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12-Pak-5.99 Under The Western Freeway Japanese / Laughing Stock / Under The Western Freeway EP / Concrete Dunes
50% Just Like The Fambly Cat
A Valley Son (Sparing) Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
All You Need Is Love (Beatles cover) All Together Now
A.M.180 Under The Western Freeway / A.M.180 / Sumday live bonus (live)
Aisle Seat 37-D Devil In The Woods 60 / Strings For Relief  (live)
Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland The Windfall Varietal / It's A Cool, Cool Christmas / Alan Parsons promo
At My Post Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
Aviatress Prepare To Bawl
Away Birdies with Special Sounds Complex Party Come Along Theories / A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Best Of All Possible Worlds (K. Kristofferson cover) Loose: New Sounds Of The Old West vol 3 / Nothing Left to Lose
Black Bats Complex Party Come Along Theories / The Windfall Varietal
Bob's Fast Prepare To Bawl / (Gathering boot)
Broken The Windfall Varietal
Broken Household Appliance National Forest Sophtware Slump
Build A Box unreleased (Sumday demos)
Call Girl Call Amongst Friends & Fidget (live) / Complex Party Come Along Theories
Campershell Dreams Just Like The Fambly Cat
Centre Of The Universe Amongst Friends & Fidget
Chartsengrafs Sophtware Slump / Hewlett's Daughter (demo)
Cinderland Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance Under The Western Freeway / We Are Now Flying @ 33,000 Feet (live)
Could this be Love Complex Party Come Along Theories / Could this be Love 7"
Cows Prepare To Bawl
Dance of the Inhabitants.... (John Fahey cover) I Am The Resurrection
Dearest Descrambler unreleased (Sumday demos)
Derek Spears El Caminos In The West
Disconnecty Just Like The Fambly Cat
Don't Leave Now 4 Track Trash (unofficial MP3 EP)
Down On The Open Brine unreleased (Gathering boot)
E. Knievel Interlude (instrumental) Sophtware Slump
Egg Hit and Jack Too (instrumental) Complex Party Come Along Theories / A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
El Caminos In The West Sumday / El Caminos In The West (& video)
Elevate Myself Just Like The Fambly Cat / Elevate Myself /  Scrum Down Rookies promo (remix)
Emit Anymore unreleased (Sumday demos)
Everything Beautiful is Faraway Under The Western Freeway / Everything Beautiful is Far Away / A.M.180 (Euro)
Farming all Night 4 Track Trash / Prepare To Bawl (unlisted bonus track)
Fare Thee Not Well Mutineer The Windfall Varietal / I'm On Standby (video/new version)
Fentry (instrumental) Machines Are Not She / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
First Movement / Message Send: ID#5646766 Sophtware Slump Japanese / The Crystal Lake (1) / Through A Frosty Plate Glass (edit)
Fishing Boat Song (M. Ward cover) Devil In The Woods 38
Flairless (instrumental at end of Could This Be Love) Could This Be Love / Complex Party Come Along Theories
Florida Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
Fly The Windfall Varietal / 4 Track Trash
For The Dishwasher Under The Western Freeway Japanese / Everything Beautiful is Far Away / Machines Are Not She / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Under The Western Freeway EP / Concrete Dunes / Sumday live bonus (live)
Fuck The Valley Fudge Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
Fun X3 (Beach Boys cover) The Windfall Varietal
Gentle Spike Resort A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Getting Jipped Now It's On
Ghost Of 1672 Zum Audio vol.2
Glassy Dusty (instrumental) Everything Beautiful is Far Away / A.M.180 (Euro) / Tape Op
Go Progress Chrome Under The Western Freeway
Gold Prepare To Bawl (version) / The Windfall Varietal / Hobo Grove
Goodbye? Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
G.P.C. (version of Go Progress Chrome) Under The Western Freeway Japanese / Laughing Stock / Under The Western Freeway EP
Guide Down Denied Just Like The Fambly Cat
Hand Crank Transmitter Signal to Snow Ratio
Hawaiian Island Wranglers unreleased - recorded for BBC John Peel session
He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot Sophtware Slump / He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot / Sumday live bonus (live)
Here (Pavement cover) A.M.180
Hewlett's Daughter Sophtware Slump / Hewlett's Daughter (also live & video)
Hey Cowboy, The Phones For You Now It's On
Hidden Health Announcement Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
I Don't Want To Record Anymore The Crystal Lake (2)
I Love Nothing Prepare To Bawl
I Need You (America cover) unreleased (Sumday demos)
I'm In Love With No One Alone In A Room 2
I'm Not Alright V2 Promo CD
I'm Not Buying Prepare To Bawl
I'm Not In Love (10cc cover) The Windfall Varietal
I'm On Standby Sumday / I'm On Standby (version)
Jed The Humanoid Sophtware Slump
Jeddy 3's Poem Signal to Snow Ratio
Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) Sophtware Slump / El Caminos In The West (live)
Jeff Message The Windfall Varietal
Jeez Louise Just Like The Fambly Cat
Kim you Bore me to Death Complex Party Come Along Theories / Could this be Love 7" / A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Laughing Stock Under The Western Freeway / Laughing Stock / Sumday live bonus (live)
Lava Kiss Machines Are Not She / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Lawn and So On (instrumental) Under The Western Freeway / The Windfall Varietal (version)
Le Symphonique d'Hee Haw (aka Central Valley Pride Song) unreleased (Gathering boot (live) / Demos boot)
Levitz (Birdless) Under The Western Freeway Japanese / Machines Are Not She / Summer Here Kids / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Under The Western Freeway EP / Concrete Dunes
Levitz (with birds) The Windfall Varietal
Levitz (Safe Asleep) unreleased (Don't Sock The Tryer)
LFO Hewlett's Daughter / Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel
Lost On Yer Merry Way Sumday
Love You, Girl (dios cover) unreleased (Sumday demos)
Message this is 'Untitled' from Complex Party Come Along Theories
MGM Grand Signal to Snow Ratio
MGM Grand (with Xanadu Finale) John Wayne Shot Me split 7"
Michael Barry Complex Party Come Along Theories
Mike Don't Eat The Piecrust Amongst Friends & Fidget
Miner At The Dial-A-View Sophtware Slump
Mission (ELO cover) 4 Track Trash
Moe Bandy Mountaineers The Crystal Lake (2)
My Little Skateboarding Problem (instrumental) El Caminos In The West
My Small Love Summer Here Kids / Concrete Dunes
N. Blender (instrumental) He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
Nacher Anthem Sumday enhanced (video)
Nature Anthem Below The Radio / Nature Anthem
Nebraska Complex Party Come Along Theories / Taster 7"
Nonphenomenal Lineage Under The Western Freeway
Nothing Big unreleased (Gathering boot)
Now It's On Now It's On / Sumday / Sumday enhanced (video) / X-Ray CD#7 (version) / El Caminos In The West (live) / Live At The World Cafe (live session)
Of Pasture and Big Sky 4 Track Trash
O.K. With My Decay Sumday
Our Dying Brains Sophtware Slump Japanese / The Crystal Lake (1) / Through A Frosty Plate Glass / Sumday live bonus (live)
Oxygen/Aux Send (instrumental) Just Like The Fambly Cat
Peeano (instrumental) A Pretty Mess By This One Band
Phone Conversation With Chris Just Like The Fambly Cat (iTunes exclusive bonus track)
Pissant (Throw Me Away) (instrumental) unreleased (Don't Sock The Tryer)
Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food Under The Western Freeway
Pre-Merced A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Protected from the Rain Signal to Snow Ratio
Pull The Curtains Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
(formerly the) Rattlesnake Song unreleased (Don't Sock The Tryer / Gathering boot)
Rear View Mirror Just Like The Fambly Cat
Re-learn To Be Shy unreleased (Sumday demos)
Revolution (Beatles cover) I Am Sam
Rode My Bike To My Sister's Wedding The Crystal Lake (2)
Rode My Bike To My Stepsister's Wedding Little Echoes: Sleeping Off Stolen Dreams
Saddest Vacant Lot In All The World Sumday / Sumday live bonus (live)
Sarah 5646766 (version of First Movement...) The Windfall Varietal
Section 2 of song 1 from album 2(robo version)
(version of He's Simple....)		 The Windfall Varietal
Shangri-La (outro) (ELO cover) Just Like The Fambly Cat
She-Deleter The Crystal Lake (2)
Shouldn't Be Like That unreleased (Gathering boot)
Sikh in a Baja VW Bug Machines Are Not She / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
Skateboarding Saves Me Twice (instrumental) Just Like The Fambly Cat
So You'll Aim Towards The Sky Sophtware Slump
Spitting Up Blood (instrumental) The Windfall Varietal
Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake Sumday  / I'm On Standby
Street Bunny Hewlett's Daughter / Through A Frosty Plate Glass
Summer Here Kids Under The Western Freeway / Summer Here Kids
Summer.. It's Gone Strings For Relief (live) / Just Like The Fambly Cat
Sure It Worked unreleased (Sumday demos)
Taster Complex Party Come Along Theories / Taster 7" / A Pretty Mess By This One Band / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes
The Animal World Just Like The Fambly Cat
The Crystal Lake Sophtware Slump / The Crystal Lake (1) / The Crystal Lake (2) / Sumday enhanced (video) / Sumday live bonus (live)
The Final Push To The Sum Sumday
The Final Team unreleased (Gathering boot)
The Go In The Go For It Sumday / Sumday live bonus (live) / Alive & Rare KCRW (live)
The Group Who Couldn't Say Sumday
The Noon Song 4 Track Trash
The Rock unreleased (Gathering boot)
The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center Polyphonic Spree split 7"
The Town Where I Live In Now I'm On Standby
The Warming Sun Sumday
Thee Everything Real Fun
This Is How It Always Starts Just Like The Fambly Cat
Tonight 4 Track Trash
Too Many Nights In A Road House (cover) Noise Pop 99
Trouble With A Capital T Now It's On
Under The Weeping Willow Sophtware Slump
Under the Western Freeway (instrumental) Under The Western Freeway
Untitled Complex Party Come Along Theories
Volvo In G unreleased - recorded for BBC John Peel session
What Can't Be Erased (Drinking Beer In The Bank Of America With Two Chicks From Tempe Arizona) The Crystal Lake (2) / Through A Frosty Plate Glass
What Happened Just Like The Fambly Cat
Where I'm Anymore Just Like The Fambly Cat
Why Glider Pilot  (aka Sundown For Someone) unreleased (Don't Sock The Tryer / Gathering boot)
Why Took your Advice Under The Western Freeway / Unscrubbed III (live)
Why Would I Want To Die Dream With The Fishes / Concrete Dunes
Wilbur 10.30am The Windfall Varietal
Winners! Elevate Myself / Just Like The Fambly Cat (Japanese)
Wives Of Farmers He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot / Through A Frosty Plate Glass
Wonder Why In LA We Are Now Flying @ 20,000 Feet (live) / Hewlett's Daughter / Fireworks
Worship P Complex Party Come Along Theories
Worship Pneumonia Amongst Friends & Fidget
Wretched Songs Machines Are Not She / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / The Windfall Varietal (live) / Concrete Dunes
XD Data II Hewlett's Daughter / Through A Frosty Plate Glass
Yeah Is What We Had Now It's On (video) / Sumday / Sumday live bonus (live)
You Drove your Car into a Moving Train Complex Party Come Along Theories / The Broken Down Comforter Collection / Concrete Dunes

