The Duties of a Country Parson

by Combat Naps

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1.
When the sun has set And the moths are flying Earning back their calories When I finish workin I’m requesting surgery But don’t you get too close to me Cuz I like you a lot And I pray to God it’s love In this sadist undertow Got these holes in all my clothes But the patient’s gotta live Cuz he’s makin you happy And your baby’s gotta cry all day The bribe is in the basket The fly is in the casket The mouse has found The trap beats running away Double knot in my shoelace And six shots in my gun Now we domesticate every snowflake Just to fry em in the sun Mary have mercy on me Cuz I cheated, and I lied to everyone Oh, why’d you have to die Before you made an impression? Ooh, truth body has truth, like Bible has truth, like every liar has truth, I could pat you down And I’m probably gonna die With fifty comets At the welcome center pealing Without a sentimental feeling When I am sleeping on the ceiling Action painting in handcuffs cuz the blister calms me down What did you read in the mess of the dropcloth That wired shut my mouth Mary have mercy on me, cuz I cheated Then I fought you underground Oh why’d you have to die and then come back for kicks right now? First you fit the battle, and then where’d you go? Where’d you go? hm? David fit the battle, then where’d he go? Did the glory get you down? And I’m probably gonna die With fifty comets At the welcome center pealing Without a sentimental feeling When I am sleeping on the ceiling But the patient’s gotta live Cuz he’s makin you happy And your baby’s gotta cry all day Double knot in my shoelace And six shots in my gun Now we domesticate every snowflake Just to fry em in the sun Mary have mercy on me Cuz I cheated, and I lied to everyone Oh, why’d you have to die Before you made an impression?
2.
Penalty Kick 03:00
God saw me naked Saw I was faking I lost my job Hit the brakes when I passed the cop Nothing could harm me You and what army Can plant your foot Swing your leg across the soot I put it all behind me And now I’m gonna take another penalty kick Darkness was hanging Music was playing On repeat in my spleen We taught the dog to count to three Writhing and squealing Eyes on the ceiling All night, I kept still If I don’t do it someone else will I Pointed to a small place To assault you in your office That crowd bought blood Mine or yours, either’s good I put it all behind me And now I’m gonna take another penalty kick
3.
History repeats itself On the leaderboard I recognize your name Napoleon with the fire in your barn And and the quaint pacemaker on your heart History repeats itself In the photograph Some baby made you laugh My friends aren’t yours But nobody’s keeping score I won’t come by here anymore The helmet on your head You go back to bed Sleepwalking is the trusted side-effect Their jackets are gray and they won’t go away, not here History repeats itself At the water park we have Titanic takes a bath In the wake of you, a tsunami’s coming through Oh what’s all of this coming to? The helmet on your head You go back to bed Sleepwalking is the trusted side-effect Their jackets are gray and they won’t go away, not here History repeats itself How can I compete Or be so bittersweet As you can be When you kill me on the sea In a dumb Napoleonic spree?
4.
You look just like an angel When you’re standing like a stone You look just like an angel, But you’re all alone You haven’t told me anything But I know just how you feel You get so down you can’t believe It’s even real Heaven please forgive me For the time I took Wishing someone else would save me From the messes I created when I left you with a sad excuse I’m trying, forgive me But you haven’t told me anything Still I know just how you feel The mirror fell and you were there In rusted steel and lengthy veil Heaven please forgive me For the time I took Wishing someone else would save me From the messes I created when I left you with a sad excuse I’m trying, forgive me You look just like an angel When you’re standing like a stone You look just like an angel, But you’re all alone
5.
Stumper 01:17
Why do you like to ask me Things you already know All of the answers to I think there’s something else you need That I can not provide Why do ask me dumb things You already know the answers to I know you already know that tune I think there’s something else you need That I can not provide How high must you be To make me grind down my teeth Must be something off about me I think there’s something else you need That I can not provide Oh, but I try
6.
slaughter the pig on the holy day ask for some money and then give it away see the sick kids, tend to all their wounds, I got to cure you of something, then teach you to cure Bless milk from the cows that sleep in your pasture Board up the school that became impure Pare the bruises off of fallen fruit, I got to Weep with you loud Weep when you won’t I’ll hunt you down Where did you go? Weep with you loud Weep with you
7.
Tape 02:25
Took a bite of this nectarine And now I can’t choose between anything When I’m out in a public place I feel like I’m flaming in outer space But tape can help me shake things loose Do the things that I always wanted to do Make me paint my whole self blue Took a bite of this coarse old scone And now I can’t choose between here and home When I’m out at the hobnail malls I’m fishing with jaws out of waterfalls But tape can help me throw things back Put a circle around where I got off track We can paint the high road black When the scene has you on the run They’re resuscitating what ain’t much fun Grind your ass into Homer’s crotch You’ll never diminish the lust for Marge But tape can help me make my move Do the things that I always needed to do Make me paint the dark cloud blue

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released September 4, 2020

Cover art by Jacob Lay

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