Limbo
How many pounds of the Kung Pao fried
chicken do you want for your birthday, motherfucker?
So many others say they know you they're lyin'
they don't know the way to your heart
they don't know the way
.
Hey, isn't that the flying king? no
it's an advert for the corner store, well
isn't that a diamond ring? no
it's the ending of a limbo bar
.
I guess that's when you were
I guess that's when you were around the room
I guess that's when you were
I guess that's when you were in limbo
.
What does everybody want for their birthday?
Y'all look sour but you oughta get sweet
Ain't no sense playin', whatchu want for your birthday?
Y'all stick around yeah sure it's free
.
I'll give y'all lemons, whatever y'all want
buh-buh bonk-bonk-bonk
I'll give y'all lemons, whatever y'all want
But what do the lemons want in return?
The lemon says,
“bonk-bonk-buh-buh-bonk-bonk-bonk
and bonk-bonk-she got the bonk
and a bonk-bonk everybody want da bonk
da bonk-bonk they got the bonk
bibby-bibby-bonk-bonk-buh-buh-bonk-bonk-buh-buh-bonk-bonk
she got the bonk
and a bonk-bonk everybody bought the bonk
da-bonk-bonk they got the bonk
I'll give y'all lemons, whatever y'all want
buh-buh bonk-bonk-bonk
I'll give y'all lemons but I gotta hunch
these lemons too sour for your punch
.
and I guess that's when you were
I guess that's when you were a window
I guess that's when you were
I guess that's when you were left wide open
Muse
I had nothin' to sing about
till she said “try singing 'bout women again”
and I says “yeah, but I been lookin' for a new theme”
she said “you only got one theme”
and I says “that's ridiculous
I sing a lil' bit about dreams”
she says “don't get indignant
what I mean is
maybe that'd bring ya money back”
Ha!
and I says “sure, I'd love to bring the money back”
'cause
it comes in, it goes out
it comes in, it goes out
it comes in and goes out
it comes in, it goes out
it comes in, it goes out
it comes in and goes out
.
So I'll imagine her a drama queen
shower-clean victim for any given scene
maybe she'll have me singing 'bout
women again
.
But my muse
comes in and goes out
she comes in and goes out
she comes in and goes out
she comes in, she's gone out
Super Low Key
I got real powerful today
I'm sprouting super powers
Got more of them than I can name
Maybe I should give some away
Sure everyone could love me
Flyin'-up-above ennui
but I don't wanna go out tonight and
I didn't count on being this
.
I've flown to the grocer's
I can cook with my eyes
I've been charming and invisible
at the same time
and I can barely play guitar
but right now it sounds fine
I've got brand new ears
I feel a lil' guilty but
see I've got this boundary, I'd
love to say the day but I wish you wouldn't
ask about me
.
And then a super woman came to me
complainin', she says
“they always wanna hold me 'round my waist
and it feels like I'm always on the meter”
and I says “I'm trying to keep mine low key”
she says “that sounds so good”
.
I got real powerful today
I'm sprouting super powers
Got more of them than I can name
Maybe I should give some away
Sure everyone could love me
Flyin'-up-above ennui
but I don't wanna go out tonight and
I didn't count on that
my dear
I didn't count on being
more than I could beg
to be I'm lyin' awake
and I don't know what I'd say
if I was given away
Ain't this place costume enough
I'm still in fucking Winnipeg
oh, have mercy
.
Wake up and shave
find someone to save
and go on home for coffee
study medicine
build a pyramid
and practice my philanthropy
make money for friends
and I'll shave again
and win the world's something
and then I guess I oughta
carry a bunch more people
I feel a lil' guilty but
see I've got this boundary, I'd
love to say the day but I wish you wouldn't
ask about me
Kinetic
I've been standing on your handlebars
worried I'mma fly over the roof of that car
Hey isn't that the miraculous flash?
He's here for an instant then you sweep up the ash
but I've got to level guys
I left all that flash at home
.
Silver magazines
with little Jimmy Dean's on dem
singin' hey everybody I'm about to die
in a car crash
oooh, oooh
Live fast, let's shoot all the guns
never step back
oooh, oooh
.
I've got to level
I've left my blood at home
could I be an empty tome?
Maybe, oh baby
Swing to my ego
awkward drum roll
words that I stole
made me sound crazy
but it's not true
'cause my head's right here
but my heart's off elsewhere
I oughta go back
cause my soul's still out there
a matter of fact
that I tried to explain
but as I walk toward the gates
they say let's keep it kinetic
keep it kinetic
let's keep it kinetic
.