12-Pak-5,99

won't somebody pleasetake away my keys
drunk again
the riding end
to memories of trees
curtains in the sky
certain they will cry
but you would too
for your friend who
just spilled it when he tried
stage my grand comeback
resting on my back
though I'm dead you know
my hair's gonna grow
don't make me go
I don't wanna go alone

A Valley Son (Sparing)

on the beach
within arms reach there's
nothing more this shore can teach
the maltreatment of a son
you've lost a valley son
he was down with being done
but now he's done with being down
this maltreatment has a sound
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son
the engine in his heart
gets dirty then don't start
then it all just falls apart
he can't watch as others shine
as he's rottin' on the vine
this maltreatment over time
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son
you've lost a valley son

Aisle Seat 37-D

miles high stalled above the sea
aisle seat 37-d
the hard guys that are crying quietly
and the moms lost in shock will never see
me sittin alone, wearing headphones
smiling slightly as we fall toward the sea
and I'm havin' a glass of red wine
trying to find the picture of you
while everyone's going insane
I feel that I'm staying reasonably calm
now the pilot's reciting a prayer
but I'm so not there and I really don't care
because the picture of you I couldn't find
I finally found, so everything's fine
yeah, the picture of you I couldn't find
I finally found, so everything's fine
while faster we fall toward the sea
I'm okay because you're with me
here in 37-d

Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland

sleigh bells ring
are you listenin'
in the studio
the lights are glistenin'
the beautiful sight
we're happy tonight
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
gone away
is the bluebird here to stay
is the new bird
he records a love song
the production's right on
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
in the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he is alan parsons
he'll say "have you listened to my new band"
and we'll say "no, but we really like that one song that goes
time keeps flowing like a river"
in the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he is alan parsons
he'll say "have you listened to my new band
I can put you on the list of the show in Carson City"
later on
we'll retire
as we dream
by the fire
another eye in the sky
who's with us tonight
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
althoughmy favorite songs
have notes that are wrong
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
and there's digital snow
and frozen pianos
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
and electronic bands
with frost bitten hands
alan parsons in a winter wonderland
at the end of the day
his albums will play
alan parsons in a winter wonderland

A.M. 180

don't change your name
keep it the same
for fear I may lose you again
I know you won't
it's just that I am unorganised
and I want to find you when
something good happens
if you come down
we'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
but I'd be fine
wasting our time
not doing anything here
just doing nothing
we'll sit for days
and talk about things
important to us like whatever
we'll defuse bombs
walk marathons
and take home whatever together
whatever together

The Animal World

I'm a fan of the animals
of the ancient films, of the days of old
joy to the world, joy to the world
hey guys and girls, it's the animal world
I'm a fan of the animals
of the ancient films, of the days of old
joy to the world, joy to the world
hey guys and girls, it's the animal world
joy to the world, joy to the world
hey guys and girls, it's the animal world

At My Post

branches waving madly in the air
waving round like they don't even care
last time I considered leaving here
the roads caught fire and I drank all our beer
out here at my post I've learned a lot
I've learned that the fruit on the ground is gonna rot
and there's more ATM's with air conditioning
than there are birds on the wing
out here at my post I've learned a few things
like the sun ain't afraid to bleach out a dream
and the way that you were ain the way
that you've always be
please believe me
branches wave and ask for change to spare
once I did but now I barely care
last time I considered leaving town
something dumb came up and I turned around
out here at my post I've learned a lot
I've learned that the fruit on the ground is gonna rot
and there's more ATM's with air conditioning
than there are birds on the wing
out here at my post I've learned a few things
like the sun ain't afraid to bleach out a dream
and the way that you were ain the way
that you've always be
please believe me
out here at my post

Away Birdies w/ Special Sounds

I woke up in the morning
and they were gone
I look around them
but they're nowhere
I woke up in the morning
and I looked everywhere
but I think they've gone away
I think they gone away
I looked everywhere for them
but they've gone
I do not know why they've gone away
I do not want them to go away
I woke up in the morning
and they were gone
and I do not want them to go away

Black Bats

I'm extra smart
I've seen the better you
and I know which one I'd choose
but I'm torn apart
black bats in the attic, wondering which one is you
I'm extra smart
I've seen the better you
and I know which one i'd choose yeah
but I'm torn apart
black bats in the attic, wondering which one is you

Bob's Fast

Bob, you're fast
We got together and decided that now
Bob, you're fast
We couldn't help but notice that now
Hey Bob, you're fast
We got together and decided that now
Bob, you're fast
We couldn't help but notice that now

Broken

rough fought boy with a sub-sandwich
his new girlfriend makes a good one
broken
his closest friends call him broken
'cause he's self titled busted up
broken
he rode dirt bikes years ago
won some trophies did some shows
and a few demos
broken
the boy, yes, he's my friend
assemblage of stories and things
broken
when it rains
he feels pain
but he don't mind
'cause it's all the same
broken
the boy, yes, he's my friend
assemblage of wonderful things
broken

