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In the Land of Meth and Money

by Little Boy Velvet

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here’s an awful pretty song hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly the midnight train is whining low i’m so lonesome i could cry i’ve never seen a night so long and time goes crawling by the moon just went behind the clouds to hide its face and cry and did you ever see a robin weep when leaves begin to die? like me, he’s lost the will to live i’m so lonesome i could cry the silence of a falling star lights a purple sky and as i wonder where the fuck you are i’m so lonesome i could cry the midnight train is whining low i’m so low i’m so lonesome i could cry
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trying to hide beneath the thin pink line trying to ride the polluted wind in a chokehold at the top you see the dump from there on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair at the top you can see the dump from there on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair it was the summer of ’03, watching onDemand rentals including ‘Gigli’ the black bars annoyed you so we zoomed in on your bulky 4:3 Panasonic and a night you let slide, slide about the one girl who caught your eye, you win trying to hide beneath the thin pink line trying to ride the polluted wind in a chokehold at the top you can see the dump from there on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair at the top you can see the dump from there on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair on the ferris wheel at the Brown County Fair trying to hide beneath the thin pink line trying to ride the polluted wind in a chokehold we were both born in we were both born in hide where we were both born in
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got a gun locked and loaded but it doesn’t phase me how would you pull the trigger when i’ve been places come on, take it from me your narcotic eyes that hypnotism Kaa in a state of view sweet and sour lately, stuck sweet and sour lately, stuck your narcotic eyes your narcotic eyes there’s a bird dead in the backyard there’s about a thousand cockroaches ready to survive the blast words in a certain aura chaos riding everywhere there once were days where my face felt a fire when i saw her with you your narcotic eyes, that hypnotism sour candy stuck to that sweater that i once shared with you riding the sun rays, baby riding the sun rays, baby ride the sun rays ride the sun rays ride the sun rays there’s about a thousand cockroaches ready to survive the blast words in a certain order chaos riding everywhere like the river, nature of the beast where i come to be, where i come to be there once were days where my face felt a fire when i saw her with you your narcotic eyes, that hypnotism sour candy stuck to that sweater that i once shared with you its haunting now, its now monochrome its haunting now, its now monochrome its haunting now, its now monochrome all the layers cut the fuck up screens within screens mirrors face to face so crazy in youth you were dog star man under mothlight, too born again in Stan Brakhage hands i’ve had to learn where born again in Stan Brakhage hands i’ve had to learn where today we drove around looking for apartments and took notice of all the evergreen never considered just how out of touch only two weeks left at our apartment and never took notice about how out of touch screens within screens mirrors face to face so crazy in youth you were dog star man under mothlight, too i’ve had to learn where born again in Stan Brakhage hands i’ve had to learn where born again in Stan Brakhage hands riding the sun rays an art piece riding the sun rays you’re an art piece and it’s true it’s true, peace comical, it’s true riding the sun rays the emerald green near where i’d come to be riding on a dream wave, baby there once were days where my face felt a fire when i saw her with you your narcotic eyes, that hypnotism sour candy stuck to that sweater that i once shared with you sour candy stuck to that sweater that i once shared with you Kaa in a state of view sweet and sour lately stuck to that sweater Kaa in a state of view Kaa, Kaa, Kaa, Kaa Kaa, Kaa, Kaa, Kaa
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wiping away the tears putting down foundation gliding across the stage in her own direction i’m the Glen to her Glenda in a way that I can’t explain just take in on an artist’s cue always speak in half-truths so here, riddle you this another rhyme, metaphor emerald green again and the golden road yellow brick, no oh, Christen the good witch Christen the good witch Christen the bad bitch just take it on an artist’s cue your influence was so crucial yeah, Christen, the good witch floating down from the heavens in a crystal ball, film projection a sixth sense of the planets going in their own direct i’m the Glen to her Glenda in a way that I can’t explain just take in on an artist’s cue always speak in half-truths so here, riddle you this oh, Christen the good witch Christen the bad bitch just take it on an artist’s cue your influence was so crucial i’m the Glen to her Glenda in a way that I can’t explain just take in on an artist’s cue always speak in half-truths your influence was so crucial
