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HEMATODIPSIA
03:25
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schadenfreude’s when they get-off on your pain
happenstance is how all good luck gets explained
louiston is not a harbor town in maine
but hematodipsia
is folx who get-off on blood
and anyone who’s kissed ya
knows you get-off on blood
mishegas is lots of shit thrown in your way
nouveau riche is why the coke is always great
waco, texas was a harbor town in maine
and hematodipsia
is folx who get-off on blood
anyone who’s kissed ya
knows you get-off on blood
and renfield’s disease is, uh
when you drink your own blood
and yeah, you know me, like, uh
i’d like to drink your own blood
hematodipsia is when you and blood fall in love
so give me a kiss, my love, and you can suck all my blood
so hartford, virginia? it ain’t in virginia
so heartbreak might kill ya, so might mild dyspepsia
mesopotamia means, “don’t be afraid, my love!”
mesopotamia means, “don’t let me stay, my love!”
mesopotamia? that’s a harbor town in maine, my love
and hematodipsia? hematodipsia
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THE FORD
03:53
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this isn’t what it looks like
but they put it on the books, right?
and they pawned it off like know-how
so the neighbors probably know now
we should probably get the coke out
of the window you just broke out
you got anything to smoke this blow out of?
and you say, “yeah...”
a ford f-150, a ford f-150
a ford f-150, a ford f-150
this isn’t revelations
there ain’t that many angels
but you know the place is odd
cuz all the lighting? it looks off
and you see the face of god
the real face of fucking god
and apparently the face of fucking god?
it looks just like
a ford f-150, a ford f-150
a ford f-150, a ford f-150
this isn’t 2018
it’s 4868
and orion owns the planet
and the humans make a last stand
and nibiru shows back up
and obliterates our whole sun
as the launch codes? they finally come in
from all the highers-up
they read:
ford f-150, ford f-150
ford f-150, ford f-150
this isn’t what dogs dream of
(they can’t even keep their feet up)
this isn’t how trees drink blood
(i don’t think trees even drink blood)
this isn’t sky above you
(this isn’t my “i love you”)
this ain’t, “the lord is with me!”
(this ain’t a ford-150)
this ain’t a ford-150…
this is a ford f-150, a ford f-150
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A BAND OF MINE
03:53
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you had a dream where you stole all these eggs
and these eggs were the flesh of your family and friends
and that flesh made you cry cuz the flesh wasn’t flesh
and now you are convinced of your impending death
all because of some dream of some eggs in some bed
(okay…)
so put your crazy fuckin’ hand in mine
hell, put a lemon shark there too
save all this dumb talk for a band of mine
a band of mine that i can’t start with you
could we knock off the drums for like five seconds, man?
can you cut out that flanger? can we break-up the band?
all i know is you’re holding a large frying pan
and in your other hand is a fake plastic hand
so put your silly fake-ass hand in mine
let’s blow a hole in our canoe
let’s stand in line, let’s watch a band of mine
a band of mine that i can’t start with you
a band of mine that i can’t start with you
it’s the funniest form of auto-vampirism:
all the blood you got out was the blood you put in it
now you’re sucking on a nuke
just to skip to the end
well, fuck it! scorched earth, baby! fireworks time!
let’s drop the bomb on xanadu
what happens when nobody pantomimes?
well, you get a band of mine that i can’t start with you
you get a band of mine that you ain’t starting too
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DARKNESS LIKE THAT
04:00
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fuckin’ eddie was running his mouth off and shit
when they took the rebar to his teeth
took his cash, both his shoes, took like three smokes a-piece
fuckin’ eddie quit smoking last week
well i’ve never seen darkness like that, not like that
no, i’ve never seen darkness like that
i’ve done my share of shit: i smoked dope, i smoked crack
but i’ve never seen darkness like that
fuckin’ eddie (the angel) was brought to the table
where they punctured his hands and his feet
they made his parents watch but they didn’t much mind
fuckin’ eddie ain’t got family
well i’ve never seen darkness like that, not like that
no, i have never seen darkness like that
I was walking just fine, i’m laid-out on my back
i have never seen darkness like that
fuckin’ eddie got popped, goddamn julie o.d.’d
they shot that bastard tommy in both his fuckin’ knees
they killed kelso and korso, and kessler moved to greece
fuckin’ eddie? he’d be twenty next week
well i’ve never seen darkness like that, not like that
i have never seen darkness like that
buried my fuckin’ dad, asshole, i skipped the mass
still, i’ve never seen darkness like that
no, i’ve never seen darkness like that
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5. |
DON'T SOLVE MY MYSTERIES
04:48
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you buy the hard candies, put them in a bowl
you eat first the candies that you like the most
you’re left with pineapple, pineapple, pineapple
aw shit, so what the hell was the point of that?