Broken Household Appliance National Forest

sit on the toaster like a rock
no need to worry about a shock
all of the microwaves are dead
just like the salamander said
the refrigerators house the frogs
the conduit is the hollow log
broken household appliance national Forest
air conditioners in the woods
boken household appliance national Forest
mud and metal mixing good
meadows resemble showroom floors
owls fly out of oven doors
stream banks are lined with vacuum bags
flowers reside with filthy rags
a family of deer were happy that
the clearing looked like a laundry mat
broken household appliance national Forest
air conditioners in the woods
boken household appliance national Forest
mud and metal mixing good

Call Girl Call

when fools surround you
and criers whine
you need to visit
drop me a line
it's more than calm here
although I know
you get so restless
with out a show
winter is coming
and fear is alright
you got my number
call me all night
anytime, anytime
call you
call girl
call

Campershell Dreams

You don't have to be alone anymore
Good company's a gift
You don't have to be alone anymore
Go ahead, dispell the myth
You don't have to be alone anymore
Sad letters on the drift
You don't have to be alone anymore
That really ain't no way to live
It really ain't no way to live

Chartsengrafs

yeah, I traded laughs in for charstengrafs
but all of that is only fun until evening comes
your guess is as good as mine
as to just what kind
of trouble I might find
tonight out of my mind

Cinderland

outdated dreams have kept
your friends around
I've seen them sad and wet
in cast-off gowns
I don't know
I've been wonderin'
who wrote that rule?
seems a lie and so untidy
and downright cruel
remember cinderland
once was our town?
but since you went away
it's barren ground
I don't know though
I've been wonderin'
where did you go?
seems one-sided, so untidy
and downright cruel

Collective Dreamwish Of Upperclass Elegance

here I sit and play guitar
and drink beer out in the country
having narrowly escaped my trip
into town and now it's sunday
here I sit and play guitar
and count stars out in the country
having narrowly escaped my trip
into town and there's no one around

Could This Be Love

so here it finally goes
an ode to what I really know
I know it more than my mom
and I know it a lot more than my dad
I know it better than all of the friends I've had
the only word that's on my skin that isn't written in pen
I think back again to the pool in vegas
and the parks down south
the ramps everywhere I couldn't live without
could this be love
and those who say they did
and try to say they know
they never really know
if they never really did
and if you really did
then it doesn't matter anyhow
doesn't matter
could this be love

The Crystal Lake

should never have left the crystal lake
for parties full of folks who flake
italian leather winter games
retired by the duraflames
the crystal lake it only laughs
it knows you're just a modern man
it's shining like a chandelier
shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get out of here
and find my way again
I've lost my way again
should never have left the crystal lake
for areas where trees are fake
and dogs are dead with broken hearts
collapsing by the coffee carts
the crystal lake it only laughs
it knows you're just a modern man
it's shining like a chandelier
shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get out of here
and find my way again
I've lost my way again

Derek Spears

he slept right by the yoghurt hut on a painted kerb
wearing nothing but some cut offs and a muscle shirt
and at 5 a.m. the donut girls came quietly to work
when they slid the trays and banged the bowls he woke up with a jerk
thirty-two ounce soda to start the day off right
every now and then remembering little things about last night
hold on, take five, check out the fox in the corvette
then he said "you know, it don't get no better than that"
he spent all the money on an ornate water bed
and had a carving of a tiger right above his head
and he's embarrassed of the fact that he works at pizza shack
says he made ninety k a year before he hurt his back
and the money his sister owes him, his cousin has but he's in jail
and there's all these cheques that should be arriving any day now in the mail
but mysteriously the cheques won't show, and the sticky bloom box by the door
will end up getting sold once more, for a lot less than before

Disconnecty

Dearest Mom
Your yearling son
Has sent a message through
He's disconected, but he still loves you
Weather lies and motor rules
The color printer blues
On the engine air his thoughts flow through to you
Disconnecty said to disconnect
But has he read the tiny text
That said to disconnect
He'd best decide
The rest of all your life
Will be your right to fly alone
Forever more
Dearest Mom
Your yearling son
Has sent a message through
He's disconected, but he still loves you
Disconnecty said to disconnect
But has he read the tiny text
That said to disconnect
He'd best decide
The rest of all your life
Will be your right to fly alone
Forever more
And ever more

El Caminos In The West

so there's my baby
laughing at me in the sun
wonder if I'm the weaker one
I feel so far away from home
always so far away
the pacific
will pacify us when we're done
if only we weren't always spun
I feel so far away from home
always so far away
from el caminos in the west
all collapsed and futureless
I'll pain the words a simple wish
for peace of mind and happiness
el caminos in the west
we're all collapsed and futureless
I'll pain the words a simple wish
for peace of mind and happiness
here comes the chaos
perfectly on time again
is it ever gonna end
I feel so far away from home
always so far away
the demolition
still can be a lot of fun
someone should tell me that I'm done
I feel so far away from home
always so far away
from el caminos in the west
all collapsed and futureless
I'll pain the words a simple wish
for peace of mind and happiness
el caminos in the west
we're all collapsed and futureless
I'll pain the words a simple wish
for peace of mind and happiness

Elevate Myself

I don't wanna work all night and day
On writing songs that make the young girls cry
Or playing little solos on the keyboard
So the kids will ask me how and why
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little
Get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I don't wanna stare at stacks of paper all the while
While the world goes by
Tradin' out the weather for a clever lyric
Written by an Ikea light
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little
Get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna get up off the shelf
I don't wanna be a part of all the quality that falls apart these days
I'd rather make an honest sound
And watch it fly around
And then be on my way
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little
Get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna, I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself

Everything Beautiful Is Far Away

he just finished eating dinner
and stepped outside the cave to smoke
a cigarette he'd made from rolled up photo paper
they were pictures of things back on earth
he looked out on a greyish white expanse
of uninhabited terrain he now called home
he'd seen plenty of mirages and imaginary visitors
up until then, so he wasn't sure what to think when
he saw swans and they were wading
on the shores of a pale white lake
that he'd never seen there before
and it was quite beautiful and it was far away
'cause everything beautiful is far away
he knew he was as good as gone
but gone was somewhere he really didn't mind going to
since the shuttle had crashed many years had passed
and the pictures of his loved ones
that he drew on the walls of the cave had finally faded
he put out his smoke and proceeded
toward the lake, repeating to himself
everything beautiful is far away

Fare Thee Not Well Mutineer

high rise carcasses left behind
from far away places inside your mind
chrome line smoke clouds left behind
from far away places inside your mind
inside your mind
aboard the jackass enterprise
watch the road for brokedown satellites
fare thee not well mutineer
and don't come back around
fare thee not well mutineer
should you all crash down
should you all crash down
the grass was always greener
the grass was always greener
dead malls are all over town
airports are apartments now
and amusement parks by the ocean
that's where you'll find the launch pads
and the carnies and NASA university grads
university grad
aboard the jackass enterprise
watch the road for brokedown satellites
fare thee not well mutineer
and don't come back around
fare thee not well mutineer
should you all crash down
the grass was always greener
the grass was always greener

50%

50% less words
I'll be doing it in the dirt
with nobody in my mix
50% less words in 2006
50% less chime
mouth moving all the time
never completed plans
50% less words
I wonder if I ever can
50% less words
I'll be doing it in the dirt
with nobody in my mix
50% less words in 2006
50% less chime
mouth moving all the fuckin' time
never completed plans
50% less words
I wonder if I can

The Final Push To The Sum

I never know their names
but I smile just the same
new faces, strange places
most everything I see
becomes a blur to me
and I'm wasted because
the fast pace is too much
here at the final push to the sum
if my old life is done
then what have I become
every now and then
the memories creep in
a breeze and blue skies
the trees and you and I
but that life is gone
I guess that I've moved on
to new faces and strange places
here at the final push to the sum
if my old life is done
then what have I become
what have I become

First Movement / Message Sent

sarah, can you hear me now
my resonator's breaking down
I met your choir by the rocks
and we've agreed to bring you up
whatever the cost
sarah, release today
there were songs in the dreams
and I heard them say
"sarah, don't be afraid
lest we fall once again
it's happiness that matters anyway"

