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1.Island of Shame
2.Lazy
3.Know it All
4.Stokin' the Neighbors
5.Give it Back
6.Rust
7.Goin' South
8.Dis'Chords
9.Coffee and Cigarettes
10.Brown Eyed Girl
11.Whipping Boy
12.No One
13.Bye For Now
14.Hidden Track
ISLAND OF SHAME
one summer morning he left us ashamed in some small town of small ways
the one they feared they might turn to stone they feared to hold his hand
and he died alone don't leave them on - an island of shame your solution
you - homophobic you - coward you send them away to an island of misery
you're not immune to any disease i can not argue when the truth is plain
to see in your beliefs, your fear of death i see reflections of society
we'll take our last breath - alone adding insult to injuries - he was alone
LAZY
does the word "duh" mean anything to you? i just lost my job i just
lost my girl things are getting way out of con(trol) but my living proof
is my quicksand (sucks me down), i'll never leave (here not gone), what
guilty be i'm burnt out and lazy looking, dwelling, fuck me i'm lazy look
at my cat why can't i live like that all of the animals except us do nothing
else but eat and shit (yesterday), is not the time (tomorrow), ?? another
week, another month going, always fuck you! i'm lazy i have no fault to
fear i'm down here there's nothing to fear no changes 'cause having it
all means nothing ?? (yesterday), is not the time (tomorrow), it's not
that year another week, another month
KNOW IT ALL
look at the world in disbelief you used to follow - now you lead college
has enlightened you and you are proud to be different and like different
bands - different types you ain't nobody's fool it's like certain bands
remind you of someone you hated 'cause they didn't wear the right clothing
and there's only one true fashion a lot of the bands on the college charts
are great bands until they get signed. then you hate them it's such bullshit
- you used to love them you hypocrite i remember you and i listening to
bands that we liked only the songs mattered to you but now you're a d.j.
and preaching that hype "corporate rock sucks" "you know, college radio
enlightens you" it's supposed to serve as a means to expose new bands without
prejudice, but it makes no sense safe harbor for the underground 'til the
alternative becomes the popular sound the bands are good 'til they make
enough cash to eat food and get a pad then they're sold out and their music
is cliché because talent's exclusive to bands without pay know it
all - did you really listen to that song? could you ever write what you
call wrong?
STOKIN' THE NEIGHBORS
friday night's the perfect night to mow some neighbor's lawn, and dave
is drunk and at the helm before too long. and chris will gladly ride shotgun,
'cause navigating seems like fun, drunk and out of gas, they drive around
and crash. they're driving through your yard, there's nothing you can do,
dave's behind the wheel, and he's had more than just a few. suburban families
slumber in civility, awakened to the sights and sounds of the yard they're
blowing down in their death machine. drive, drive, drive, drive, drive,
drive... dave's a midnight landscaper, and he's working overtime, and he
is full throttle--full throttle tonight. (alright!) he was almost home,
just one more block, he had to hit that last mailbox, dumped it in a ditch,
ain't that a bitch? (stoking the neighbors!) came time to run, came time
to bail, he was having too much fun to spend the night in jail. he had
no "triple a" for a tow truck, called them anyway: goleta, hear them say,
"hey pal, you're fucked!" dave's a decent guy, like most of us, until he
drinks, and then his liquid mind takes over how he thinks. and then all
that matters is having fun, pulling off the next beer run, on one too many
nights, the party's over. he's driving through your yard, there's nothing
you can do, dave's behind the wheel, and he's had more than one or two.
suburban families slumber in civility, awakened to the aftermath: the neighbors
have been stoked...
RUST
they make your bed, don't they long ago they fought and died for faith
- what's changed ? it's said that we've acquired tolerance to build more
bridges cross those rivers, yet modern man enslaves his conscious and the
undertow of blame still flows between give it birth to the machine - hostilities
of ancestry slow to understand the variance - quick to judge on one aspect
- rust we call them fools today - they will call us fools in days to come
- always in any age it's ignorance he that he's not with me is against
me the river of pride swells to high, washing those bridges out to sea
give it birth to the machine too proud to love - too proud soaking in your
fears - rusting away never comprehending - always condescending slow to
understand the variance - quick to judge - quick to condemn carried them
for years - stones that they once cast place the blame on them as if it
were their past yesterdays distrust resent, regret, disgust still we pay
for their living - pay for their mistakes who will cast the latest stones
of hate pay for their misgivings - pay for their living - still we find
that on the surface there is rust
GOIN' SOUTH
maggie, have you ever been kicked in the head by a bull?
