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Pamela
04:03
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Pamela digs a ditch in the desert
kitting in out in zebras and leopards
armageddon never looked so good
I remember summers in essex
hotter and drier than texas
she was working at a car wash
i’ve never seen anything like it
every warm blooded man was driving
a car you could eat a dinner off
as sure as the sun will set in the west
speculation on pamela starts to spread
‘have you seen that she carries an axe?’
‘and the symbols tattooed on her back?’
Is she mad?
I said Pamela how can you stand it?
everybody thinks you're totally batshit
she sat me down and said
they’ll all be dead
Soon
She knows it’s coming and you’re gonna be the first to go
It’s the apocalypse and finally some time alone
Let me tell you something
But the approval of the townies was far from her mind
there’s only one space in the bunker
its for our human swiss-army knife
She knows it’s coming, you’re gonna be the first to go
It’s the apocalypse finally some time alone
She knows it’s coming, you’re gonna be the first to go
It’s the apocalypse finally some time alone
I’m telling you
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Lakehouse
04:40
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You’re gonna die
when you see it it's just what we need
a lovers retreat
just you and i
can leave the miserable city behind
make up for lost time
but we know something’s missing
can we get by reminiscing
the past disappearing
like a dead deer
in the rear view mirror
grandmother said
this place as excellent bones
a idyllic home
two bath two bed
placid waters where we’ll take the kids
that don’t yet exist
but we know we won’t bother
only come here
once a summer
ten days of genre fiction and out of office replies
And I can’t keep pretending
everything will be alright
it's gonna take more than a trip to the lake house this time
there’s something wedged between us
and it's eating us alive
it's gonna take more than a trip to the lake house this time
never mind just drive
I’ve seen the marks
on your back that cannot be from
our pedestrian fun
whispered phone calls
bobby pin in the glove box
I know
you’re not driving alone
but still I let you do it
you must think I’m pretty stupid
it’s dangerous in the country darling
Keep your eyes on the road
put us both out of our misery
wring the neck of what we used to be
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3. |
Hottest Man Alive 1995
03:29
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I’m not ashamed to say
I did some light research today
I came across an image of you
on a holiday.
You had your arm around some blonde
they said was half your age
but I know how these liberal types tend to exaggerate.
‘Cause you were born to be my man
and I was born to take your hand
as before the grace of god we are one flesh
and if you think i'm crazy
well then baby
you ain't seen nothing yet.
I do my hair each morning
in the style I know you like
and when i'm driving I picture your hand
resting on my thigh
we’re laughing at one of your stories
til I can barely breathe
trying not to wake the twins asleep in the back seat
‘Cause when I saw you at the signing
book in trembling hands
I heard it in the way you asked
and what’s your name ma’am ?
and if you think i'm crazy
well then baby
get out while you still can
tell me what to do
tell me what to say
i’ll be anything you want
tell me how to dress
tell me how to act
i’ll be anything as long as i’m yours
some people think the lonely
will settle for anyone
But if they got to know me
i’m as picky as they come
I'm waiting for that feeling they say
you know when you know
10 foot face on a billboard I thought
oh god here we go
‘Cause you were born to be my man
and if you do not take my hand
I’ll burn this wretched strip mall to the ground
and if you think I’m crazy
well then baby
you’ve never been in love
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4. |
Whole Lotta Nothing
04:47
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I felt
nothing, punching numbers in his phone
nothing, when he asked to take me home
nothing when he tells me he’s up early for work
nothing when he undoes my shirt
I felt nothing reading book titles on his shelf
nothing as I watch his face fold in on itself
through pupils dilated
I see a girl lying naked
in the nothing
whole lotta nothing
Just don’t leave me alone with me
she won’t stop asking me
if I think she’s hot or not
please
don’t leave me alone with me
she won’t stop telling me
loves gonna come when you least expect it
so don’t leave the house without looking splendid
Or nothing
comes to girls who sit and yearn
nothing , he is nothing . and to dust he shall return
so un-erotic but every antibiotic
is a lesson the body must learn.
I’m cornered in the kitchen
hands in each others pockets
when a coked up acquaintance
says if you two are quite finished
there’s an orgy going down
in the orchestra pit
if you’re looking for catharsis my darling
this is it, this is it, this is it.
But nothing
compares to how he held me
oh gently
oh god this is unhealthy
so I'll keep on changing partners like I’m god damn PattI Page
‘til at thirty I die of old age
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5. |
That'll Show 'Em
03:19
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All my life
I’ve had this funny feeling I
will have a some kind of deity
select me from obscurity
declare me special in some way
and all the pain
I made the effort to accumulate
I can cash it all in like a casino chip
in front of everyone I used to hate
I can’t remember the last time I felt happy
but that’s okay
cos it’ll make
a good talk show story
That’ll learn ‘em
That’ll show ‘em
That’ll make them see
That’ll learn ‘em
That’ll show ‘em
That’ll make them believe.
You see that guy
he drinks in here every night
he has a piece of paper
that he stares at every time
I once asked him what it said
‘ it says I owe you
I wrote at twenty two,
‘Cause I’ve known from a young age my wikipedia name
will be underlined in blue.’
he can’t remember the last time he felt happy
but that’s okay
‘cause it’ll make
a great talk show story
can’t help but think that maybe I
could be happy
if I gave it up and settled down
have some kids buy a new-build house and then
That’ll learn ‘em
That’ll show ‘em
That’ll make them see
That’ll learn ‘em
That’ll show ‘em
That’ll make them believe.
And all the non believers in the local theaters
they’ll be on their knees
and all the happy couples in the vegas chapels
I will set them free
and all the emergency parents evenings
is your daughter eating
do you ever get the feeling
that you’ve hit your ceiling?
La da da da La da da da
Yes two lucky winners can bed a rockstar
Just don’t look at me.
Why aren’t you looking at me?
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Took a wrong turn
off the open road.
Seventy five years of farewell shows
and in my twilight years
I search for a place to barely sleep.
Wired skeletons of neon signs
rusted cars survivors left behind
suspended in a time before
the terrible thing.
At once I was a boy again
giggling in a racecar bed
and all that hadn’t happened yet
waits patiently ahead.
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