Fishing Boat Song
Originally performed by M. Ward

from springfield, mass to concord town
I saw those lights go down
in a gorge in kansas
I met my jesus
he layed me down
and he said
"if I build you a fishing boat
would you leave everyone you know?
would you be more likely to kill more time with me"
and then a sudden gale
began to wail
and set my heart like no other love

Florida

good afternoon from the bar in the mall
they sent me home from work today
but nobody told me where else to go
my boss was alright at first
but then he said that I fall behind
I like doing things my own way
and I don't take no shit from anyone
florida
florida
my ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
florida
florida
I got lots of friends in florida
well, I got pride and it doesn't hide now
I could live at the river, fuck you
my ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
she wants me back but I don't take no shit
it's later on, once again at the bar
I picked this bad company song
and I can play it pretty good on the guitar
I feel like makin' love
looks like I missed the god-dam bus
do you think that I could get a ride?
I like doing things my own way
and I don't take no shit from anyone
florida
florida
my ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
florida
florida
I got lots of friends in florida
well, I got pride and it doesn't hide now
I could live at the river, fuck you
my ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
she wants me back but I don't take no shit
take no shit

Fly

I wish I
I wish I wasn't so blind just for a little while
you know you got some work to do now
you know you got some work to do
I wish I
I wish I could fly just for a little while
you know you got some work to do now
you know you got some work to do
oh, some work to do
it's time to see what you can do
if you wish you wish or you like it

For The Dishwasher

ride your bike all night and give your heart a break
and give your head a shove and fuck that subject love
you'll get another chance someday
ride your bike till dawn and keep your lantern on
computers in the sun not one with power on
all alone and no one's won
for the dishwasher who rides home late tonight
it will be alright just go to sleep tonight
you'll get another chance some day

Fuck The Valley Fudge

siamese portuguese dirty knees look at these
rookies around us, aren't you glad you found us?
now if are who you say you are get up here to the bar
we'll plot out a plan to take down the man
we'll start with that "new future superstore"
and steal all their decorative rocks
and we'll fight all their rent-a-cops
and for the freeway maintainers who assist our escape
we got sandwiches, chips, and cold gatorade
we'll expose all the bicyclists who really are
DUI students who can't drive their cars
and we'll take stucco dust and wet drywall sludge
combine 'em just right to make "fuck the valley" fudge
applebees
chucky cheese
dirty deeds
don't you see?
"fuck the valley" fudge
it's my hate and my love
nepalese
anti-freeze
calories
can't you see?
"fuck the valley" fudge
it's my hate and my love
"fuck the valley" fudge
it's my hate and my love
"fuck the valley" fudge
it's my hate, my love
"fuck the valley" fudge
"fuck the valley"
fuck

Gentle Spike Resort

and liars got that corner now
and they've got flyers everywhere
with ex-school treasures for hire
and whitesnake riffs dressed up like sid viscosity
as lice is living in your practice room couch
you're not the only one who's doing without
daddy doctor's son punk rocker shouts
"dad, the a.c.'s broke in our hardcore
punk rock vacation, vacation rehearsal house"
now, now, now
we'll get right on, that
I'm sure it's just the thermostat
I'll buy your band a few twelve packs
but your mother wants her bracelets back
clack, clack, clack

Getting Jipped

go home momma, go home to your cot
you made us all feel weird, you should just stop
as soon as he takes off you appear
with your one-year-old and a half can of flat beer
you bought into the thought that believing in something is a lot of shit
well, that's unfortunate, I guess you're getting jipped
you bought into the lie that the truth don't apply to you and never did
well, that's unfortunate, I guess you're getting jipped
well, I got skeep holes and I'm on my horse
and you're on pills all weird wearing gym shorts
well, my horse and I are gonna find your man
and let him know he's got a fuckin' freak on his hands
you bought into the thought that believing in something is a lot of shit
well, that's unfortunate, I guess you're getting jipped
you bought into the lie that the truth don't apply to you and never did
well, that's unfortunate, I guess you're getting jipped
I guess you're getting jipped
I guess you're getting jipped
yes, you're getting jipped

Ghost Of 1672

there's a ghost
and you're his host
but you're never gonna know
stoves, ovens, radar ranges
and electric things
that can change egg yolks and bread into french toast
are the things that he hopes that youre gonna use most
all the brightly litly lighted technological advances
that he never got the chance to use when he was one of you
back in '72
1672
makes him go boo hoo
makes him go boo

The Go In The Go-For-It

the talk it got so loud
the songs cut out
well, that's when I'd had enough
of all their talk n' stuff
I had to bring it down
to more level ground
where my only company
is wind blowin' through the leaves
my head they tried to wreck
but I just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go-for-it
when they expected that
they instead got this
a broken but pretty mess
and what they cared I could care less
my farewell e-mail reads
"fare well to thee"
I'll pass through your world with ease
like wind blowin' through the leaves
my head they tried to wreck
but I just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go-for-it
despite the faxes sent
I shook my head and went
guess who lost the go in the go-for-it

Go Progress Chrome

go progress chrome
they paint the moon today
some brand new future color
go progress chrome
I aim to shoot the scarfolds
I like it how it's always been
go progress chrome
nocturnal glare confusion
the night owl and I
will hunt the contractor
go progress chrome
I won't be at your unveiling
I like it how it's always been
how it's always been

Gold

if you dont mind I'm gonna call you gold
we met one night down at Modesto bowl
I'm not exactly sure what song was on
the fireworks now are gone
I had gold and now I have none
I had gold and now I have none
her sister called and her hair is out there somewhere in the sun
I had gold, now gold's with someone else
like so many other incidences
acted sweet then gave me the blues
I wonder do you think of me at night
I wonder who it is you're with tonight
I had gold and now I have none
I had gold and now I have none
there were just too many brand new things under the sun
I had gold, now gold's with someone else

Gold (Prepare To Bawl version)

If you don't mind i am gonna call you gold
We met one night at Capastrana Joes, or was it Wan tons?
I don't exactly know what song was on
With fireworks then you and I were going
I had gold but now I have none
There were just too many brand new things under the sun
I had gold now golds with someone else
Like so many other incidences, she acted sweet then gave me the biz
I wonder if she thinks of me at night
Whoever in the hell she's with tonight
I had gold and now i have none
There were just too many brand new things left in the sun
I had gold now golds with someone else
Of all the things you've learned on planet Earth
You've got to realise what your gold is worth
Could be unlike a pain you've ever known
Or maybe just another shiny gaudy stone

Goodbye?

just how
how many times
how many times have I
sat right here and
seen that skyline at twilight
and told myself I'm gonna be alright
but at the last light after saying goodbye
you can't rest at night inside your head
yeah at that last light after saying goodbye
it's such a sad sight 'cause of what we said
now just how
how many times
how many times have I
sat right here and
again that skyline and again that twilight
and told myself I'm gonna be alright
but at the last light after saying goodbye
you can't rest at night inside your head
yeah at that last light after saying goodbye
it's such a sad sight 'cause of what we said
goodbye goodbye goodbye
goodbye goodbye goodbye
goodbye goodbye goodbye
goodbye goodbye goodbye?

