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Dog Kennel Blues
04:20
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Well I woke up Monday morning saw the weekend must have passed
I started my ignition and I saw I need gas
Somethin’ smelt real funny, was scent that stung my eyes
My car smells like a dog kennel and I do not know why!
Broken record needle, skippin’ last month’s rent
Said money was comin’ but I only made a dent
Out of home and on the road, why’s it no surprise?
My car smells like a dog kennel and I do not know why!
Pretty lady likes to sing and drink and shake her hips
But I know her eyes will never say the same thing has her lips
Every time her name gets mentioned I just look up to the sky and shout
My car smells like a dog kennel and I do not know why!
Well I found some sandwich wrappers and an empty coffee cup
Soda bottle filled with seeds and three packs worth of butts
Paper bag with what I think had once been curly fries
My car smells like a dog kennel and that is probably why!
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2. |
Out Yer Snout
03:00
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Guitar player tryin’ to make some extra chips and bones
Needs a place to settle with the few things that he owns
But he’s playin’ out of designated busker zones
And naturally, a crook like this can not be left alone
So the police man came to shut it down! Police man came to shut it down!
The police man came to shut it down! Police man came to shut the fucker down!
Somethin’ about a Friday night that tends to draw a crowd
I’ll admit it’s safe to say that things were getting’ loud
Homeboy in the corner lookin’ like he’s good and plowed
I got a funny feeling that this ain’t to be allowed
Peacefully assembling to exercise some rights
Got enough for heat and rent but not for food and lights
You can plead the first for now but can’t stay here all night
And if you do we’ve got some dogs that sure know how to bite
Stop and frisk pedestrians for nothing but their race
Beat a drunken crippled man to put him in his place
Pepper spray an unarmed crowd directly to the face
It’s the patriotic way to use a can of mace
And no one came to shut it down! No one came to shut it down!
And no one came to shut it down! No one came to shut the fucker down!
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3. |
Mopin' in the Corner
02:56
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Where did I put that trusty old crutch?
That sweet, bitter blast to the brain?
Days are unseen in my time machine
A genie’s lamp sends a cramp to the swimmin’ pain
I walk with a limp as I go it alone
With longing to a certain degree
Dazzled by the holes in my favorite shirt
And not being where I thought I should be
A crooked grinned friend with a knife in his boot
Tells ya everything you wanna hear
Barks out loud encouraging words
But when the well runs dry he always disappears
A dead dove lyin’ on the side of the road
In a filthy drain gutter that’s filled with debris
Just another piece of gathering trash
That’s readily available and offered for free
Well it’s hard to hold if you can’t get a grip
Like a brain-dead captain on a runaway ship
He racks his head but it’s ill equipped
So he sends himself into a foggy abyss
Aiming for a target that he knows he’s gonna miss
Washed up, dried out can you turn the light out?
Need to spend the day in bed
Clothes are all dirty and the washer’s broke
While a blizzard wages war inside of my head
They say there’s no rest for a wicked man
I guess that’s why sleep never comes
The only way to spend this kind of day
Is by making all your senses go numb
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4. |
$1 Million Country Song
02:18
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Well Sunday I go to church, Monday I go to my job
Tuesday I know that the mortgage is due and Wednesday I lost my dog
But when Thursday comes around I just don’t know what I should do
To help me get rid of these low-down, no good sorry ol’ country blues
I’ll have a cold beer on the flat bed of my
Chevy Silverado on a Friday night!
I got a pretty lady and she told me later maybe
So I reach into the cooler for another Coors light! HEY!
Well I’m BBQing briskets for my gravy biscuits
And I’m drinking Southern Comfort out of plastic cups
I’ll act like I don’t know ya if you don’t like Coca-Cola
And if you ain’t down with freedom you can shut the fuck up!
I wear blue jeans to the district court
I wasted all of my money bettin’ on sports
And it’ll be a cold day in hell when ya get my gun!
