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Big Beard and the Crystal Light
And the ancient plates of green and white
I love my eland with the concentrated urine
The arthropod was big and loud
On the night you plugged it in
Big Beard and the Crystal Light
And the borrowed swipes when funds were tight
Trading my whole world for some time with the Cocoa Crispies girl
The walk and run was super fun
To stop and then to begin
We still have to go to Acapulco
We still need the notes from Wilcox
For if not for his fearless courage
The Phoxinus Phoxinus would be lost
Big Beard and the Crystal Light
And the Womyn taking back the night
Not students nor teachers could tame the wild pizzas
The Uled was big and bad, on the night they came on in
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Have You Failed?
04:00
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Have you failed?
To file your tax return
To signal your left turn
To make the cake not burn
Have you failed?
To locate your lost glove
To find your own true love
Your peace with God above
Have you failed to sleep at night
Have you see the light
Have you failed to raise the funds for bail
Have you failed?
To keep your laces tied?
To open wide?
To not fall off the ride?
To clear the bar?
To become a mega star?
To park the car?
Have you failed your big exam?
Have you failed old Uncle Sam?
Have you failed to catch your great white whale?
Have you failed?
To win the race?
Or to save your pretty face?
to crack the case?
To end the war?
To achieve the perfect score?
To lock the door?
Have you failed to sleep at night
Have you see the light
Have you failed to raise the funds for bail
Have you failed your big exam?
Have you failed old Uncle Sam?
Have you failed to catch your great white whale?
Have you failed?
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Plastic in the Window
03:42
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There's a trash train in the valley
Winding' past the Blawenburg Band
Somewhere Adam sells a sandwich
To cicadas in the sand
There's a Stally and a Wally
And the bikes that we don't ride
There's a Daisy and a Piper
And our feline friends outside
Put the plastic in the window
And the Snapple on the john
There's a marble brown invasion
And the jerks are on the lawn
There's a blind man at the diner
And a peasant at the grill
Oh they never fixed the gutters
Reckon that they never will
Don't you dare rent Chicken Little
It's the worst of all time
But on the day you pass your swim test
You can have a twist of lime
Put the plastic in the window
And the Snapple on the john
There's a marble brown invasion
And the jerks are on the lawn
Gonna take a train to Boston
Gonna take one to New York
Gonna fly down to New Orleans
Find a way to make it work
Got a grumpy monkey coffee
Got a cracker on the jack
Gonna move my stuff to Union
And I'll never take it back
Put the plastic in the window
And the Snapple on the john
There's a marble brown invasion
And the jerks are on the lawn
Put the plastic in the window
And the Snapple on the john
There's a marble brown invasion
And the jerks are on the lawn
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Goin' next door to Kathy's, going next door to Lou's
Kathy's got the wacky tobaccy
And Lou's got the booze
Kathy said to Nancy, "Will you cut the cake?"
Nancy said to Kathy, "The cake will be cut when it's baked."
When the cake was finished
They left it in the rain
Kathy doesn't eat cake anyway 'cuz she abstains
Goin' next door to Kathy's, going next door to Lou's
Kathy's got the wacky tobaccy
And Lou's got the booze
Lou pays dues a plenty. Lou pays all his dues
And he spends his pennies on his extra fancy shoes.
Old Lou likes a party; Lou likes a parade
But if it gets too hot out he'll just watch it from the shade
Goin' next door to Kathy's, going next door to Lou's
Kathy's got the wacky tobaccy
And Lou's got the booze
Eugene said to No Chin, "Hey is this thing on"
No Chin said to Eugene "Keep that thing on all night long"
Laura was a smoker, and Marti loved her dog
But Mormon girls will hand you pamphlets on your morning jog
Goin' next door to Kathy's, going next door to Lou's
Kathy's got the wacky tobaccy
And Lou's got the booze
Goin' next door to Kathy's, going next door to Lou's
Kathy's got the wacky tobaccy
And Lou's got the booze
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Paulie Walks Alone
03:25
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Paulie walks alone through the streets of the town
Shufflin' his feet and he keeps his head down
Most folks avoid him when he comes around
Paulie walks alone through the streets of the town
Paulie's got a face that is melting off his head
Gonna lose that face long before he's dead
Gonna have just a skull with two eyeballs instead
Paulie's got a face that is melting off his head
Paulie takes the bus to the stores and to the mall
Keeps a wad of cash but don't buy nothing at all
Always has a cell phone but never takes no calls
Paulie takes the bus to the stores and to the mall
Paulie sleeps alone in his underground lair
He's got a nuclear arsenal down there
He's up to no good and the world had best beware
Paulie sleeps alone in his underground lair
Paulie walks alone through the streets of the town
Shufflin' his feet and he keeps his head down
Most folks avoid him when he comes around
Paulie walks alone through the streets of the town
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Violent Elbows
03:25
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She stalks through the wasteland with a pip boy and a gun
Dealin' pain and death to everyone
Stealin' eggs from death claws and cookin' up the cram
And chasing raiders out of Megaton
But sometimes things get heated when the ammo gets depleted
There's just so many ways to kill a man
She don't have to worry, cuz she ain't in no hurry
She just takes her foes out with her hands
Cuz she's got violent elbows, when she gets in a spot
And everyone who crosses her gets got
She's got violent elbows and deadly knees
She's gonna take a big piece out of me
She came out of the vault on a cold and rainy day
Never knowing who or where to turn to
