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Tip the Maitre'd
04:49
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I’d like to have a steak, medium rare
And some beef au jus, spread everywhere
You should try the fish, its flown in from the coast
If you don’t like seafood, I’d suggest the roast
And for drinks we’d like some beer
From your craft supplies
Just bring us a pint or two
Until one of us dies
You should just relax, they wore you to a nub
We’ll hold the party line, we’re all in the club
Have you read the news, it really is a drag
Don’t worry about the votes, the election’s in the bag
And for drinks let’s have some booze
It helps with the lies
Have them bring us a tumbler or two
Until one of us dies.
You know there’s always money to be made
Cause someone’s always looking to get paid
Everything is set. Have you read the rider?
Cause you’re in the home of the lizard and the spider
Who really cares? We’ll keep it on the line
They say you don’t look well. I’d say you’re looking fine
And for drinks we’d like some booze
Don’t like the look in your eyes
Just bring us a bottle or two
Until one of us dies.
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Twisted and Broke
04:24
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Well this is just about a deal gone wrong
You can sit and wait cause it won’t be long
It seems old friend that you’ve gone soft
Stick out your neck they’ll cut your head off
Tongue tied and all lost
Twisted and Broke
Never liked your magic but I loved your
Jokes
You sell some secrets but you’re all alone
There’s a creepy feeling when you’re not at home
The sun is rising and the birds sing out
If I listen close I can hear you bleed out
Tongue tied and all lost
Twisted and Broke
Never liked your magic but I loved your joke
But don’t you tell me that you love me though
There things about you that you shouldn’t show
I told you once I’ll tell you again
This is how things come to an end
Summer morning window unit hums
Bathroom sink is pink from his bleeding gums
Reality’s perfect if you don’t care for dreams
Everything is always as it seems
Tongue tied and all lost
Twisted and Broke
Never liked your magic but I loved your joke
But don’t you tell me that you love me though
There things about you that you shouldn’t show
I told you once I’ll tell you again
This is how things come to an end
But don’t you tell me that you love me though
There things about you that you shouldn’t show
I'm not your savior you were my disease
And now I see you crawling on your knees
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A Capacity for Violence
02:45
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The day he learned violence is the day he’d like to give back
He seemed to prefer it when his mind was under attack
He says to me, “welcome come in and pull up a chair.
Despite all assumptions I don’t get paid to fight fair”
In the cathedrals the apostles and the saints
look on the congregation and their restraints
A capacity for violence. House of broken glass
It seemed so silly like it wouldn’t last
She said “sit down I want to tell you a little story
But there are few heroes and absolutely no glory
The way you treat me leaves me no room for growth
Love me or destroy me, or better yet just do both.”
If you can withstand just a little pain
a little charge across your membrane
A capacity for violence. House of broken glass
It seems silly they didn’t think it would last
Get up now, get up off the floor
The longer you lie there they think you want more
Rise up now, on your feet
the more you lie there the longer you accept defeat
The day he learned violence is the day he’d like to give back
He’s gone to sleep now and there’s just no going back
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4. |
Out of Towners
04:25
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What are you doing in my city?
What have you done to my town?
You know another time in this place man
you would be nothing but a clown
Your wear your irony on your shirt sleeves
yeah sincerely is doom
You'd like to go out to the darkened bar
but you are too cool for that room...too cool for that room
You take over some slums and
gentrify them and all of that
But you're in America, asshole,
it's an apartment not a flat
You have a tweed jacket with leather patches
that you wear to a pool
And you burned you mouth badly on the pizza
because you ate it before it was cool...yeah before it was cool
You don't like digital man,
scoring is your scene
You say you don't like rivers
because you consider them too mainstream
Wearing clark kent glasses,
ironic tees and skinny jeans
You want to sleep with something called Zooey Daschenal
I don't know what that means...I don't know what those words mean.