The Group Who Couldn't Say

the tale I'm gonna tell
is about the group who couldn't say
together they discovered with each other
the perfection of an outdoor day
they had won some kind of prize
for sellin' way more stuff than the other guys
they were the shrewdest unit movers
so their bosses got 'em tours of the countryside
holly saw a certain bird
but she couldn't work up any words
she kind of lost her shoes and lost her mind
then smashed her phone upon a fallen pine
daryle couldn't talk at all
he wondered how the trees had grown to be so tall
he calculated all the height and width and density
for insurance purposes
and at the desktop there's cryin' sounds
for all the projects due and no-one else is around
and the sprinklers that come on at 3 a.m.
sound like crowds of people asking
"are you happy what you're doing"
becky wondered why
she'd never noticed dragon flies
her drag and click had never yielded anything as perfect
as a dragonfly
and then the supervisor stood
right in the creek and it felt really good
that's about the time when finally he had realized
the importance of this day
that's about the time he realized that
he was with the group who couldn't say
they felt so good it hurt
forget the words
they were the group who couldn't say

Guide Down Denied

Guide down denied
I might drift forever more
But I’d sure like to come ashore
Sometime
Guide down denied
All my friends are home indoors
Reading ‘bout me, feeling sorry for
The guy who tried
But ended up
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Did you wait for me to show?
Get pissed off and finally go?
Guide down denied
I don’t wanna drift no more
I don’t wanna be the story
Of the guy who tried
And ended up
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied

Hand Crank Transmitter

take that hand crank transmitter
turn it upside down
and ride it like a bike
you best reserve your strength
it might just show tonight
it could go cold and slow
they might show tonight
wake that anemometer
ask it what it dreamt
and write the details down
you better stay awake
it might just come around
it could go cold and slow
and they might come around
you best reserve your strength
for the handshakes
you best reserve your strength
for the luncheons
you best reserve your strength
for the telethons
you best reserve your strength
for the world's fair
you best reserve your strength
smash that hand crank transmitter
and head for higher ground
and watch the red search lights
and please reserve your strength
it might just show tonight
it could go cold and slow
and they might show tonight

He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot

adrift again 2000 man
you lost your maps, you lost your plans
did you hear him yell "land, damn it, land"
you say you can't, well I hope you can
I hope you can
how's it goin' 2000 man
welcome back to solid ground, my friend
I heard all your controls were jammed
well, it's just nice to have you back again
but I guess they still don't understand
and they can never understand
and they said "go find 2000 man"
and they said "tell him we've got new plans"
but instead I'm here to tell you, friend
I believe they want you to give in
are you giving in 2000 man
did you love this world
and did this world not love you
are you giving in 2000 man
don't give in 2000 man

Here (Live)
Originally performed by Pavement. Parts of the lyrics are different.

I was dressed for success
it never comes
I'm the only one who laughs
at your jokes when they are so bad
and the're not as bad as this
but they're not as bad as this
come join us in a prayer
we'll be waiting waiting where
everything's ending here
and all the sterile striking it defends
an empty dock you cast away
and rain upon your forehead
where the mist's for hire if it's just too clear
let's spend our last quarterstance randomly
go down to the outlet once again
painted portraits of minions & slaves
dumb American USA
travel so far and see not so much
don't know your Welsh or your Gaelic or your Dutch
stupid skater in a silver crutch
yes, i guess it's as bad as this
come join us in a prayer
we'll be waiting waiting where
everything's ending here
and all the spanish candles unsold
away have gone to this
and a run-on piece of mount on
trembles, shivers, runs down the freeway
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
I guess a guess is the best I'll do
last time, last time
was the best time

Hewlett's Daughter

hewlett's daughter loved her father
and I think she loved me too for a little while
hewlett's daughter, I forgot her
now I'm treating water
and waste at night
high above the wrecks on ice shelves and glaciers
I spy below the mess and measure the pressure
where sofas float on roads and somebody stole your guns
well, sir, I'm the only one to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son
high above the wrecks on ice shelves and dressers
with crash united sewn on all of my dress shirts
they firefell the roads and somebody stole your guns
well, sir I'm the only one to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son
sir, I'm the only one
I should have been your son

Hey Cowboy, The Phone's For You

yeah is where I never lie
especially those times that I
told you how I felt inside
back when my door was open wide
back before I locked it up
you knew I loved you very much
but something in me'd had enough
and suddenly the door just shut
now I can't care who's at the door
and they can knock forever more
but I won't open up unless
I've straightened up my every mess
so put your head against the boards
you'll hear the echoes of the words
I used to say to you before
I disappeared behind the door

I Don't Want To Record Anymore

tamp the tones
and test the tones
that pre-amp does
impass the lomes
continuing the input please
dial in the gates release
reverse phase and reverb plates
will give the instrument some space
earphone monitor fatigue
green compression from jonique
I sound as though I know my stuff
and sure I guess I know enough
but I'm just a dork
and can't really record
I'm sorry I won't say no more
except for
I don't want to record anymore

I'm In Love With No One

saw my dad in his truck
he's listening to a tape I made lately
wonder what he makes of
all the time I spent whining about
for instance how...
I'm in love with no-one
and I don't think that that's right
I wish I was mistaken but
I'm in love with no-one
no, I don't think that that's right
I don't want that for my life
I'm in love with no-one
and I don't think that that's right
and it all bring my woe-ness hands
I'm in love with no-one
no, I don't think that that's right
I don't want that for my life
I'm in love with no-one
and I don't think that that's right
I wish I was mistaken but
I'm in love with no-one
no, I don't think that that's right
I don't want that for my life

I'm Not Alright

ever since you ran away
dark clouds outta nowhere hanging right above me
ever since you drove away
faster than i've ever seen you drive, I'm not alright
all the bastards in the way
people got a way of fucking up what means a lot to you
all the things i didn't say
all that matters now is that you are gone, I'm not alright
I'm not alright
I'm not alright
I'm not alright
everytime I think about you there, at the table
after dinner, I can hardly stand it
every time I try
try to work it out, I come up empty
all i know is that you are gone now
and I'm not alright
I'm not alright

I'm On Standby

I'm rollin' down a well worn road
I'm wonderin' if I'll ever know
if I'll be better than I was before
when I surface through the service door
bye
I'm on standby
out of order or sort of unaligned
powered down for redesign
bye bye
I'm on standby
according to the work order that you signed
I'll be down for some time
I'll be down for some time
I got good at saying "I gotta go"
number one at saying "I don't know"
but from the stories that I heard
you humans require more words
bye
I'm on standby
out of order or sort of unaligned
powered down for redesign
bye bye
I'm on standby
according to the work order that you signed
I'll be down for some time
I'll be down for some time

Jed The Humanoid

last night something pretty bad happened
we lost a friend, all shocked and broken
shut down exploded
jeddy 3 is what we first called him
then it was jed
but jed's system's dead
therefore so's jed
we assembled him in the kitchen
made out of this and
made out of that and
whatever was at hand
when we finished jed
we were so proud
we celebrated
we congratulated
at what we'd created
jed could run or walk sing or talk and
compile thoughts and
solve lots of problems
we learned so much from him
a couple years went by and something happened
we gave jed less attention
we had new inventions
we left for a convention
jed had found our booze and drank every drop
he fizzled and popped
he rattled and knocked
and finally he just stopped

Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)

apparently before jed had left us
he wrotes some poems
wrote them for no-one
I guess I'll show them
here's one of jed's poems
you said I'd wake up dead drunk
alone in the park
I called you a liar
but how right you were
air conditioned tv land, 20 grand
walk to the bank
with shakes from the night before
staring at the tiki floor
high school wedding ring
keys are under the mats
of all the houses here
but not motels
I try to sing it funny like Beck
but it's bringing me down
lower than ground
beautiful ground
beautiful ground
test tones and failed
clones and odd parts made you

Jeddy 3's Poem

close the door behind you
so the world won't find you
beer, gin, vodka, and wine to
drink while things remind you
jeddy 3 is what we first called him
then it was Jed

Jeez Louise

remembering jeez louise
and all of the bedroom window screens
thrown away for our teenage dreams
shacked up at Modesto Inn
all of a sudden your mom crashed in
she said, "no he's not the one for you"
yeah your mom, she always hated me
"grab your keys, your clothes, your shoes"
jeez louise, you should have avoided me
remembering jeez louise
yeah your mom, she always hated me
"so just leave her broken, please"
jeez louise, you should have avoided me
a blanket and a summer evening breeze
secrets shared in our youth released
yeah your mom, she always hated me
"so just leave her broken, please"
jeez louise, you should have avoided me
then one day they took you away
all of a sudden your mom called me
she said, "no, she's not the one for you"
yeah your mom, she always hated me
"so just leave her broken, please"
jeez louise, you should have avoided me

Kim You Bore Me To Death

to be clean out of money
but with former healthy limbs
could you drive any body to name their kid kim
I swear I'll never name my kid kim
we met at a party
I was drunk and smoking cloves
I really just needed a ride back to town
"no, I don't smoke cloves anymore"
and so she explains her theory
her feet propped on new pillows
and her roommate behind her playing bongos
kim, you bore me to death
you bore me to death