DIS'CHORDS
silent again - when spoken their is friction and conflict why do we
rub each other wrong maybe we've known each other too well for too long
you and i have heard each other speech before are these words that i said
- the same words that you heard we can only agree to disagree in disharmony
is it too much likeness or indifference well the answers in the question
isn't it the deepest cut of all comes from a trusted friend but i'm sick
of it all i can't listen i wish that all of it would end you cut me off
- i cut you down jerrated words let's stop repeating the lesson. we've
been through thick n' thin i consider you a friend though it's hard for
me show every time you hear this song you'll know it's not just the business
we know much more exist let's end the bad notes and the dis'chords we'll
tune our attitude and realize a personal reward
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
i'm getting used to getting old but where's my ambition - days of omission
i feel broken down inside because my words seem to be trite adding to the
overwhelming always a question of truth your truths question my efficiency
shocking - the words you can't hear impact - the words i can't write recycled
words don't justify... none of these words suffice searching for the sharp
words to drive the message in i put the last words down then i begin to
question the truth
BROWN EYED GIRL
hey where did we go, days when the rain came. down in the hollow, playin'
a new game. laughin' and a runnin' , hey hey, skippin' and a jumpin' in
the misty mornin' fog with our hearts a thumpin' at you, the brown-eyed
girl you're my brown-eyed girl now what ever happened, tuesday is so slow,
goin' down the old man river, with a transistor radio standin' in the sunlight
laughin' hidin' behind a rainbow wall slippin' and a slidin', all along
the waterfall with you, the brown-eyed girl you're my brown-eyed girl.
do you remember when, ah we used to sing sha la la la la la la la la la
la dee dah sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah la dee dah so hard
to find my way, now that i'm all on my own i saw you just the other day,
my how you had grown, [.. ] sometimes overcome thinkin' bout, makin love
in the green grass, behind the stadium with you. the brown-eyed girl you,
my brown-eyed girl. do you remember when, ah we used to sing sha la la
la la la la la la la la dee dah sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
la dee dah
WHIPPING BOY
now it's simple to me sometimes you have to let go when there's next
to nothing you say everytime she says no there's more pain then love it
comes o shove almost every time you speak somehow you fight something's
just crazy somehow it's taking all the life left in you you're losing ground
carrying that torch your not asking for much as she has... had time to
heal and she doesn't need you any longer an you... had time to drink and
you call her to tell her you've gotten much stronger at three in the morning
she says stop calling cause... everyone's asleep some of us work you're
driving me crazy when will you get on with my life now every nights friday
night picking fights with your friends somehow trying to make amends so
you search for comfort in a friend it's not the same she won't understand
you both learned to think alike so what was so wrong where's she tonight
out there drinking while you're left in thinking it's taken all the life
left in... you you're losing ground carrying that torch you're not asking
for much still somehow you'll wait for her you say she'll return but you
still carry that torch that girl whipping boy!!!
NO ONE
labors of commitment blood of his arms a growing sense of duty but
in his song he's screaming out insufficient - he just falls further behind
principles, purpose, tradition, time weigh heavy on this guilty mind wits
astray blind in rage, aware he'll wage on grieving another no one hanging
from the ceiling because only the extreme makes an impression when drowning
in the mainstream one at the mercy of another's faith finally answers to
no one in his fall from grace they say they love him but how could they
ever miles above him they ask for repent it doesn't matter what you want
from me don't think there's worth in my apology because people never really
change you and i will always be the same and it's a problem that we can't
mend because it happened once it will happen again because they plant their
seeds of condition until we have no choice, we lose conviction wits astray
blind in rage a war he'll wage on grieving another no one blows his head
off because only the extreme makes an impression when drowning in the mainstream
no one
BYE FOR NOW
here comes the day i see my friends far away, when i grow up inside
what will happen to me? the city sights the business types, i can see but
where are you? bye for now. didn't mean to let you down, didn't mean to
drive you away. bye for now! now that your not around, so many things i'd
like to say! see here i think i've found the missing link, the piece that
holds us together. if i had my way i'd here you say that it's ok, friendship
should last for ever. bye for now. didn't mean to let you down, didn't
mean to drive you away. bye for now! now that you're not around, so many
things i'd like to say! didn't mean to let you down. didn't mean to let
you down. didn't mean to let you down. didn't mean to let you down. didn't
mean to let you down. never meant to let you down. didn't mean to let you
down.
HIDDEN TRACK
you think you're so fuckin' cool don't you, you think you're so fuckin'
cool, well just once I would like to hear you scream in pain play some
rap music don't call it a movement, there's other ways of saying it call
it brown table and i'm playin' it down make it round even a wear account
fat amounts blazin', appraisin people are very unordinary (i have no idea)
every nation a backin' on out come on everybody let me hear you shout i'm
gonna back on out my momma said back on out smokin' it ain't stoppin its
coming down and
this melt is rockin' rain my mother ate draino, mt. st.
helen a volcano burnin' like hot lava i got the runs cause i drink too
much java ouch that sensation i got the runs i got constipation [chorus]
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