listen...
don’t solve my mysteries, let a trick be a trick
kid, i hung up my top-hat and the rabbit is sick
you can steal my magic, you can peek up my sleeve
just don’t solve all my mysteries and don’t smoke all my weed
you drink first the blood from the cup of the host
you drink next the blood from the cut above your nose
you dive and dog-paddle, dog-paddle, dog-paddle
goddamn, why didn’t you swim here in the first place?
now, slow down...
don’t solve my mysteries, can’t a trick be a trick?
i done retired my suspenders, i got too old for this shit
now, if you muster your magic just don’t huck your jokers at me
don’t go solving my mysteries and don’t go smoking my weed
you spend about three years in love with their ghost
that’s one-thousand-plus days, that’s three birthdays both
give baby a bottle, a bottle, a bottle
well hell, it’s almost like you saw that coming
now hold on, smart-ass...
don’t solve my mysteries, and forget my luck too
i’ll have to hand you your buck back, abracadabra fuck you
if you make up some magic, you might make a believer of me
just don’t solve all my mysteries, don’t solve my mysteries
and for my next trick? i’ll buy the hard candies
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GODDAMN DOG
03:18
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the goddamn dog barks when it’s raining
the goddamn dog barks when it stops
the goddamn dog’s always complaining and braying
at thunder and postmen and cops
the goddamn dog gets mad if you don’t pet his ass
sometimes? he’ll just go stare at the fan
but the dog doesn’t care i’m in drag, lord
no, the dog doesn’t care i’m in drag
the goddamn dog pissed off a toddler
the goddamn dog pissed on my shoes
the goddamn dog broke into our local grocer
they put the damn dog on the news
the goddamn dog attacked several strangers out back
all snip-snap and yip-yap, that was that
but that dog doesn’t care i do drag, lord
no, the dog doesn’t care i do drag
the dog doesn’t care i do drag
(cue: judy garland)
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7. |
MOUTH IN THE GIFT HORSE
04:21
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had a spouse, got a divorce
got deloused in the big courts
got strung-out in the lift for days
got a house with a ripcord
it’s down in the ditch, lord
mouth in the gift horse, babe
moved my shit out of skidrock
was kicked out in my flip-flops
i went south in a tin four-gear
found some town i could get more
just outside of east dickfore
mouth in the gift horse, here
mouth in the gift horse
mouth in the gift horse
mouth in the gift horse here
we got a mouth in the gift horse
you know we’re out in the styx, lord
mouth in the gift horse, dear
my main source was this kid cop
he’d been scoring some bricks hot
made a fortune off big-shoot shmooze
he got tortured and whipped
got reformed into flint rock
horse in the gift shop, too
i was pouring a big pour
i was sore and felt sick (sure)
i got coarse and (of course) you knew
who was a hearse and a corpse
who was a curse and (of course)
who was a horse in a horse costume
whom was a horse in a horse costume
mouth in the gift horse
mouth in the gift horse
mouth in the gift horse, too
mouth in the gift horse
still out in the styx, lord
we got a horse in a horse costume
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8. |
WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED?
02:12
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well i’m not gonna drink at work anymore
not after what happened
i’m not gonna drink at work anymore
not after what happened
not after what happened
they don’t let me drink at work anymore
i’m not gonna shoot cocaine anymore
not after what happened
i’m not gonna shoot cocaine anymore
not after what happened
why was everyone laughing
right after what happened?
