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Ramblin' Man
03:16
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written by Hank Williams
i can settle dow-own and be doin' just fine
til I hear an old train rollin' down the line
then I hurry strai-aight home and pack
and if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
i love you ba-aby, but you gotta understand
when the lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
some folks might sa-ay that I'm no good
that I wouldn't settle down if I could
but when that open ro-oad starts to callin' me
there's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see
sometimes it's har-ard but you gotta understand
when the lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
i love to see the tow-owns passin' by
and to ride these rails 'neath god's blue sky
let me travel this la-and from the mountains to the sea
'cause that's the life I believe he meant for me
and when I'm go-one and at my grave you stand
just say God's called home your ra-amblin' man
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Santa's Little Helper
04:18
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we were watching The Simpsons
that episode came on
Santa’s Little Helper getting sick
the fear you had in your younger days
don’t post it, just wait
don’t post it, just wait
just wait a little bit, little bit
little bit longer
don’t post it, just wait
you’ll have more to say
oh, i don’t give it thought anymore
oh, where i fall, i’m on the floor
lines have shifted, taking different roads
i don’t miss it, i wish for more
oh, i don’t give it thought anymore
oh, where i fall, i’m on the floor
lines have shifted, taking different roads
i don’t miss it, i wish for more
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
could i make you my god?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
can i make it? can i make it?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
could i make you my god?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
can i make it? can i make it?
i started thinking about Zu
when that episode was on
Morty, too, how different
compared to that time in your younger days
don’t post it, just wait
don’t post it, just wait
just wait a little bit, little bit
little bit longer
don’t post it, just wait
you’ll have more to say
oh, i don’t give it thought anymore
oh, where i fall, i’m on the floor
lines have shifted, taking different roads
i don’t miss it, i wish for more
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
could i make you my god?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
can i make it? can i make it?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
could i make you my god?
my sweet sweet baby Nikita
can i make it? can i make it?
there’s gotta be something there
something there for me, just open up and breathe
and i know that i Godard, i know
it’s so inevitable
Walden, Walden, i’m on Lake Walden
wondering if i should let go
Walden, Walden, i’m on Lake Walden
different world, pond different to yours
skills lie in the patience
i have to let myself go
taking different roads
i’m, i’m, i’m, i’m, i’m, i’m, i’m, i’m
raised from the middle of nowhere
under the shadow of Reagan
i was in the kitchen, 1997
singing Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
dancing like a woman
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not sure what to give in a set of stars
doesn’t matter, really, does it?
unsure what to give in a set of stars
doesn’t matter, really, does it?
wonder what it means
account of all the aimlessness
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
all songs end, all stars burn
do i care then?
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4. |
God-fearing Barista
07:53
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fumbling for my wallet to pay for my espresso
wrinkles on my knuckles, they’re new to me
starting to see grey hairs afar in the mirror
looks like life is catching up, looks like life is catching up
she doesn’t know me, but she told me she’s written a book
she doesn’t know me, but she told me self-published on Amazon
she doesn’t know me, but she told me she’s written a book
she’s written a book
i smoked weed last night for the first time in a while
the only way to listen to the new Del Rey
i no longer feel no more peaceful, anxiety takes center stage
self-reflection in Yakima, convinced i don’t have my legs
self-reflection in Yakima
self-reflection in Yakima
there was a tile on the bathroom floor
that i convinced myself was the grim reaper
when you don’t have time for making friend
you don’t have time to keep one either, either
i’m good at avoiding what’s bad for me
but one taste and i’m all the way in, touching death
when my circuits aren’t so connected as they are when i’m sober
i was reading Annie Dillard to replay the solar eclipse
prism in the shadows on the pavement from the leaves
this clown she sees in a hotel, self-reflection in Yakima
looks like life is catching up
feel dumb like so many other people, but i love everyone all the same
hot-head so traumatized, convince myself i don't have a gift
on the wrong track, i hate myself
i smoked weed last night for the first time in a while
the only way to listen to the new Del Rey
i no longer feel no more peaceful, anxiety takes center stage
self-reflection in Yakima, convinced i don’t have my legs
self-reflection in Yakima
self-reflection in Yakima
there was a tile on the bathroom floor
that i convinced myself was the grim reaper
when you don’t have time for making friend
you don’t have time to keep one either, either
i’m good at avoiding what’s bad for me
but one taste and i’m all the way in, touching death
when my circuits aren’t so connected as they are when i’m sober
let it be, let it be, i say it’ll go on anyway
let it be, let it be, its the only way
seems things easily slip away, whether here or in the now
or in my favorite things, can’t keep up with the pop cult
it goes by faster than my shifts
than my grip on the things that make me give a shit
like this house, the cats, the dog, my love, my friends
who i’m used to not giving enough
let it be, let it be, i say it’ll go on anyway
it’s the same as you---
---for the first time in a while
the only way to listen to the new Del Rey
i no longer feel no more peaceful, anxiety takes center stage
self-reflection in Yakima, convinced i don’t have my legs
self-reflection in Yakima
self-reflection in Yakima
the only way to listen to the new Del Rey
i no longer feel no more peaceful, anxiety takes center stage
self-reflection in Yakima, convinced i don’t have my legs
self-reflection in Yakima
self-reflection in Yakima
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written by Daniel Johnston
listen up and I'll tell a story
about an artist growing old
some would try for fame and glory
others aren't so bold
everyone and friends and family
saying, "hey, get a job
why do you only do that only?
why are you so odd?"