Laughing Stock

we do believe it ends right here
the orchestration and the dream is clear
shuttle departs and they're all there
everyone's cracking up but we don't care
and we agree
it's what we need
orchestrareal
whisper the cymbals ride on in
though this time we'll trade the strings for old 110
headphones will assure position when
the crowd fades and the overture begins
and we agree
it's what we need
orchestrareal
I don't believe the way this feels
slight alterations leave enraptured ears
headphones will insure possessions when
the crowd fades and the overture begins
and we agree
it's what we need
orchestrareal

Lava Kiss

put your makeup away
'cause getting drunk and feeling sad is no occasion
especially today
volcanologists say they were the best
they were unlike the rest, fearlesness
boundaryless, togetherness
volcanologists say they were the best
they were unlike the rest, fearlesness
boundaryless, togetherness

Levitz (Birdless)

Wrong to say that I am giving up
Right to say that I ain't showing up
I've got pictures at my home and doors that transform me alone
Sunny days should leave a message on my phone
I don't think I'm gonna miss you much
For I've got dials and knobs soft to the touch
All your lectures will become converted into static hum
Sunny days should leave a message on my phone
Oh, to sleep per chance to dream
To live again those joyous scenes
The laughter and the follies that
Are locked away inside my head

Levitz (With Birds)

Birds come in to town to my house
I don't like it when they leave
They're there mainly in the morning
No, I don't like it when they go
I just want them to be comfortable
I think they want me to be comfortable too
My window is big
You are welcome to come rest here by it
Birds come from all around to my house
They eat the bugs in the pool
When it's clean they might never come back
I should just leave it alone
Wrong to say that I am giving up
Right to say that I ain't showing up
I've got pictures at my home and doors that transform me alone
Sunny days should leave a message on my phone
I don't think I'm gonna miss you much
For I've got dials and knobs soft to the touch
All your lectures will become converted into static hum
Sunny days should leave a message on my phone
Oh, to sleep per chance to dream
To live again those joyous scenes
The laughter and the follies that
Are locked away inside my head

L.F.O.

lasting hopes for love will try again
goodbye creatures, goodbye human friends
orchestras on warships in the wind
if we don't reunite this time
we'll try again
lasting hopes for love will try again
catalogue the awkward specimen
stay and wave goodbyes as long as you can
if we don't reunite in time
we'll try again

Lost On Yer Merry Way

trouble with a capital t
"tie him down" they said
but tired ain't for me
let this one fly
I wonder what they'll make of me
when I'm good and gone in song
in god's country
let this one fly
off on a merry way
often alotta days
lost on yer merry way
cause unrevealed and never known
and never known
trouble with people like me
tie 'em down
and then they vanish instantly
let this one fly
It's really no problem, you see
when the sky ignites
and your days crash quietly
let this one fly
off on a merry way
often alotta days
lost on yer merry way
cause unrevealed and tucked away
off on a merry way
often alotta days
lost on yer merry way
cause unrevealed and never known
all that I'm askin' tonight
is that I make it back home alive
no explosions, no crashes, no fights
I wanna get back home
back home tonight

MGM Grand

we went to reno when I was a kid
we saw a lion with closed eyelids
it was an MGM
it was an MGM
it was ridiculous, we felt so sorry for him
it was an MGM
it was an MGM
my dad got teary-eyed in front of his new girlfriend
we grabbed the lion
the place went nuts
we took him up the elevator till we were high enough
it was an MGM
it was an MGM
it was ridiculous, we felt so sorry for him
it was an MGM
it was an MGM
it was a grandest show we threw him off the patio
yeah and tule fog were spinning in the air
it makes it so you can't see shit and it'll frost your hair
it was an MGM
it was an MGM
it was ridiculous, we felt so sorry for him
it was an MGM
his eyes were not open
if he'd survived the fall my dad would have killed him

Michael Barry

Michael Barry
you can sue me
last shot week plot
find out where you have been
Michael Barry
you said you never quit
you were Seattle
when Seattle was only wet
Michael Barry
I'll wait for you
Tom Waits, Hendrix, Suicidal Tendencies
you choose
across the world
my dreams
they say you're dead
across the street
we laughed and played like kids
across the world
the camera shoots your head
across the street
we drank till we were red
I crossed my mind
my words are full of shit
it's crust
you told us that you'd never get

Miner At The Dial-A-View

I found your house and I saw your car
but I've no idea where you are from the dial-a-view
tire scraps on the federal roads
look like crash landed crows from the dial-a-view
hello
welcome to dial-a-view
to locate the area in which you wish to observe
you must program in the longitude and the latitude
for a closer, more detailed picture
use either the zoom or the micro-zoom controls
good luck
I dream at night of going home someday
somewhere so far away
so dream, alright
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday
fifteen years is almost done
and I don't recognize anyone
from the dial-a-view
my home, my friends and you
I watched them fade
but what can I do
from the dial-a-view
hello

Moe Bandy Mountaineers

there was a case of old nasal spray I bought at a thrift store
I ain't left my place in 20 days and I can't get off the floor
unlike moe bandy mountaineers, bar stool mountain expeditioneers
I'm done with whiskey wine and beer, it's nasal spray from this day here
it seems I'm drunk on drip again and as usual my head is spinning
just so I can breathe some more, as usual I've gone too far
unlike moe bandy mountaineers, bar stool mountain climbing gear
I'm done with whiskey wine and beer, it's nasal spray from this day here
it's probably the fact that that box was out in the rain and cold and the hot
I guess that's probably why it ends up getting me so high
unlike moe bandy mountaineers...
...it's nasal spray from this day here
stay here
I'm just gonna stay here

My Small Love

I don't get you
I don't get anyone
I've lost my way
I don't get any of this
my X-ray's black
seems nothing's what I get
I've lost my way
my small love
burned in the sun
I don't get you
I don't get anyone
I've lost my way
my small love
burned in the sun

Nacher Anthem

I'm gonna walk up the side of the mountain
Then walk down the other side of the mountain
I'm gonna swim in the rivers and lie in the sun
I'm gonna try to be nice to everyone

Nebraska

if there was just somehow
I think I should go now
I'm going to nebraska
I'm leaving tomorrow
I'll purchase glasses
good luck to you all
if there was just somehow
switch off the hometown
to undo the tightwound
to redo it all
I'm going to nebraska
'cause my head's in the grassland
though my feet are not even
for standing around
I'm going to nebraska
I'm leaving tomorrow
I'll purchase some aspirin
good luck to you all
if there was just somehow
to switch off the power
and re-route the wires
we'd all have a ball
I'm going to nebraska
'cause I long for the grasslands
a job as a ranch hand
good luck to you all
I'm catching a greyhound
I'm bent on the eastbound
can't wait for my new town
good luck to you all
I'm catching a greyhound
I'm bent on the eastbound
won't be coming back 'round
good luck to you all

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Nonphenomenal Lineage

hello, good morning, sir
the results are back
now it's time to pack
your things and go
seems you came up rather short
of the average sort
now I must inform
you've no reason left
to remain here
surely you understand
only gifted hands
will receive the chance
to touch down on fortune
we'll gather up your things
and lead you to the gate
and you will go away
and never attempt to return here
nonphenomenal lineage

Now It's On

now that the k's in place
where the c used to be
it seems that I'm ceasing to be
in the season of the old me
I wouldn't trade my place
I've got no reason to be
weathered and withering
like in the season of the old me
bust the luck off the front door
once you're outside you won't wanna hide anymore
light the light on the front porch
once it's on you'll never wanna hide anymore
and now it's on
now that the lake's in place
where the dead sea used to be
it seems that I'm ceasing to be
in the season of the old me
I wouldn't trade my place
I've got no reason to be
weathered and withering
like in the season of the old me
bust the luck off the front door
once you're outside you won't wanna hide anymore
light the light on the front porch
once it's on you won't wanna hide anymore
and now it's on

O.K. With My Decay

I woke up tuesday morning to comin' down
without a sound
comin' back down
the pressure put upon me
it goes and goes
till it thinks it got me
it tries and tries as it might to trick me
into breaking back down
but I'm ok
in truth I say
I'm ok
in truth I say
I'm ok with my decay
I have no choice
I have no voice
I have no say
on my decay
I have no choice
so I rejoice
I'm ok