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White Mullet 02:47
nothing to say, drink away and die nothing to say, drink away and die like the shrooms you spit out before you cry am i in Santa Carla am i in Santa Carla or Santa Cruz the bridge to grip to a bridge to fall into the fog from the rain over the ocean onto the skies in a b-roll outtake and stare at the sun nothing to say, drink away and die nothing to say, drink away and die like the shrooms you spit out before you cry sleeping like a rockstar before you’re rolling out of bed with that wand in your hand i command y’all with that wand in your hand i’ll command y’all with that wand in your hand on command y’all with that wand in your hand on command y’all all of this magic the wand here in my mind in my mind loops and distortion and the long-ass grind all of this magic the wand here in my mind in my mind loops and distortion and the long-ass grind flying over the ocean it’s magic the wand here in my mind in my mind loops and distortion and the long-ass grind
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dancing in the dark middle of the night taking your heart and holding it tight emotional touch touching my skin and asking you to do what you've been doing all over again oh, it's a beautiful thing don't think i can keep it all in i just gotta let you know what it is that won't let me go it's your love it just does something to me it sends a shock right through me i can't get enough and if you wonder about the spell I'm under oh, it’s your love better than I was more than I am and all of this happened by taking your hand and who I am now is who I wanted to be and now that we're together i’m stronger than ever, i’m happy and free oh, it's a beautiful thing don't think I can keep it all in and if you ask me why I've changed all I gotta do is say your sweet name it's your love it just does something to me it sends a shock right through me i can't get enough and if you wonder about the spell I'm under oh, it's your love oh, baby, it’s your love
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there’s a dude with a guitar and a neighbor from the room next door like Pan, flute in his hand he doesn’t speak English but he recognizes the melody to Vance Joy’s “Riptide” and doesn’t play against it and I’m now on the way to Auburn following a scent of cologne fly, Pan, dust the world with your notes there’s a dude underneath his Dodge sparks are flying and he’s hallucinating like the God’s Hand Killer he’s throwing looks at the best damn band and he’s throwing shade without saying anything and I’m now on the way to Auburn following a scent of cologne i’m short-tempered, i’m hot-headed just breathe, just breathe just breathe, just breathe and stars never claim a lover and stars never claim a lover just breathe, just breathe just breathe, just breathe fly, Pan, dust the world with your notes just breathe, just breathe just breathe, just breathe breathe breathe
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i’ve been in rural parts of the Midwest and beyond i’ve been the reflection to southern Canada i can take you on the ultimate adventure take you way beyond what you imagine ever in the land of meth and money blood on the floor of the libraries charcoal aluminum foil crinkled like bowls on the floor i can’t stand it, i can’t stand it i can’t stand it for myself i can’t stand it, i can’t stand it i can’t stand up for myself the smell of dead leaves in the rain in melted sleet on the roads emptying into the drains i’ve been deep in the hearts of trailer parks i’ve been deep in the ‘burbs and i can tell you how vicious they growl how they gnaw down on the bone in the land of meth and money blood on the floor of the libraries charcoal aluminum foil crinkled like bowls on the floor in the land of meth and money blood on the floor of the libraries charcoal aluminum foil crinkled like bowls on the floor and i can’t stand it i can’t stand it, i can’t stand it for myself i can’t stand it, i can’t stand it i can’t stand up for myself in land of meth and money meth and money meth and money
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True Ballad 03:21
Harper, angel her medicine pops like pop rocks and she’s now passing by the ozone believing in miracles body on a bench on the dock by the bay but my soul drifts away, floating with you Seattle is heaven, goddam what a beautiful view Harper, angel I learned the lesson out from the rock and I’m now passing through the ceiling and in a flash, just like that, everything was gone body on a bench on the dock by the bay but my soul drifts away, floating with you Seattle is heaven, goddam what a beautiful view unstable but pretty goddam beautiful you’re shining like no fucking other I’ve always been and still have been a trainwreck but off the rails makes you my prophet you believe in miracles i might see you smile tonight body on a bench on the dock by the bay but my soul drifts away, floating with you Seattle is heaven, what a fucking beautiful view body on a bench on the dock by the bay but my soul drifts away, floating with you Seattle is heaven, goddam what a beautiful view

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released September 15, 2021

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