"we don't really like what you do
we don't think anyone ever will
it's a problem that you have
and this problem's made you ill"
listen up and I'll tell a story
about an artist growing old
some would try for fame and glory
others aren't so bold
the artist walks alone
someone says behind his back
"he's got his gall to call himself that
he doesn't even know where he's at"
the artist walks among the flowers
appreciating the sun
he does this all his waking hours
but is it really so wrong
they sit in front of their TVs
saying, "hey, this is fun"
and they laugh at the artist
saying, "he doesn't know how to have fun"
the best things in life are truly free
singing birds and laughing bees
you got me wrong says he
the sun don't shine in your TV
listen up and I'll tell a story
about an artist growing old
some would try for fame and glory
others aren't so bold
everyone and friends and family
saying, "hey, get a job
why do you only do that only?
why are you so odd?"
"we don't really like what you do
we don't think anyone ever will
it's a problem that you have
and this problem's made you ill"
listen up and I'll tell a story
about an artist growin' old
some would try for fame and glory
others just like to watch the world
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7. |
Florence
01:56
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(features iterations of "That Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson, as well as Lead Belly's version of "In the Pines")
exit the parking garage through the stairs
the elevator’s broken and we really need to drink
americano black as a coal miner
humidity of an Ohio summer
we laughed when we saw the Masonic center
there was now a church it’s an Urban Outfitters
and we stopped so i can check out all the records that i can’t afford
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
down at Clifton, this guy named Duke
i didn’t have anything in mind
just wanted to pop my cherry
so i knew an expression i thought about a lot
and felt that it said so much about me
which is funny because now i know
that you never stay the same, but only in body
so i got it done in a tacky gothic font down the ribcage
where a spear can go, god complex strong
(i was fig'ing...*3)%@#)
down my ribcage it says ‘fire fire fire fire walk with me’
lost in the pines, in the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine
lost in the pines, in the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine
fire fire fire fire walk with me
we left the parking garage, exit to the street
the elevator was broken
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
fire fire fire fire walk with me
there’s that voice in my head
every time i think it’s gone
it comes howling back
calling me home
lost in the pines, in the pines
where the sun don’t ever shine
(lost in the pines, in the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine)
mmmm, black snake crawl in my room
(lost in the pines, in the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine)
ahhhh, black snake crawl in my room
(lost in the pines, in the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine)
some pretty mama better come and get this black snake soon
black snake is evil, black snake is all i see
black snake is evil, black snake is all i see
ah, black snake all in my mind
ah, black snake no time
ah, black snake eclipse sunshine
ah, but i’ma let this light shine
this little light of mine, i’m gonna let it shine
this little light of mine, i’m gonna let it shine
this light no more, this light no more
black snake, my one true friend
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9. |
Pennywise
02:05
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the flower was in a shade
the other, though, decided to roll
Pennywise in the drain
on the way back home
some kind of radiant and wonderful heaven
some kind of out of this world
you make all the girls light up
when you go home, it’s a man down
when you go home, it’s a man down
stone cold, but that’s okay
how else to stay cool in a world in flames
on the way back home
some kind of radiant and wonderful heaven
some kind of out of this world
you make all the girls light up
when you go home, it’s a man down
when you go home, it’s a man down
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10. |
Le Boucher
05:16
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i used to have to take off my headphones
to get the aux cord into the hole
i’ve been on this game, another distraction
to make that i can do it like a pro
now i make songs like the films when i was young
wouldn’t even move the camera for you
now i’m cluttering central loops
if i can get lost in the monotony of one little loop
then i can’t complain of the monotony of the work i do
i’m on the roll, somehow i’ve let it go
pork chop motherfucker, i got beef with you
don’t need to be ‘round pigs like you
i try to be humble, modesty is key
but sometimes i have to let the brag flag free
i’ve hit a string of good luck, good luck
i’ve started to think that
this is just the way our minds are wired to go
i’ve left so many jobs, the monotony
was too much yet the art i click with is slow
now i make songs like the films when i was young
wouldn’t even move the camera for you
now i’m cluttering central loops
if i can get lost in the monotony of one little loop
then i can’t complain of the monotony of the work i do
i’m on the roll, somehow i’ve let it go
pork chop motherfucker, i got beef with you
don’t need to be ‘round pigs like you
i try to be humble, modesty is key
but sometimes i have to let the brag flag free
i’ve hit a string of good luck, good luck
i was playing songs by Leonard
that he made for McCabe & Mrs. Miller
so distant, on delay
in a world different from yours
i was playing songs by Leonard
that he made for McCabe & Mrs. Miller
so distant, on delay
i-i-i
now i make songs like the films when i was young
wouldn’t even move the camera for you
now i’m cluttering central loops
i’m on the roll, somehow i’ve let it go
pork chop motherfucker, i got beef with you
don’t need to be ‘round pigs like you
i try to be humble, modesty is key
but sometimes i have to let the brag flag free
i’ve hit a string of good luck, good luck
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written by J. Primrose(?)
folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary,
see my baby there;
she's stretched out on a long, white table,
she's so sweet, so cold, so fair
let her go, let her go, god bless her,
wherever she may be,
she will search this wide world over,
but she'll never find another sweet man like me
now, when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches,
put on a box-back coat and a stetson hat,
put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain,
so you can let all the boys know I died standing pat
an' give me six crap shooting pall bearers,
let a chorus girl sing me a song.
put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head
so we can raise Hallelujah as we go along
folks, now that you have heard my story,
say, boy, hand me over another shot of that booze;
of anyone should ask you,
tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues
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