Our Dying Brains

the science halls
have hollow walls
and sodden carpets
at least the cops don't come in
spare us their legal poems
broken legs can't run anyway, yeah
some days were missed
ten kegs at albers
and albers turns into geer
and hours become years
we'll get back to work, right back to work, I swear
our beakers are still full of beer
crotch rockets
and violins
we chiseled and we switched
ah, but they're not gonna mix
so please, can our dying brains
take another break

Poisoned At Hartsy Thai Food

mr. hartsy came over
what the heck's going on
the both of them began to throw up all over the photos
on the table
billy spilled his pepsi
sandra she was laying on the floor
no-one knows where the poison goes
where it came from nobody knows
poisoned at hartsy

Pre-Merced

we won't forget, we won't forget
and soon you will forget what it was like
before your brand new mind
but behave and be brave
and of course this don't sound right
but I'll try to paint my better life
yeah, we'll try to paint the rope whirl
and the tire swing
and the warm evenings
and mom washing the dishes
and my sister talking to the dog
and the sound of the combine in the distance

Protected From The Rain

hello, my name is on my shirt, pocket
I'd rather not speak right now
I'm rememberin' something
most typically my dreams are dreadfully boring
therefore I come to these places just to see the girls
with hair like hers
with clothes like she wore
with smells like hers
with handwriting like hers
you wrote me little letters
and you brought me lunch that time at my work
and that poem you left on my windshield
wrapped in plastic to protect it from the rain
protected from the rain

Pull The Curtains

pull the curtains on the day
sometimes it is the only way
pull the curtains on the night
sometimes it isn't worth the fight
sometimes you gotta turn it off
and you gotta walk away
and then sometimes you gotta say
this is gonna be the day
sometimes you gotta turn it off
yeah, you gotta walk away
and then sometimes you gotta say
there ain't no other fuckin' way
pull the curtains on the day
sometimes it is the only way
pull the curtains on the night
sometimes it isn't worth the fight
just to feel alright
just to feel alright
just to feel alright
just to feel alright
just to feel alright

Rear View Mirror

rear view mirror
what the hell
while I've been trying to drive somewhere
real and nearer
rear view mirror
don't wanna live life lookin' through a
rear view mirror
what the hell
while I've been trying to drive somewhere
real and nearer
to boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
pass it slow, it's told you so, it's might as well give up, old friend
to boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
pass the classic no you never will and which is why we can
which is why we can

Rode My Bike To My Stepsister's Wedding

I rode my bike to my stepsister's wedding
and in my backpack was designer bedding
and a gift certificate for a cd or for a cassette
a cd or cassette
I only but once met her new guy
and the good news to me is he seems shy
maybe he'll help me find a new job
this ride that I'm on is all done
all over and done
if the wildest boar couldn't see me
then why does boredom at home see me so clearly
like a flashlight in the campfire that fade
forgetting the plans that I made
the plans that I made
so I grabbed my bike, I said goodbye and I left the wedding
I didn't get far for how cold it was getting
as I slept in a pile of leaves
I dreamt you were there next to me
you were there next to me
as I shivered that night in the leaves
I dreamt you were warm next to me
you were warm next to me

The Rugged And Splintered Entertainment Center

well, the rugged and splintered entertainment center
held many home theaters and crappy receivers
it stood there proud through the years of bad movies
never passed judgement on you through it all
so where, oh, where are you tonight
right there in front of the rugged and splintered
entertainment center
through years of slammed front doors that held knick knacks and
eyesores
and gallons of soda and beer thrown all over it
this prominent fixture, this key piece of furniture
painted granite maybe silver or whatever colours in this year
oh, the rugged and splintered entertainment center
held many home theaters and crappy recievers
it stood there proud through thee years of bad movies
never laughed or passed judgement on you through it all

Saddest Vacant Lot In All The World

she's in the kitchen cryin' by the oven
it seems she really loved him
and he's so drunk he's passed out in a Datsun
that's parked out in the hot sun
in the saddest vacant lot in all the world
boldly going where he rarely knows
but he'll miss her when he goes
what a shame as she drifts out of reach
while he's still drunk asleep
in the saddest vacant lot in all the world

Section 2 Of Song 1 From Album 2 (Robo version)

how's it goin' 2000 man
welcome back to solid ground, my friend
I heard all your controls were jammed
well, it's just nice to have you back again

She-Deleter

oh, she-deleter
the wind in your teeth hurt
her over and over
and over again
now you stand in the dirt
remembering a friend
she-deleter, she-deleter
she-deleter, she-deleter
she-deleter, she-deleter
no more fuckin' she-deleter

Sikh In A Baja VW Bug

he's on the street
he's got them beat
they're at the stoplight there laughing at him
they wanna know, what's the deal with the surfboard
the beach is nearly two hours away from here
and why is he keeping cruising up and down the street all day
but he just ignores them and grabs his engine
then the light turns green
oh yeah, he's a sikh in a baja vw bug

So You'll Aim Toward The Sky

so you'll aim toward the sky
and you'll rise high today
fly away, far away
far from pain

Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake

the supervisor guy turns off the factory lights
so the robots have to work in the dark
and there's a carload of kids with beer and cigarettes
burnin' out and doing lawn jobs in the park
and there's a shitty limousine parked in front of the bar
that never got to drive any movie stars
but the guy in the driver's seat don't care
with his weird cologne and his magic hair
it's magic
the sofa and the fridge are on the car but they aren't strapped down
and we're drivin' all over town
and the used up krylon cans that the farmer found
were used to paint the foothills brown
and there's a high school football coach sittin' on the couch
with a toothpick in his mouth
and the stray dog won't forget the day
he tricked him with a chocolate shake
little trick

Street Bunny

it's a street bunny
he doesn't hop hop hop around
he struts around
it's a street bunny
he doesn't sniff the ground
he spits on the ground
it's a street bunny
this bunny snaps at little kids
this bunny doesn't like lettuce
hey, there's a pond to piss
and a mallard duck with a tommy g

Summer Here Kids

after she lets you glide around
finally hit the ground
like a paper plane
take a trip, join me in the sun
but not really, though
'cause I ain't having fun
'cause summer here kids
summer here totally lies
tourist info said I'd have a good time
summer here kids
all of them awful lies
tourist info said I'd have a good time
do as I didn't do because
I'm a picture of indumbivivity
stay alone, put a record on
listen to the songs
keep youself at home
'cause summer here kids
summer here totally lies
tourist info said I'd have a good time
summer here kids
all of them awful lies
tourist info said I'd have a good time
I'm not having a good time

Summer... It's Gone

summer it's gone and I don't know
where everyone went or where I'll go
summer it's gone and I don't know
which way is the best way to go
in dreams I hear voices that say
look this way
but I can't see nothing
so I turn away
to head down roads
dead ends and holes
and crowds of fools
with common colds
and they live in cars
and the cars don't run
they fight with phones
and they despise the sun
the sun of...
summer it's gone and I don't know
which way is the best way to go
yeah, summer is gone and now it's clear
that no one is showing up here
in dreams I hear voices that say
look this way
but it's all too lovely
and so I turn away
to head down roads
dead ends and holes
and crowds of fools
with common colds
and they live in cars
and the cars don't run
and they fight on phones
and they despise the sun
the sun of
summer, it's gone
son of summer it's gone
son of summer it's gone
the son of summer it's gone
...it's gone
...it's gone

Taster

put out the word we need a new taster
there's one king left
and so much food to eat
the interception by the last one was absolute professionalism
if he's laying there saying he's sorry
tell him it's o.k we learn this way
taster, you're the automatic saint
rival sabotage a bad pot of duck stew
with just one breath left he warned the dinner crew
selfless line of work the word that comes
to mind with me is selflessness
tf he's laying down saying he's sorry
tell him it's o.k. we learn this way
taster, you're the automatic saint
taster, you're the automatic one

