in time.
That will do just fine
Because all the cows eat glass and like it.
Try to not fuck up.
Don't turn up too much.
Try to learn your place
Because all the cows eat glass and like it.
All the cows eat glass and like it.
All the cows eat glass and like it now.
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2. |
Joke Nose
01:10
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We've got all our cards on the table
I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve.
I don't know what more you want from me.
I've got my joke nose in my pocket
I've got wigs and sets of false teeth.
They'll never catch us if you come with me.
So are you gonna leave me alone?
Or grab you grab your bags and we'll hit the road.
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I've roamed the earth since time was just a fledgling concept.
I crawled up from the beach when evolution triumphed.
I've lost more friends and lovers than I can bear to count
And I'm at peace to know that my time's running out, cause
I'm ready to die
I'm as old as the sea.
I'm ready to die
Don't forget about me.
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I’m with you in Rockland
Though I don’t come back that often
Because after twenty years it’s crept inside my DNA.
Empty chairs and IHOP tables
Gavroche in “Les Miserables”
The ghosts of all the bullshit here is never gonna die.
I’m with you in Rockland
Yeah, I mean to call more often
But I hate to ring you up when i’ve got nothing good to say.
Halloween and Deli Central
Oberon could pass the pencil
We took our bows we packed our shit we went our separate ways.
Remember the nights in September when it wasn’t too hot or too cold
Remember the nights in September when we weren’t too young or too old
I’m with you in Rockland till i’m lowered in my coffin
Cause no matter where you go you just cannot escape your home.
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5. |
The Anthem
01:05
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[redacted]
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6. |
Mouse House
01:42
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There's a mouse in my kitchen
There's a mouse in my bed
There's a mouse on my window
There's a mouse on my head
There's a mouse in the house and he's trying turn the whole place upside down.
There's a mouse on my carpet
There's a mouse on my floor
There's a mouse in the bathroom
There's a mouse by the door
There's a mouse in the house and it's trying to burn the whole place to the ground.
Mouse house, mouse house, mouse house, mouse house
We'll never escape from the prisons we choose for ourselves.
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7. |
The Day Coke Zero Died
00:44
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Do you know where you were
The day Coke Zero died?
Cause I recall quite vividly
The night in late July
I felt the wind knocked out of me
I drank it every day
I guess I don't know how to handle
Loss in healthy ways...
All good things must come to pass
So try not to get too attached
The memory's the only thing that lasts.
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I said I’d show some face
But never said that I would be on time.
I said I’d try to get there if I could.
Cigarettes and little league, Americans aren’t hard to please.
Porno tapes and Pokemon, we all end up our fathers’ sons.
I need someone who wants to fuck me
But treats me like I’m still a kid.
All I really need’s someone to infantilize me.
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9. |
(You're Not) That Person
01:24
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You're not that person
Except you kind of are that person
You're not that person
To me.
And when I'm with you I just want to hold your hand
And if if you kissed me I would die.
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I’ve got some nerve
Coming round here when I know full well you prefer
To never deal with any of my bullshit at all.
But you’ve got some too
Treating me like I’m somebody that you can improve
When I’ve never done anything to deserve it at all.
We can call this shit romantic or can call it codependent
But no matter what it’s called…
I’ll defend till the day I die
My right to be an asshole
And to see how long you’ll stick around
Till I’m not worth the hassle
Because all you ever really wanna do is help
But baby, I don’t really wanna fix myself
So till one of the two of us can muster up the strength to leave
You’re stuck with me.
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Baby! Babi! Babé!
01:27
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I saw my baby
Now she’s got a baby
So I guess everything turned out fine
We had each other
Till she found another
Yeah, I know that I blamed her at the time
Now hindsight’s let me see
That it all comes back to me
And the things I never said when I had the chance to say them
And it all comes back to me
Cause I knew that things were bad but then I went ahead and let them.
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12. |
Express Stopz
00:26
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When I’m riding the A train
At two on a Tuesday
I’m usually having a terrible night.
But I rocked at the Bowery
And got something to eat
And I left the subway feeling alright.
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[Instrumental]
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14. |
Dentists in Texas
01:40
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It's a Monday morning and I hate this fucking job
It's a Monday morning and I hate this fucking job
No one's ever really happy when their hands are in a jaw
It's a Monday morning and I hate this fucking job
I am on my lunch break and I hate this fucking job
I am on my lunch break and I hate this fucking job
Would it kill you to say please and thank you for the love of God?
