1. |
Sugar Castles
04:00
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Oh shut your mouth. You always argue.
You’re always pissing on my little sugar castles
Low self esteem makes you defensive
And maybe that’s the reason that you’ll never be happy
Go get a better job. Improve your situation.
Don’t wait for someone else to come along and do it for you.
Your complacency doesn’t make things any better.
You’ll be waiting around when your house burns down around you
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and...
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and...
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and go home now.
Oh shut your mouth. You always argue.
You’re always pissing on my little sugar castles
Low self esteem makes you defensive
And maybe that’s the reason that you’ll never be happy
What are you waiting for? All of the cows to come home?
They’ve got better things to do. Can the same be said for you?
The pickings are getting slim. You’re not getting any younger.
Where did you go wrong? Maybe your mother dropped you.
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and...
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and...
Take your ball and go home. Take your ball and go home now.
Oh shut your mouth. You always argue.
You’re always pissing on my little sugar castles
Low self esteem makes you defensive
And maybe that’s the reason that you’ll never be happy
Oh shut your mouth. You always argue.
You’re always stomping on my little sugar castles
Low self esteem makes you defensive
And maybe that’s the reason that you’ll never be happy
You’ll never be happy (X 4)
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2. |
Crisp Bills
02:29
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I’m only counting tiles. I’m only counting tiles, what’s the rush?
I gotta walk four miles. I gotta walk four miles through the brush
Gotta change my station. Gotta change my pay situation
Its time to think of pensions. Its time to think of hypertension.
Bananas, apples, and oranges
You think they’re thick on the ground
Give us that we don’t have by the pound
Just give us that by the pound
Get your own ass through, get your own ass through
And don’t expect anybody to put up with your incompetence
And I promise you - being honest, too
Just automate, uncomplicate your processes
I’m gonna lick that worry, lick that worry
I’m gonna bleed black on it, bleed black on it
I’m gonna bring back money, bring back money
I’m gonna lean back on it, lean back on it
I’m gonna lick that worry, lick that worry
I’m gonna bleed black on it, bleed black on it
Bananas, apples, and oranges
You think they’re thick on the ground
Give us that we don’t have by the pound
Just give us that by the pound
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3. |
Take a Powder
02:37
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From the Cascades to the Everglades
From the Cascades to the Everglades
From the Mojave to the Adirondacks-
Choose a location where we'll never go back.
Southern California isn't so far away-
Leaving today...
From the Cascades to the Everglades
From the Cascades to the Everglades
Heard you're in McKeesport, living in some shotgun shack
You took a powder and you never looked back
Will you get better? Will you come back to stay?
Come back today...
From the Cascades to the Everglades
From the Cascades to the Everglades
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4. |
45 Steps
03:44
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Up 45 steps to my front door
Sometimes I get tired
I'm on the top floor in the place where I live
There's nobody higher
Buildings harbor reputations
Until there's a buyer
Here up on my elevation
There's nobody higher
The heat all rises to the place that I sleep
Sometimes I perspire
The chimneys are sealed in the place where I live
We never start fires
Birds make nests above my head
They cry out in ire
This is all I can afford
Until I retire
VOICE 01
Up 45 steps to my front door.
People don't come over 'cause the steps are a chore
In the place where I live, there's nobody higher
I wonder if we'd get out if there was a fire
VOICE 01
Only 45 steps though it seems there are more
In the morning the landlord will knock on the door
Stark white walls that I can't paint
When you reach the top you are ready to faint
VOICE 02
Buildings harbor reputations
Until there's a buyer
Here up on my elevation
There's nobody higher
VOICE 01
The plumbing needs fixed, you can't take a shower
Water closet's been running for over an hour
If I told you I was happy, you'd know I was lying
The radiator sounds like somebody's dying
VOICE 02
Birds make nests above my head
They cry out in ire
This is all I can afford
Until I retire
BOTH
This used to be a crack house in a past incarnation
Now the only crack is in the foundation
I hear my neighbors move around my home
At least I know that I'm not alone
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