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Forgot My Earplugs
00:55
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when i was young
you did { } laundry
that’s why you’re the goat
swimming in the dark
where you found my daughter
that’s why you’re the goat
and you knew just where
you could stand to scare me
that’s why you’re the goat
and I never knew
what became of you
but that’s why you’re the goat
you give up,
you give up now,
you give up now,
and I’ll give up with you, you said
but when you read the news
you were pick and choose
that’s why you’re the goat
but you couldn’t be
what you had to be
oh, that’s why you’re the goat
reading descriptions of disturbing movies
paint myself into the corners there
found the subpage on the casting procedures
and the critical reception
the reception’s always poor
they say your head is in the gutter
and the starlet is a whore
and I testify against her
with your legends in my head
and as soon as I have spoken
she is dead
reading essays on disturbing movies
put maurice ravel on the soundtrack schtick
every scene can make me sick to my stomach
put my hands over the motes in my eyes
I wish I had you in my arms
to have and to hold
hear you laugh when I scold
I had you in my arms
just look at me now
i’m a bitch and a cow
when heaven calls me home
detune the piano
and clear out the hall
so we can move
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3. |
The Manager Said
02:56
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It won’t be long, the manager said
the popes are all dead
the rest are on the left
Listen to me, I think I know
what’s best for you,
and it ain’t trees
It won’t be long, the manager said
holding my hand,
I thought I might blush
Why oh why would I wanna lie to you
I felt a little for you then
talking to a fault in you
and people who care for you
talking on the phone with you
And be careful what you wish for doggie
who can’t know what she’s bred for hunting
Careful what you wish for darling
Careful what you say, say, say
I knew em all
I knew em all twice
I threw them off scents
I slept in both beds
I cut you off
when I was 18
thought I might breathe
Now i’m outta weed
Nine years ago
when I needed
something holy
I fucking cheated
I was having fun with you
stabbing you recklessly
talking on the phone with you
now be scared for all these wishful bodies
who can’t know what they’re bred for hunting
Careful what you wish for darling
Careful what you say, say, say
it won’t be long
the manager said
holding my hand
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4. |
Playing My Hand
02:34
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I’m playin my hand
she’s gonna get free promotion
don’t answer that kid
political liposuction
I’ll never be free from you, long as I know the words
(how do you know my name)
I’ll never wake you from a good nightmare
(how are you in my county)
Soon we’re falling out, and I can’t figure out the bondage
(you’re gonna put me down)
I know somehow I’m happy in careful sound
(look up to you as a new professor now)
Tell your mother it fits
I barely know how to know you
If that’s all that you want
You stood for it and gave up by now
But thank god that you can’t be a friend to me
(Bottling up your feelings)
I hatched a plan that we can agree on
(But you’re settling down here day by day)
I blessed your full control and you stood me up
(motherfucker I knew you would)
I barely break, you rarely take tonic
(I was only standing still)
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5. |
The Breakfast Table
03:41
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is it safe to live here?
don’t ask me questions like that
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
and fetched a place
that wasn’t sacred or correct
is it safe to live here lately?
(how do we know how do we know)
is it safe to march?
(get it off of my head and vanish it)
this is addressed to mom
I wanna know
is it safe to live here lately?
(this is home, what do you want)
is it safe to crawl
(some really tall building I’ve been living in)
is it safe to crawl
every time i stop and fail you
right at the start i failed you
and am i getting farther away from you
i’m at the breakfast table
is it safe to live here?
don’t ask me questions like that
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
and except for that
I woulda made him my new autocrat
It’s gonna fall in the woods
it’s gonna fold into mounting evidence
we lost control and it hurts
we don’t console
we remake in consolation
how it feels to fail you
right when i had to catch you
and whenever I want to tell you
the manager said no
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You cornered me in the dark
I wanted you more than I
Ever had before,
I wanted you more than earth
Convincing you’ve always been
Convincing you’ve always been to me
Now I’m in a one dollar suit
and I have to get right next to you
Convincing you’ve always been
Convincing you always bend to me
Now I’m in a one dollar suit
and I have to get right next to you
Reel me in reel me out
We’ll do without
the song, connective fiction
I’m the man in the one dollar suit
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7. |
Art In Outro
02:08
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Thank you for coming to the show
If you’re listening to this the night of
you’re a fan
If you’re listening to this many years later
You’re in a car
You’re doing a short trip, for garbage bags
And you have several friends
several friends left
And you have a few ideas in your head
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