1. |
Military Road
03:34
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She was all made up of anger
packs of off-brand cigarettes
Nonetheless employee of the
month over at Skaggs
Her husband slid from teenage all star
down into their living room
Surrounded by old Skynyrd tapes
his buddies and some bongs
CHORUS
Stacy lived on Military Road
Stacy meant to lighten up her load
10 a.m., sees cloud formations
Airplane passing overhead
wants to follow, wants to jet
Wants to fly away
10:05, she finds a match
between her anger and her home
She finds a match, lights a fire
then off to work at Skaggs
CHORUS
Stacy lived on Military Road
Stacy meant to lighten up her load
A cloud can swallow anything
People run to the parking lot
Fire trucks, great concern
I can help the next customer
The cloud is heat. Heat rises.
Cigarette. Long glances.
Anacin and masking tape.
Unfolding of her wings.
CHORUS
Cigarette. Her house is burning.
Cigarette. Whole town is burning.
Don’t forget the sky is calling.
Don’t forget the plan.
She's lifting. Off the ground.
Not seeing - anyone around.
He won’t ever get her down.
No one gonna keep her down.
(CHORUS) (cut the last chorus)
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2. |
Icy Pile
02:52
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icy pile
melting slowly
holding on
I will not die
in the Sears parking lot
dirty ice pile and it's getting hot
temps are soaring but it's holding on
bound to die but not yet gone
icy pile
getting hotter
filth protect me
I shall not die
2nd verse
god I know the icy pile
ticket punched, try to smile
ignore the heat and all the melt
ignore the knowledge that I felt
icy pile
what is in me
always sweating
won't be here long
driving by and I cheer you on
come the summer you'll be gone
I'll look to you to calm my fears
when next I see you in the parking lot at Sears
icy pile
proud of serving
turn to water
then I’m gone
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3. |
He's My Star
04:17
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I am on the beach
Looking for the thief
That stole my heart from under me
And let it drift to sea
Swimming too far out
I am almost drowned, no hope of being found
I am saved when a familiar face
Comes crashing through the waves
I saw him every week
Driving down the street
A savior in a brand new car
Shining like a star
Before he learned to swim
A voice would come to him on night rides
Faceless William elsewhere known as
Mark and the father of Benjamin
Don't go out alone or stray too far from home
You know that summer's here
And the coast is clear
The ocean's not as calm as it appears
Although we never met
I felt like we were friends
He helped me through the worst days of high school
When I felt like a fool
Then, one day he was gone
Left there on my own
I walked the halls he walked, washed up and lost
Without a clue that soon our paths would cross
Don't go out alone or stray too far from home
You know that summer's here
And the coast is clear
The ocean's not as calm as it appears
He's my star
x5
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4. |
Wrong Kind of a Bird
03:50
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Portrait of grandfather hangs in the hall.
I had to use a lag bolt to stick it to the wall.
He's looking alarmed in a thick woolen suit.
Molly wants to know who is he, he’s cute.
The thing that you think is him is gonna screw you up,
gonna steer you wrong.
You look up to the sky, following a bird
wrong kind of a bird.
I heard from my mom that he was prone to roam.
Never there either much when he had to be at home.
And when he was there, she always tried
to talk to him. She'd follow him when he went outside.
The thing that you think is him is gonna change your mind,
gonna steer you wrong.
You looked up to the sky, following a bird
wrong kind of a bird.
Portrait of grandfather hangs in the hall.
I had to use a lag bolt to stick it to the wall.
He's looking alarmed in a thick woolen suit.
Molly wants to know who is he, he’s cute.
The bird that you that you think is him is gonna change the bird,
gonna steer you wrong.
You looked up to the sky, following a guy,
wrong kind of a bird.
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5. |
We Aim to Find Out
03:36
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Have you heard what Cindy Kaminski told my brother, Dale?
About that house on 14th and Crescent
where cars park every Saturday?
She says she saw some guys in robes and chanting and some dogs.
We’re gonna go out there tonight. There should be 10 or 20 of us.
We don’t know what they’re doing in there but we aim to find out.
I stole my dad’s video camera there’s gonna be no doubt.
The Johansson kids are in,
Darin Silva and his sister too.
I told Jeff not to bring his brother.
We can’t have anyone who cries.
Brian brought some cool walkie talkies and that weird kid brought a bell.
You don’t have to come along.. I’ll kick your ass if you ever tell.
We don’t know what they’re doing in there but we aim to find out.
