This album is the second in a series of two compilations from a huge scale recording project that spanned most of 2005 and 2006. The tracks were remixed and mastered, then arranged in a very listenable and compelling collection of songs. I guess what I'm trying to say there is it is a new album of old recordings and is basically Ten Years After part 2.
| 1. 808
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truly paranoid
but all of you are on my side
don't forget your friends
they are the light
i wish you hadn't seen me this way
but anyway
it's all fair game |
| 2. Al Sharpton
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the world is flying upside down
society keeps my stomach in the tumble dry
the economy fake as it is
leaves my pants around my ankles
this is the way of the world
this is my day to day
al sharpton can sing praise jesus
but i say praise your days away
it's hellfire and rhinestones
on the outside today
i can see through the swampy haze
and your scent has yet to fade away
this is the soul of a girl
and that is my way to say that
jesse jackson will sing praise jesus
and i say praise your days away |
| 3. Fart Flavored Candy
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i go farther out and farther into space
and farther away from wherever i donate
i haven't been seeing straight
i've been falling out as of late
sugar water is flooding out my brain
it's throwing off my equilibrium
i seem to have lost all shame
i've been scrubbing hard to remove the stains
who turned the picture around
who put the picture face down
why is this happening to me
man how did this all come to be
it's saturday in the middle of the week
and the senior citizens have hit the streets
it's yesterday in the middle of next week
and i'm trying to shake this losing streak |
| 4. End Of The Ride
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get in line
that's what they're telling me
i can't find the time
to find the end
of the line
where it begins
you'd be surprised
it's eating itself again
take tomorrow
cast it to the side
later today
could be the end
of the ride
remain seated
this is not the time
for an accident
we'll find a way
to a better place
don't sweat it today
this is not a race
take tomorrow
cast it to the side
later today
could be the end
of the ride
remain seated
this is not the time
for an accident |
| 5. Asshat
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said don't push it too far
it's not your ass, but your mouth
that's the dirtiest part
but don't get discouraged
your mind is where it starts
there's no escaping your own voice
accepting your choices
regretting the day you were torn
between the true and the fabled
you'll never be able
to give up your hunger for lent
you rinse before brushing
but it really does nothing
for the shit that flows out of both ends |
| 6. Hot Spot
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it used to be a hot spot this place
with a parking lot the size of outer space
but it's vacant and abandoned
with grass in the cracks in the pavement
this would make a great cornfield
or any kind of field at all
it used to be a mountain town
now it's a shopping mall
a big business will come along
and tear all this out
and then they will re-pave it
and they will pave it all again
this would make a great cornfield
or any kind of field at all
it used to be a mountain town
now it's a wal-mart about to fall down
they used to be made of wicker
and now they've got bumper stickers
that say pave it all
that say pave it all again
it used to be a hot spot this place
with enough black top to pave outer space |
| 7. Nothing Wrong
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when was the last time
we had a day like this this time of year
at ease in my mind
i know there's nothing more to fear
there's nothing wrong
the radio was talking all day
telling me things i didn't know
i had to stop and think
so many things left to let go of
there's nothing wrong with me or you
we've got a lot of work to do
but there's nothing wrong
with a natural grace
at a natural pace |
| 8. Render Me
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a pie pan in the face of me
is what i need to desaturate
to pixelize and posterize
render me unrecognizable
i do
need to
out do
the big picture i'm the painter
what's left is the blur effect
no one to blame but myself today
the file size exceeds storage space
i need to
i want to
untrue
don't you
want to
out do
why can't it be in a pamphlet
motivation one - two - three
so how about it dr. phil
do you have an hour to kill
on me
paint shop me
photo shop me
render me unrecognizable |
| 9. Seeing Ghosts
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lately i've been seeing ghosts
outside of my night window
it has been keeping me up nights
baby please don't turn off the lights
the faces looking in at me
woe is me
tell a lie
sing myself a lullaby
tell me it means nothing
they just shake their heads at me
don't believe a word i say
the truth's come back to haunt me
and we'll all be hanging out one day
it's coming round the mountain
i'll fire a warning in the ground
it's never safe to sneak up
on a bloke that totes a loaded gun
whose lies are like a fountain
lately i've been blowing smoke
it goes right back in my nose
it has been keeping me up high
tell a lie
the faces looking in at me
they're all me
they're all me |
| 10. Part Time
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let's start again
give life a brand new sheen
let's begin again
brand new and exciting
because life after all is part time
sleep work then punch the clock and die
move to foreign land
a change in attitude
if debts are made less
then i have followed through
because life after all is part time
sleep work then punch the clock and die
something's coming my way
i can feel it in the night air
and i won't know what to say
when it gets here |
| 11. Screening Process
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time is the spline that holds them both together
it pushes with force in the rut their forever
they never question
they'll never break down
you can see right through
but there's no way out
lies are the ties that bind them both together
he keeps a head full of silly things
it is a frame-up
the screening process
you can see right through
but there's no way out |
| 12. Shelf Life
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so tell me whats your shelf-life
how long will you hang around
before your taste is gone
you must be getting warm up there
it must be a shock
a room with a view
for my combination lock
the key belongs to you
someone has a story about a girl
the most persistent in the world
i meant what i said and i'll say it again
denial means nothing to the most sensitive men
as i open a beer
i force back a sneer
this is a point of interest
tell me how it feels
your carbonated blood
reality comes quick
i'm not your only love |
| 13. Tired
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this is how i spend my day
this is how i earn my pay
how did i find my way here
just make the time move on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being dog-tired)
i find it hard to try
(tired of being tired - tired of being coffee-wired)
just make the time roll on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being hog-tied)
i'm tired of being tired
(tired of being tired - tired of being tired)
in this corporation
i find my separation
in my cubicle shoe-box cell
i just want to spend my day
i just want to earn my pay
and go home |
| 14. Triangle vs. Cowbell
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Turn the heat down I'm going broke
and it's cold as hell in here anyway
and I don't know where the water goes
It must be running all day
I haven't called in a couple weeks
and I'm sure that makes me wrong somehow
about we don't get into that
and I promise that I won't break down
It's the loud sound of triangle
It's not meant to be in the front now
Like the lead sound of loud cowbell
It's not meant to be in the front now |
| 15. Damn TV
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Shots were fired on the TV last night
I tried to turn it down but it kept
coming around again
And the cops were lined up on the sidewalk
waiting for something to break but nothing happened
The crime scene photos and paper work
did themselves
It was a long day
I washed the hours away
with the TV
I know you were sleeping
I know it disturbs you
That damn TV you say
every morning |