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Waterline
07:47
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Now you’re getting drunk on your Savior’s Blood
While just last week I saw you all caked in mud
I was standing beside your diplomat
And the only difference between this and that
Is just the joke whose punchline is never heard
I’ll keep quiet I won’t said a word
God forbid you ever take offense
There is a reason I never made a difference
Despite the warning signs I'm doing fine
I keep my head above the waterline
After all it was a waste of time
I kept my head above the waterline
I’m so glad to see you’re doing well
Trust me sweetheart I don’t kiss and tell
No, I keep that shit locked up in a vault
You’ll never hear me say it was not my fault
You always ran before learning how to crawl
I know I told you I’d always take your call
Now you see no one here who goes by that name
But you can leave your number darling just the same
Despite the warning signs I'm doing fine
I keep my head above the waterline
After all it was a waste of time
I kept my head above the waterline
Just so we can get this straight
I never wavered it was just too late
You can pretend if you want I lost my nerve
But in the end we all get what we deserve
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Rinse
03:16
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Have you seen my soul
Haven't seen it since
Sure its been a stint
Its not poor just old
Scraped of grim and mold
Bought and sold for oil
Now it needs a rinse
Its the reek that sticks
Spins your belly sick
Nostrils flared and thick
Seems I found a better show
Lost in the glow
One that smiles when we cry
Programming has gone awry
Tickets are too hard to hold
History says we should fold
Tales spun from a lie
Cotton swings from a line
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Queequeg's Coffin
05:45
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Nothing matters too much to me right now
Nothing really makes any sense
Set adrift out on an open sea
Trying to do my penance
I just want everyone to pay from their sins
I'd like to see justice
And then maybe I'll learn my lesson
Get back these things I've missed
So, I think it's a little strange, standing with in range
There's nothing left to do, I’m so lost in you
Some things are easier to do by yourself
Time is running out
Its time I took stock of my mistakes
You know what that’s all about
There is a reason ideas are dangerous
if they have no substance
Maybe my obsessions were too intense
A man only can die once
So, I think it's a little strange, standing with in range
There's nothing left to do, I’m so lost in you
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Birthday Present
02:17
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Oh my child, you’ve seen it all
You’ve seen the trials and you’ve seen the fall
From Babylon to the cities of steel
Console yourself, its not so real
For all the world you were the best
Lay your head get you some rest
You know that I love you this much is true
I’d be so lost if not for you
It doesn’t matter, for God’s sake
Really what difference can it make?
So dry your tears we’re all insane
We’ve spent years here circling this drain
For all the world you were the best
Lay your head get you some rest
You know that I love you its all true
can you forgive what I’ve done to you?
In your mothers arms the Nativity
what was coming you had to see
But you know I love you its all true
Oh sweet baby what they’ll do to you
Oh little baby what they’ll do to you
Oh my baby what they’ll do to you
Oh what they’re gonna do to you.
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9. |
You're Gonna Miss Me
04:51
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You’re gonna miss me, when I gone
You’re gonna miss me, I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me, here and there,
You’re gonna miss me most everywhere
You’re gonna miss me, You’re gonna miss
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss my blue eyes
You’re gonna miss my big surprise
You’re gonna miss me crooked smile
You’re gonna miss me by a country mile
You’re gonna miss me, You’re gonna miss
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna lose it when you see me with her
You’ll feel queasy it’ll seem like a blur
You feel sorry when she calls my name
You’ll remember it all the same
You’re gonna miss me, You’re gonna miss
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
You’re gonna miss me cause I’m moving on
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10. |
Spiderbite
08:18
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Not everything is for sale. Not everything has a price
You’d like to be friends. You’d like to make nice
You want to negotiate. But you got nothing I want
Yeah, you have nothing I need. Not a single thing
You’d come over late. Yet have to nothing to bring
You want to fill me with joy. But you got nothing I want
Yeah but I’ll be there when the deal goes down
Shut your mouth don’t make a sound
Only one thing wrong tonight
I’ve got a spider bite
There’s no way to know, there’s no smoking gun
Your billions of dollars bring you back to square one
You want to make me happy but you got nothing I want
Yeah but I’ll be there when the deal goes down
Shut your mouth don’t make a sound
Only one thing wrong tonight
I’ve got a spider bite
Your eyes tell the truth. A wink is as good a nod
I’ve read it somewhere no one makes a fool of God
You want to show me the world but you’ve got nothing I want
Yeah but I’ll be there when the deal goes down
Shut your mouth don’t make a sound
Only one thing wrong tonight
I’ve got a spider bite
Once you’re gone you should just stay away
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The Disgruntled Sherpa Project Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prolific and legendary Philadelphia indie band formed on South St in 2002. Known for an eclectic mix of music featured on 10 released full length albums.
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