I am on my lunch break and I hate this fucking job
I am off my lunch break and I couldn't give a damn
I am off my lunch break and I couldn't give a damn
Because no one flosses daily but drinks soda by the can
I am off my lunch break and I couldn't give a damn
I'm leaving the office and that's it, I quit, I'm through
I'm leaving the office and that's it, I quit, I'm through
Cause I'm fucking sick of doing all the dirty work for you
I'm leaving the office and that's it, I quit, I'm through
Go.
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Baby grab my snack hat
In case I need to change on a dime.
Kiss me on the forehead
Is it feeling warm yet?
Let your lipstick stain my mind.
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Walked over to the park
With pizza grease still on my hand.
Packed some under the tree
So we could see the surf rock band.
How could I ever think of leaving on such a nice September evening?
There were punks and Hare Krishnas
And there were hipsters of all types.
There's a priest, and football players
And a kid fell off his bike.
How could I ever think of leaving on such a nice September evening?
Sha la la la la la la.
How could I ever leave here?
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17. |
Meet Me in Madison
01:31
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Meet me in Madison.
I got a 10am flight and a book by James Patterson.
I got an attache case full of Blu-rays and ambien.
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18. |
Street Beerz
00:37
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At the tail end of a bender
I can see the light of day
But I've still got a can of PBR
In a paper bag with me.
I'm on Second Ave. with Stevie
And we're going for a walk
Taking secret sips of tallcans
Taking laps around the block.
I love those street beers
I love those street beers
I love the beer.
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19. |
Hand Rice
01:26
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Hand rice, hand rice, hand rice
You need to eat hand rice.
Hand rice, hand rice, hand rice
You need to eat.
You were oh so determined to act like a person when the cops came to shut down the park.
I was oh so determined to act like a person when the cops came to shut down the park.
Hand rice, hand rice, hand rice
You need to eat hand rice.
Hand rice, hand rice, hand rice
You need to eat.
I was oh so determined to act like a person when the cops came to shut down the park.
You were oh so determined to act like a person when the cops came to shut down the park.
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20. |
Tequila is the Devil
00:49
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21. |
Robitussin and Coffee
00:38
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Got a splitting headache
And a cough that won't quit.
Guess I shouldn't stay out late
Smoking on those cigs.
But give me Robitussin and coffee
And I'll be fine.
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22. |
Robo Hobo's Lament
01:42
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I've got a shitty cup of coffee and a tin can guitar.
I've got a couple missing bolts and a titanium heart.
I've got a knack for getting fucked up and then caught in the rain.
I'll stick my dick into a socket and then snort some cocaine.
Cause I'm a robo hobo.
It's the only life I know.
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Bed bugs.
Bed bugs in a skin suit.
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24. |
Freelance Clairvoyant
01:04
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Now wait you guys!
Be perceptive, not deceptive
Do your best to live your best life.
Be productive, not destructive
Do your best to live your life right.
Go.
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25. |
Cassie's Pain
01:28
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Living in the city life is stressful all the time.
Everything just builds up and it weighs down on my mind.
Cause you gotta pinch your pennies so that you can make rent,
And you gotta work a job to have those pennies to pinch.
And you gotta try to do your best to get up and go outside.
And you gotta try to hustle just to see all your friends
And you gotta call your parents so they don't get upset.
I know it's hard now
But things will be fine.
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26. |
Skuffletungus
00:34
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Beware of the Skuffletungus, my dear
For that beast, she will eat us alive.
With her scales and her horns and her poor credit score
It's out love that will keep her outside.
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27. |
If I Had Words
01:27
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[redacted]
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28. |
Gin and Bear It
01:41
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I'm tired of being fun.
I'm tired of doing things that I don't want to.
But I'm sort of afraid that I'll be forgot if I don't do my best to go out
Make a show of being social.
And I'm jealous of people in love
Holding hands across the crosswalk, making out in public places.
Cause I'm sort of afraid that I'll never find that sort of unconditional love, that kind of caring and acceptance
And so I drink, I drink, cause there's nothing else to do
So I'll drink, to be another body in the room
And I'll smell like a million and five cigarettes
Sipping on some Bombay that I'm bound to regret
In the morning
I'll be fine.
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It's the last day of t-shirt weather
And there's no place I'd rather be
Than to be in a park in the Heights
Watching all of the kites in the breeze.
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30. |
Annie Bootz
01:49
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[Instrumental]
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31. |
October Addendum
00:23
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Bow bow bow bow bow bow bow bow bow bow.
Ahhhhh.
La la la la la.
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by The Spicy Draculas
a lofi punk record from the original crew.
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