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Can't Be Bored
03:20
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I've got a ribbon candy: robin's egg blue stripe
I've got a lot of them. I'm not lying
Pop an oyster shooter, having a bivalve time
At the bar at 3pm
Green River Killer, killing my heart tonight
My heart tonight
Plenty alive
But someday we'll fossilize
Automated Island
Stranded on a desert island
Can't be bored if you've never been alive before
Have you ever been alive before?
Can't be bored if you're not even 24
And you're certainly not 84
Stone soup in a hot tub nestled in the pines
Not away from life--it's life
Lie down on the carpet--velvety summer night
Makes you feel alright--alright
Collapse in the driveway, gravel in your spine
Never felt right, but who am I?
Vanity pie
To be viable, miserable, humble
Sleep and then you wake up
Taking off tomorrow
Can't be bored if you've never been alive before
Have you ever been alive before?
Can't be bored if you're not even 24
And I'm not 84
Bore me tomorrow
Every minute every mile
It's all fire
I'll be alright
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2. |
US 250
02:59
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Don't look down on an anthracite miner trying to get by here
Years go by and the tears run dry, no longer trying to get by here
Kill your town & watch the sun go down; meet your drug supplier
Sackler, motherfucker, killed 100,000, got his name on a museum
Born in a cemetery
Can't eat culture
Wouldn't you be enraged?
Born in a cemetery
Can't eat history
Wouldn't you be enraged?
Come, you all, and bear your witness! Down US 250
Serv'd the railroad, tied to the tracks, gone with the last train
Littleton burning, Littleton stabbed in a burning building
Far from hell and far from hope (what? do you think this is America?)
Born in a cemetery
Can't eat culture
Wouldn't you be enraged?
Born in a cemetery
Can't eat history
Wouldn't you be enraged?
Littleton burning
Littleton stabbed
Littleton burning
Littleton stabbed
In a burning building
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4. |
hedonist song
02:13
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Filling up on a polity
What's new?
Lava lighting up a lamp like a lady
Cannot bear to get up (just get up)
Vast and piercing, vast and piercing
Listen up, come undone
Slippin' on the wet leaves on the pavement
Who put 'em there?
Bottom of the barrel brings a beer belly
Cannot stay the-- wake up! (drunk again)
Dance, the party, dance, the party
The music heals your sould (why don't you smoke instead? fix your head)
Neck and neck with a fast motherfucker
Overtook him
Couriers racing up and down U Street
At the mercy of-- tip me!
Sweaty body, sweaty body
Take a bath, rinse & repeat
Some are
Lost in
The world
Lead the way
Lead the way
Make it art
While I'm away
While I'm away
Rob my house
Run away
Run away
It's a mouse
What'd you say?
What'd you say?
This is nonsense
Understand
Understand
This is my sense
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sugarfree
02:50
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It's hard to imagine 'til it hits home
Just a bit of sugarfree
Try to impress me now
Just a bit of sugarfree
Sugarfree, sugarfree
A pair in a lifeboat living life alone
Tied up on a cordless phone
Just a bit of sugarfree
Sugarfree, sugarfree
So sweet
Saccharine
So sweet
Cloying, annoying
So sweet
So
Just another mixup when he came home
Just a bit of sugarfree
Ricky, boy, they did you dirty
No lenience
No compassion
No camradarie
And no compassion
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7. |
Treasure Island
00:37
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My phone's gotta be around here somewhere
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8. |
Maps
02:37
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Gotta love maps, they never change
And when they do, it's a big to-do
Gotta love maps, they bring you back
And if they don't, they're bad
Don't we all want to know something for real
I don't know truth
All I know are maps and I know where they take me
I don't know truth
All I know are maps and I know where they take me
Gotta love maps, they make you calm
When you need to get around the world--around the mall
Gotta love maps, they make you calm
And if they don't, you're wrong!
Only we know of our small world
We don't know anyone
All we know is who we see on a daily basis
We don't know anyone
All we know is who we see on a daily basis
Gotta love maps, there's always more
And if there's not, the fuck they for?
Gotta love maps, they're on the wall
And if they're not, you'll get lost!
You'll get lost!
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9. |
Way Downtown
03:19
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Low-hanging night sky (sky)
Twinkling stars in the night
Vines creeping outside
Gauging, marking passed time (time)
Vines pass time
Pass the time
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10. |
My Oh My
03:24
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My, oh my
Your face, your body, coulda bought it to disintegrate
My, oh my
Oh my god
Titanium shells: these eggs aren't for breakfast
Down on the racetrack: cut down the angles
Alligators lurking in the municipal pool
The lifeguard: blasted on the weekend
My, oh my
Your face, your body, coulda bought it to disintegrate
My, oh my
Oh my god
Extra Virgin Airline dressing, Southwest salad
Punxsutawney Phil has too much power
Excommunicating clothes at the Goodwill
Having the same tools simplifies the world
The world
Better day
Better
Better day
Better
My, oh my
Your face, your body, coulda bought it too disintegrate
My, oh my
Oh my god
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11. |
Springtime Whirlwind
03:31
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It drives me crazy how much of an asshole people are when you get 'em in a car
It drives me crazy
Just crazy
My mom always told me, "don't smoke cigarettes"
In the gallery: a whirlwind
O, what a ride! O, what a ride!
Springtime to blossom
De-ossify, free-moving
The shakers never had any babies and never had internet
The shakers never had any babies
They never had any babies
Any babies
My dad always told me, "don't sweat the small stuff" (and it's all small stuff)
In the gallery: a whirlwind
O, what a ride! O, what a ride!
Springtime to blossom
De-ossify, free-moving
What a ride! What a ride!
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As the desert moves north
And it moves to the east, south, west, now
Might wanna invest in the river
Before it's too late
While the iron's hot
Don't want to regret
The good we could have done for ourselves and the world
Don't you like to have the river?
Aren't we blessed to have the river?
Haven't we learned about the river?
[There's a lot of rivers: Cuomo, Nile, Anacostia, Yangtze, Blue Nile, Mississippi, Cuyahoga, Snake, Rhone, Yukon]
As the desert moves north
And it moves to the east, south, west, now
Might wanna invest in the river
To drink it clean
Could be worth more than gold
It could get bad
So shouldn't we be ready?
As the desert moves north
And it moves to the east, south, west, oh
Might wanna invest in the river
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13. |
Never Made Mirrors
02:02
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[Pain, it brings you to the mirror
Instead of looking, look inside & see the zoo, now dead
Play! We never really cared
Instead of playing, we put on a show for ourselves
Shoulda never made mirrors
Should have never taken pictures
'Cus what's permanent is prominently wrong
Day, good day for swimming
Instead of swimming, we play in the house and yard
Break, all things failing
Instead of caring, just rip off your pants at the start
Shoulda never made mirrors
Should have never taken pictures
'Cus what's permanent is prominently wrong]
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