My father taught me how to be a man
By spittin’ tobacco into a can
And I know of one sure fire way that I can have fun
And that’s a cold beer on the flat bed of my
Chevy Silverado on a Friday night!
I got a pretty lady and she told me later maybe
So I reach into the cooler for another Coors light!
Grizzly wintergreen!
Monster energy drinks!
Harley Davidson T-shirts!
Mountain Dew!
Jack Link’s beef jerky!
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5. |
Ballad of Frank Jacob
03:45
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I’ll tell you ‘bout a legend, Frank Jacob was his name
Everything he had acquired came from where his gun was aimed
Known across the country for a savagely sharp tongue
That would strike its prey with venom every time air left his lungs
It was 1897 when he met his great demise
He was livin’ as a wanted mug and droppin’ men like flies
Cornered in a liquor store by twenty from the state
He reluctantly accepted what would surely be his fate
The trial was a spectacle, the room filled wall to wall
People gathered from all over just to see the hero fall
Enemies and families and those he knew as friends
Sat together as his legacy came quickly to an end
The jury undisputedly condemned him to the chair
For the life he led of violence, theft, and merciless despair
Christian mothers hissed and jeered and cursed his name to hell
With the slamming of a gavel he was thrown into a cell
Well they brought a priest to Jacob to give him his final rites
When a flash of lightning broke the sky and shut out all the lights
The father cried out this can only be the devil’s work
And through the dark the saw that Frank had grown a wicked smirk
After they fed him his final meal of rice and beans
It had always been his favorite even when he had the means
They bound his hands in metal and removed him from his cage
Then declared the years he’d been on earth would be his final age
They dragged him outside for a cold execution
There was snow up to his knees and a gun up to his head
The power outage pardoned him of his electrocution
But it didn’t change the words that the verdict had read
Then they asked him if he had thought of any last words
He said save the diplomatic shit and put me in the dirt
Without further questioning they shut his eyes with lead
Then they bowed their heads in silence as the watched him while he bled
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6. |
Storming the Air Castle
03:07
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Built up from an early age to see life as an empty page
That fills up as you get to know yourself
But then you find the cold, hard truth you couldn’t handle as a youth
You’re stomped out by appraisals of your wealth
The stories they could piece together from the contents of our pockets
Made it look like we were nothing more than unprepared adults
A cliché portrait of a generation made of hopelessly romantic fools
All venturing towards economic doom
So when this freight train finally comes to a screeching hault
At least we can look back and say that we enjoyed the view
I’ll be looking forward to living fast and dying young with you
Tattoo sleeves of inside jokes you thought of over packs of smokes
That both of us knew you could not afford
Diagnosed anxiety self medicated thoroughly
Because you had connections and got bored
They way you tried to tell me how you figured out the answers
That could fix the world’s problems just by legalizing weed
The arguments got heated up as we refilled our glasses
And we both forgot what we were even arguing about
So let introduce to you a solemn piece of wisdom
That I have carried with me now for reasons I forgot
If life were a movie then it would have a mediocre plot
Well you can’t start a monopoly on humanist philosophy
What’s the point when there’s nothing to gain?
Figurative cattle prods that do the work of paper gods
Like vultures who’ve discovered our remains
Spat on, shat on, left for dead, the guiding hand’s been filled with lead
As mountains lift their feet up so your face can hit the dirt
Grievances to disregard as no more than not trying hard
Enough to fit into a puzzle with no shapes like your own
Your bootstraps couldn’t take the pull so now you’re left without a soul
That makes for harder travels as your feet stay wicked cold
Not meant as wishful thinking but I can’t envision myself growing old
Not meant as wishful thinking but I can’t envision myself growing old
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When life is boring to the point that you’re snoring you can always go
Downtown
You want a place where you no longer feel safe well you can always go
Downtown
Just look at all the litter and the homes not worth insurin’
Crooked cops and crystal meth and men that smell like urine
On the ground
Ain’t nothing like this picturesque location
You’ll forget what your name is and that you’re on probation
When you’re downtown!