well i don’t have a fucking face anymore
not after what happened
just blood cells and bad skin
capillaries and plasm
i don’t have a fucking face anymore
not after what happened
and i ain’t gotta go to work anymore
not after what happened
well i ain’t gotta go to work anymore
not after what happened
i ain’t gotta go to work no more
no i ain’t gotta fucking work anymore
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you can’t get high in highwood
there ain’t no deer in deerfield
isn’t nothing north of northbrook
unless you’re south of me
waukegan’s lost all meaning
and i’ve never been to elgin
there ain’t nothing outta ottawa
unless you’re outta weed
and i ain’t going to naperville
i think it might kill me
(flash forward)
to when pogroms come to palatine
the russians take deer creek (they already did)
sure, buffalo grove gets hunted cold
to the point that it goes extinct
and the skokie swift goes rogue quick
and dan ryan’s losing sleep
you’re fucking with old patio bullshit
i’m signing a ten-year lease
and i won’t go to lisle, no
unless you’re making me
(little inside tip)
there ain’t a glen in glenview
no rory’s in aurora
there ain’t no bars in lombard
not unless you know a guy
and, no, you can’t park in highland park
unless you married a hustler
and the same thing goes for highwood
if you’re trying to get high
(listen)
i can get down on quaaludes
i can get down on speed
i can get down on ketamine:
right-the-fuck-down on my knees
i can get down on vicodin
i can get down on benzedrine
coricidin, coricidin, coricidin:
cleft for me
but i can’t get down on my hometown
I think i’ve built a tolerance
(final lesson)
the muppets take manhattan
steve dahl blows up comiskey
tom skilling takes a smoke break
as svengoolie takes the lead
mein zuhause ist der strand
ma maison est la plage
mi casa es la playa
the beach is mine, goddamn
and i ain’t going to highland park
‘cept to bury my old man
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10. |
RAZOR BLADE BABE
03:39
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we seen you walk around spitting a switchblade out
so quick it made our day, so did the razor blade
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
they fixed a welterweight, they kissed the neighbor’s gate
they grin and we all know it, their razor blade is showing
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
they better cut it out
with their razor blade, razor blade babe mouth
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
they better cut it out
with their razor blade, razor blade babe mouth
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
pissed-off at paper plates, wristwatch, and gatorades
they tried to say something: split lip and veins running
ripped-off a paper crane at land-between-the-lakes
they got a raise coming, that’s why there face’s bloody
we want our cuts to match, guidelines across our back
we wanna pay for pain, we want your razor blade
razor blade boy, razor blade girl’s mouth
razor blade, kid, razor blade folx mouth
razor blade, babe, razor blade babe mouth
cut me all up-and-down
razor blade babe, razor blade babe mouth
razor blade babe, razor blade babe’s mouth
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11. |
KNUCKLEBALLERS (LEFT)
02:22
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are there any knuckleballers left?
the objects in your past view mirror
may be smaller than you expect
are there any knuckleballers left?
in elk grove today for a drug test
i studied for it all night
i think that i might do alright
if there’s any knuckleballers left
have you met my dear grand-daughter yet?
cancer ain’t got shit on me
no honey, i ain’t afraid of death
cuz i met my dear grand-daughter, yes
are there any knuckleballers left?
i’ll pop one out to right field
and darryl’s there & god is real
cuz there’s many knuckleballers left
there’s so many knuckleballers left
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12. |
HAVE A DOG
04:34
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when i one day have a dog
when i one day have a dog
i will have a good excuse
for all these collars that i bought
when i one day have a dog
when i one day have a dog
and a job, and an apartment
and somebody that i love
more than me
when i’m running from the dog
when i’m running from the dog
and the bastard’s gaining on me
and i have house-slippers on
when i’m bleeding from the dog
when i’m bleeding from the dog
and my mouth and nose and kneecaps
and all over all the leaves
in this here tree
when i come back as a dog
when i come back as a dog
i will drink out of a puddle
no one will yell at me at all
when i come back as a dog
when i come back as a dog
or a moth, or a scent-memory
or an old pair of gym socks
on my dead feet
when i finally get a dog
when i finally get a dog
i will finally pay my taxes
i’ll also believe in god...
when i finally have a dog
when i finally have a dog
or a massive aneurysm,
or a strange near-death experience,
or a case of sudden blindness,
or i’m locked in an asylum,
or i’m blackmailed and extorted,
or i’m detained and i’m tortured,
or i have my nervous breakdown,
or i fall in love with someone
who wants to one day have a dog?
we will one day have a dog
we will one day have a dog
but hey, let’s try a goldfish first
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13. |
SUNDOWN (LIGHTFOOT)
02:14
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she's a hard luck woman...
hey, that's me!
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