I stole my dad’s video camera there’s gonna be no doubt.
You guys! I pounded on the windows
and then I ran like hell!
I don’t know if they’re worshipping Satan.
Maybe they’ll come running out.
Did they see Todd looking in there?
Todd what did you see?
Hey Todd wait where are you running?
We’re all meeting up in the woods.
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6. |
Math Emergency
02:01
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7. |
Van Down the Hill
05:47
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Spent the 4th at Pete’s house with his family and his cousin Greg
It was me and Jim Berlantz and my brother Doug
We lit firecrackers and held them while the fuse went down and tried
To throw them before they went off in our hands
Then Russ called said, do you still have that old Econoline van?
The one you bought from that dude when you were high?
Yeah
We’ll push the van down the hill
Out behind the junior high
We should push the van down the hill
The dirt hill by the junior high
I was at the junior high, says Russ, and stoned on my dirt bike
And that big hill is so rad, goes down to the creek
We met there, stripped the van, put m-80s and paint cans in
Took three of us to push it off and it went
Hit some rocks, tipped onto its side, hit some more and it started to roll
Paint and explosions all the way down the hill
Pushed the van down the hill
Out behind the junior high
We pushed the van down the hill
Man I never been so high
Russ had taped it, duped the tape, and copies started going around
I said the van was stoled and they towed it away
Next week Russ said meet him there and we did and we saw
A whole bunch of guys and a lot of vans
All day long we pounded beers and did bong hits and we yelled
As fourteen vans crashed down that fucking hill
We pushed the vans down the hill
Out behind the junior high
Nothing ever felt that good again
Man I’ve never been so high
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8. |
Bloodbuzz Ohio
03:11
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Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I lift my shirt up
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I lift my shirt up
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I never married but Ohio don't remember me
Lay my head on the hood of your car
I take it too far
Lay my head on the hood of your car
I take it too far
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
I never thought about love when I thought about home
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
The floors are falling out from everybody I know
I'm on a blood buzz, yes, I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a blood buzz, God, I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I never married but Ohio don't remember me
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
I never thought about love when I thought about home
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
The floors are falling out from everybody I know
I'm on a blood buzz, yes, I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a blood buzz, God, I am
I'm on a blood buzz
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9. |
Barista
04:03
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I got a morning habit
And I need to grab it
Come to you to help me stab it
With a cup of hot pain
BARISTA
I am in love with you
Our whole transaction through
Do you feel attraction too
Until I have paid
BARISTA
I'm lost I'm the Pony Room
Dead drunk in the Pony Room
Fell down in the Pony Room
No I won't please leave, sir
BARISTA
It goes as it was planned
Your neck is long and tanned
And I briefly touch your hand
As you give me my change
BARISTA
I am inadequate
I should know when to quit
Every day I feel like shit
This is all I have
BARISTA
BARISTA
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10. |
Yay Rules
01:43
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I do not see what I should not see
I’ll never know what I do not know
It’s my second rodeo
But I will not go where I should not go
Don’t be late, keep it straight
Obey the rules like Larry Tate
Toss your bad self down the grate
Always walk before you skate
Sometimes I wanna stray the course
But I get back on track of course
Obey the law, respect the force
Always groom and brush your horse
Yay rules, yay rules
Yay rules, yay rules
We’re safer because we got rules
Yay rules, good for rules
Will not go where I should not go
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11. |
The Thompsons
05:35
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Stop me from wanting to be alone
Call me on my dumbass phone
Did we throw out that old green tent
No, you're not hearing what I meant
Gotta re-paint this whole porch
The Thompsons filed for divorce
I'm not sure who's moving out
Could be they're both moving out
A DOG IN A TREE / where's it going
Look at me / where are you looking
Don't rake the leaves / who are you fooling
It comes back to me
Return
Come back
Come home
All birds grow then fly away
Nothing gold or tin can stay
Lawns get brown, knock down the shed
Put some rocks out there instead
A DOG IN A TREE / where's it going
Look at me / where are you looking
Don't rake the leaves / who are you fooling
Just leave them be
Come back
Move home
Come home
We'll all leave with a trace
A happy couple takes our place
And when their house falls apart
They'll be a marking on the chart
I feel awfully bad // for Jeff Thompson
I barely even know // Wendy Thompson
Is her last name // even Thompson?
Where do their girls go to school?
Go to school
Go to school
Go to school
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Math Emergency Saint Paul, Minnesota
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