Slavers with chains for to carry you away
And mutants who just lay in wait to burn you
But late at night in secret, she's working on her moves
Leveling up her skills for the melee
Parrying above, and lunging down below
Gonna cut my own head off some day
Cuz she's got violent elbows, when she gets in a spot
And everyone who crosses her gets got
She's got violent elbows and deadly knees
She's gonna take a big piece out of me
They say she keeps a kill list close to her heart
Of everyone who's wronged her in the past
There's some she'll want to turture and finish off real slow
And some she'll want to finish off real fast
But I know the clock is running to my own time a coming
When I'll be put back in my proper place
She'll settle all her scores but she's gonna have one more
And we'll be reunited face to face
Cuz she's got violent elbows, when she gets in a spot
And everyone who crosses her gets got
She's got violent elbows and deadly knees
She's gonna take a big piece out of me
Cuz she's got violent elbows, when she gets in a spot
And everyone who crosses her gets got
She's got violent elbows and deadly knees
She's gonna take a big piece out of me
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Paisley
04:38
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Chase the ball, and come when you're called
Salivate at the bell
Have a nice face. Get shot into space
Chase the stranger by his smell
Paisley don't jump, keep your feet on the ground
Please be still and settle down
Paisley don't beg. Don't chew my leg
Don't pull the lead or jump around
Beat the maze. Find bombs where they lay
Dig up all the severed heads
Lead the pack, and run round the track
Go to heaven when you're dead
Paisley don't jump, keep your feet on the ground
Please be still and settle down
Paisley don't beg. Don't chew my leg
Don't pull the lead or jump around
Fetch the duck, and ride in the truck
Leave your footprints in the cave
Jump from piers. Rescue skiers
Make a drink when they get saved
Paisley don't jump, keep your feet on the ground
Please be still and settle down
Paisley don't beg. Don't chew my leg
Don't pull the lead or jump around
Paisley don't jump, keep your feet on the ground
Please be still and settle down
Paisley don't beg. Don't chew my leg
Don't pull the lead or jump around
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Holiday In The Town
03:44
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I might grow up to make cold fusion
Fall in love and get divorced
One thing I know that's for certain
Ain't nothing happening with this horse
I wanna sit my ass in traffic
Don't wanna go to no country store
You think it's quaint and amusing
But I just think that it's a bore
Don't want to answer any questions
Don't want to ride this truck around
Don't want to feed any chickens
Just want a holiday in the town
Let higher learning save my bacon
So I might not end up alone
Drinking runoff in the Shetlands
With a woodshed for my home
They say it's nasty and it's crowded
But I just can't wait to go
Pick up integrated circuits
Lose my shovel and my hoe
Don't want to answer any questions
Don't want to ride this truck around
Don't want to feed any chickens
Just want a holiday in the town
I wanna read the Observer
And the Financial Times
England's cold and it's raining
And I was made for sunnier climes
So now I'm teaching in Wisconsin
With a second home in Spain
I'll pay for it with my winnings
When I serve prawns for the main
Don't want to answer any questions
Don't want to ride this truck around
Don't want to feed any chickens
Just want a holiday in the town
Don't want to answer any questions
Don't want to ride this truck around
Don't want to feed any chickens
Just want a holiday in the town
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Smirky Girl
04:33
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Did she just have a croissant and coffee?
Was she out all night on jaegertee?
Did she go to Bern on the SBB
When she finished Sons of Anarchy?
Hey there Smirky Girl. Leaving strangers in a whirl.
Everybody turns their heads to stare
Hey there Smirky Girl. What do you keep from the world
Is there anything you care to share?
Did she buy Kirsch and Apenzeller
Put them in her toschen at the Coop
Did she yodel on the funicular
Or go around the Rotsee in a loop?
Hey there Smirky Girl. Leaving strangers in a whirl.
Everybody turns their heads to stare
Hey there Smirky Girl. What do you keep from the world
Is there anything you care to share?
Is she tying her shoes on the Kriens Weg?
Did she let her hund off of der line?
Or eat an unrefrigerated red egg
And wash it down with Eichoff from her stein?
Hey there Smirky Girl. Leaving strangers in a whirl.
Everybody turns their heads to stare
Hey there Smirky Girl. What do you keep from the world
Is there anything you care to share?
Hey there Smirky Girl. Leaving strangers in a whirl.
Everybody turns their heads to stare
Hey there Smirky Girl. What do you keep from the world
Is there anything you care to share?
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Gold Star Day
03:25
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Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
We took a train to the city
And we never got delayed
Our ride was smooth and on time and we jumped into the fray
Filler her up with NY Diesel
And we said hello to Jay
We climbed aboard Smokey Bear and we rode him to a K
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
We saw Irene at the station
We saw Jah at the arcade
We crossed the bridge and the sun shined down upon us both ways
We saw two hundred thousand women
Half of them were on our train
They were all going to a march and that was okay
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
We took a train to Coney Island
We saw artstars and mermaids
We talked about cotton candy and we drank some lemonade
We watched a kid jump in the ocean
And we saw him swim away
We drank Coronas and we watched them catch whitefish from the bay
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
Gold Star Day, Gold Star Day
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