Weird things are happenin’
Downtown!
People panhandlin’
Downtown!
Tweakers and stabbins and booze
You walk out of the bar and see dudes playin’ guitars
And singin’ songs that don’t rhyme
Downtown
You were with the wrong people and got poked with a needle
That was used eight times
Downtown
You walk into a parking lot to make yourself a purchase
The whores don’t really love ya but oh my god aren’t they courteous
Goin’ down
The ATM’s reading insufficient funds
But it ain’t easy to tell that to a dude with a gun
When you’re downtown!
Weird things are happenin’
Downtown!
People panhandlin’
Downtown!
Tweakers and stabbins and booze
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8. |
Snark Attack
02:43
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Well I’m a low life piece of shit ‘cause it makes me happy!
I see the world through dark electric clouds
You can insert some response about potential!
That I’ll probably just wind up tuning out
Broken compass points in all directions
None of which seem to lead anywhere
Guilt brought on by ancient institutions
And realizing I just don’t fuckin’ care!
I don’t mean to be melodramatic!
I know this ain’t a healthy point of view
Only know myself when feeling manic
JK LOL hashtag FUCK YOU!
Now I’m worried ‘bout shit I haven’t thought about since high school
Oh my god won’t you get over yourself
I got little knick-knacks I keep stored up in boxes
Where they collect less dust than on a shelf
Piece of work with no posted positions
Spider webs are good at catching dreams
Derailed shipment of all motivation
And hoping it’s not as bad as it seems
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9. |
Gen Y
05:32
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Well the powers that be are holding me down
Your cool frames can’t help you see underground
I’m just a dog who’s unchained from the pound
Who’s barkin’ his bark for the sake of the sound
Top 40 charts are no friend to the hip
But they’ll make up their own at the crack of a whip
An infinite playlist that’s filled up with shit
Fuel for the fires whose faucets don’t drip
What can I say about this day in age?
You gaze at your shoes but you’ve lost all the rage
A new generation with a new kinda cage
That connects to the world with the click of a page
More provocative than old Tricky Dick’s Watergate
It’s 1984, 30 years too late
We keep buying in to the new police state
We’re either apathetic or we can’t see straight
Your telescreen is pretty, it’s mobile on the go
To keep in tough with people that you barely even know
An ADD society, so quick to diagnose
With Instagram pics up against a firehose
Nuclear era’s no longer the concern
It’ll always be a threat but there’s new ways to burn
The boomers are leavin’ so I guess it’s our turn
But instantaneity overpowers the will to learn
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10. |
Bohemian Bible
05:46
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Well I’ve walked down some darkened alleyways
Spent blackout nights in a fuzzy haze
I’ve spent some nights sleeping on other people’s floors
Well I’ve climbed out my share of windows
And I’ve climbed up all I thought was climbable
But now I plan to open up some doors
You can come with me if you’d like to
Or you can just kick back in your old chair
But you can find good things all around you
Or you can just rot in your own despair
Or you can just rot in your own despair
I’ve seen demons dressed as angels
And I’ve seen others wearing plain clothes
And of course it goes the other way around
Well my brain stems are doing exercise
As my body’s feeling electrified
From the touch of my feet on solid ground
You can call me whatever you’d like to
You can throw me under the bus
But don’t go acting like you have been lied to
‘Cause I’m just me and you’re just one of us
‘Cause I’m just me and you’re just one of us
Well a home can act as a portal
When you try to wrap your mind around the soul
But you can dismiss that as hocus poc
I’ve walked along many-a terrain
And I’ve knocked about with different gangs
But all I really wanted was to find some decent folk
I guess through different times I have found them
Though other times it was awfully hard to see
But nobody’s expecting you to be perfect
'Cause perfect ain’t something that I’m trying to be
'Cause perfect ain’t something that I’m trying to be
'Cause perfect ain’t something that I’m trying to be
'Cause perfect ain’t something that I’m trying to be
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