This Is How It Always Starts

This song uses part of the song
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
This is how it always starts
All order falls apart
Okay, so who put whiskey in the mix?
Things were stable yesterday
But now they're blown away
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this
Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights
Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight
Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing wins as they should
Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
This is how it always starts
Dumb choices from the heartMagic Touch
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this
Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights
Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight
Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing wins and they should
Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Too Many Nights In A Road House

too many nights in a roadhouse
too much fun in living that song
too many days on the highway
gonna run around all night long
take a good look in the mirror
in the cold grand light at dawn
too many nights in a roadhouse
I left my buddies on the wild side
caused me a run-down luck
out all night with the roadhouse crowd
and I'm down to my last two buds
but you're way too hard try to live too fast
but too many rain is on
too many nights in a roadhouse
some kind of life I was living
and it wasn't to hard to tell
but the blues come around when the sun went down
but my days living fare to well
I'm sure it wanted taste of the good life
telling good times can be long
too many nights in a roadhouse
too many nights in a roadhouse
too much fun in living that song
too many days on the highway
gonna run around all night long
take a good look in the mirror
in the cold grand light at dawn
too many nights in a roadhouse

The Town Where I'm Livin' Now

in the town where i'm living now wedding rings reek
and the records are held by the sad
the cameras can't find any smiles
and the water's the worst tasting i ever had
the grown-ups ride BMX bikes
every now and then stopping to cry on a lawn
the trees have turned black
and they're full of insane birds who can't remember any of their songs
shootouts and fist-fights by night in the graveyard
multi-car pile-ups by day
and the freight train de-railed and sank in the lake
like a lobster it bubbles away
when you get here, the "welcome to this town" sign,
it scares little kids with its skulls and it's gore
when you leave here, the "get the hell out" sign is well-kept
and pretty with floral decor
in the town where i'm livin' now

Trouble With A Capital T

I littered your life with my lies for a while,
now I've paid the price
but I don't wanna pay any more
can we make it an even score
an even score
trouble with people like me
tie 'em down and they vanish instantly

Underneath The Weeping Willow

I wanna sleep underneath the weeping willow
as it cries all night quietly
its tears all around me
I'll sleep there so soundly
'till I'm allowed finally
to wake up and be happy again

The Warming Sun

in a dream
you were sittin' there waitin' by the door for me
and I got the opportunity
to experience the experience once again
how it could have maybe been
but in real life
you're in another world with another guy
who doesn't have to cheat
and never has to lie
and all the stuff I didn't get comes so easy to him
he doesn't even have to try
but do you ever ask yourself
how it could have maybe been
I haven't been that bad
but I haven't been that good
overmisunderstood
oh, I wish I really could
enjoy the warming sun
enjoy a warm someone
and end the need to hide
away alone inside
no, I haven't been that bad
but I haven't been that good
overmisunderstood
oh, I wish I really could
enjoy the warming sun
enjoy a warm someone
and end the need to hide
away alone inside
in a dream
you were sittin' there waitin' by the door for me
hey you, get out of my fog

What Can't Be Erased

if you could have seen my face
relected off the lone dinner plate
trying to erase what can't be erased
if you woulda rung my phone
I would have said "I hate being alone"
trying to erase what can't be erased
if you were to drive by now
we could sit and laugh about how
we tried to erase what can't be erased
what can't be erased

Where I'm Anymore

Ten million pounds of plastic baby stuff there beyond the doors
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore
Knee-highs riding little pink bikes in the middle of the road
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
There was a punch-out
Happened at the take-out, a tweaker and a dog
It seems that the dog stole a blanket
From the tweaker in the park
But cheapshots happen
When thermometers are yellin' one-o-four
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
An icecream truck each night plays 'don't believe the hype'
For oil stained driveways with exercise equipment piled high
All this seen from a yellow lawn hittin' eighty-four
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore

Why Took Your Advice

I took your advice
and turned my cable off
you said you'd do it too
how come you never call
I took your advice
and fixed my radio
but I can't find anything
that sounds good anymore
I took your advice
and bought the microscope
but I can't find anything
I wanna see up close
why took your advice

Why Would I Want To Die

you didn't really die
you only went away
my drummer he saw you
buying supplies about a week ago
a couple towns away
south from the interstate
I gave him shit for not telling
any sooner than he did
he said he thought I knew
he said everybody else has seen her too
I haven't been around that much
or kept in touch with anyone or anything
you didn't really die
although it seems as if you did
why would you have to hide
and who stayed on with you while you hid
through all those silent nights
that silence sure can be real loud
louder than anything
you didn't really die
so what am I to do with
the memories of ours
a chronicle imburied in the backyard
dig them up today
attach a note that says they're yours
leave them at the door of the supply store
and hope that when you come along
you bring yourself to reading them
wonder from precisely that they're moving on
why would I want to die
would I wanna die

Winners

Drinking beer in the bank
Having sex in the storage unit
Breaking up at the dump
Why don't we leave us alone
Passing out in the park
Eating pills like a couple of squirrels
Waking up on the freeway
Why don't we leave us alone
Stealing drinks at the bar
We met your friend at the motel
We lost my car in the river
Why don't we leave us alone
We drink beer in the bank
We had sex in the storage shed
We broke up at the dump
Why don't we leave us alone

Wives Of Farmers

wives of farmers
care about the way their husbands feel
wives of farmers
know the power of a home-cooked meal
wives of farmers
grow pretty flowers out in the yard
wives of farmers
know that life is sometimes hard
wives of farmers
decorate their homes with precision
wives of farmers
don't have time to watch television
wives of farmers
pick their kids up at the busstop
wives of farmers
love their kids, so they hug them and they talk to them a lot
wives of farmers
like to go out friday night for dinner
wives of farmers
always find a trusting babysitter
wives of farmers
know their husbands don't always know what to say
wives of farmers
understand this and love them for who they are anyway

Wonder Why In L.A.

I watched you prepping food for days
then I'd pack and just go away
shredding food on your small guitar
I laughed hard but now my mouth is dark
to live and die in LA
I wonder why in LA
I want you to tell the truth, today
while you moved from colorado to LA
plaster pools full of beaujolais
when it's gone I wonder where you'll want to stay
to live and die in LA
I wonder why in LA

Worship P

big deal, good trade
rig drill, good trade
I'm no sucker, just a satisfied fucker
you've managed to master intrigue
what do you think about me?
seems special
worship pneumonia
worship pneumonia
big deal, good trade
rig drill, good trade
I'm no sucker, just a satisfied fucker
you've managed
a music decree
what do you think about me?
seems stupid
worship pneumonia
worship pneumonia
big deal, good trade
rig drill, good trade
I'm no sucker, just a satisfied fucker

Wretched Songs

my heart it sits inside me
it don't know we said goodbye
you see it's having trouble feeling good
the way it did, the way it should
I know it knows that something's wrong
it hears me play these awful songs
it's having trouble feeling good
the way it did, the way it should
my heart it sits inside me
it don't realize we said goodbye
it's having trouble feeling good
the way it did the way it should
I know it knows that something's wrong
it hears me play these wretched songs
it's having trouble feeling good
the way it did, the way it should

XD Data II

I saw you XD data II
scenes from a life that I once knew
sweet televised images of you
smiling at me thats how it used to be
when you'll show I just never know
so I hit record start to keep you where you are
these last days I've created ways
to make you appear with news I long to hear
like you're coming home again
in humanised form
home safe and warm

Yeah Is What We Had

yeah is what we had
and no we never knew
and good, good is what we understood
now I walk alone through howling winds
fast food bags wrapped 'round my shins
rememberin', wonderin'
in this life, will I ever see you again?
in this life, will I ever see you again?
'cause yeah is what we had
and no we never knew
and good, good is what we understood
data files and dinner-dates sumday
until then I had best be on my way
rememberin', wonderin'
in this life, will I ever see you again?
in this life, will I ever see you again?
in this life

You Drove Your Car Into A Moving Train

on the telephone all morning
it's been a while since I talked to you
your voice's transferred sweet
I wish forever I could talk to you
of course I blame that guy tom
I'm sure he talked you into doing it
although I'm sorry he's dead
when you go to him I kill him again
and again
and again
keep trying at the tapes and records
I thought you loved them over anything
this conversation's hard for me and stupid
but we had to do it
you drove your car into a moving train
you held each other headed for the end
then they say it went blank
now here you are with just a few days left
keep trying at the tapes and records
I thought you loved them over anything
this conversation's hard for me and stupid
but we had to do it