Why can't we be anything?
I'll be steak you be chicken wings
We'll sing the pretty songs and wear the flowers
while they fight over the moon and steal it's powers
but I've gotta level man, we were wrong
my favourite Kennedy couldn't be saved
by a pretty song
.
My head's right here
but my heart's off elsewhere
man, we're moving so fast
goddamn I really don't care
.
I've been standing on your handlebars
Bloom
Beat it like a mannequin
lock it in the ceiling
with those grey fur coats
from your mother
let it damage you
so I can bandage you
I will
for you
I'll lock this in the ceiling
for you later
.
We knew a man who doesn't know
anyone anymore
these plots are planned
this house is full of people
he is said
to have adored
fingers lazy
cellphone crazy
there are things here to ignore
but everyone just won't stop sending these
death blooms
and the florist
profits from our gloom
death blooms
.
for all I'm getting out of all these condolences you're sending
you might as well be singing
la da da duh, la da da duh
la duh da duh
la duh duh
la duh da duh
la duh da duh
.
death blooms
and these petals all die too
so why don't you lock
this pity in the ceiling
for me later
Sunstream
The Pope dreams of
little red circles
they're unseen but they
paint the whole world
rosy, for him
.
This is a son's dream, it
comes in like a sunstream
.
Granddad dreams of
lead circles
he's got war dreams that
therapy has found no cure for
I don't even like to visit anymore, I
just eat scotch mints and stare at the door
but at least, he'll soon be close to his god
.
I'm always dreaming of
falling backwards, Dad
I just did
I can't scream see the last thing
that I hear is laughter
.
This is a son's dream, it
comes in like a sunstream
High Roller
I guess that's when you were
ten miles high on chopstick legs
then you bend a little bit
and now you're fallin' over
grab a cloud on your way down for me
you've got time to check the weather
then you finally hit the ground
.
When I'm layin' in my back yard
watchin' the dainty stars
the last thing I expect to see's
the man fallin' hard and singin'
oh, ain't this life extraordinary
till I hear the bump
.
and what a bump it is
it took you twenty feet down
you're a mess in the moonlight
with your chest on the ground
you pulled your squished eyes out
and you turn 'em around
pick up a shovel
says now look what we found
.
we're diggin' gold
ain't this life extraordinary
lil' bitty bum but a big ol' badae for it and
high roller ain't your life the shit
you got the world around your finger
till you lose it up your nose again
and you will
oh yes you will
.
hey dollar you're down
in the dark
yeah, ya diggin'
ya dig dog, digga dog
your pick axe a' swingin'
but how ya gonna dig your way to China's gold?
The ground's so cold y0u ain't ever gonna hold
he says the ground's so cold I ain't ever growin' old
.
we're diggin' gold
ain't this life extraordinary
lil' bitty bum but a big ol' badae for it and
high roller ain't your life the shit
you got the world around your finger
till you lose it up your nose again
and you will
oh yes you will
.
you were ten miles high on the chopstick legs
then you bend a little bit
and now you're fallin' over
grab a cloud on your way down for me
you've got time to check the weather
then you finally hit the ground
and dig it
well
how far you g0nna dig it?
How far you gonna dig it?
I'll bet you get bored around the middle
I'll bet you get bored become the metal
in the earth
get bored around the middle come the metal in the earth he says
bored around the middle come the metal in the earth
.
I'm diggin' gold
ain't this life extraordinary
lil' bitty bum but a big ol' badae for it
and high roller ain't your life the shit
you got the world around your finger
till you lose it up your nose again
and you will
oh yes you will
.
you're at the center of the earth
you're at the center of the earth again
you're at the center of the earth
you're at the center of the earth
you must be a real high rolla
.
and he says what? And I says well
you must be a you must be a you must be a you must be a
high rolla, high rolla, high rolla, high rolla,
high rolla, high rolla, high rolla, high rolla,
I guess that's when you were
Hipsters in Cars
Gone are the days
of being intimidated by
thin hipsters in the shades
they're gone away now
Gone are the babes
oh those pockadot dress
swiggle swaggle sways
gone are the legs, wow
because, because those
hipsters are in cars
in cars
hipsters in cars
and hipsters ain't too cool for a car
no
.
I believe they've been listening to the radio
and sayin' oh this station's so ironic
.
children like chocolate bars
old women own cookie jars
swingers have pubic scars
and hipsters ain't too cool for a car
go
.
I was sad when my neighbour moved away
but I see him driving nearly every day
.
hibby hibby
hooray
my hipster neighbour smiled and waved
hibby hibby
1911
Left, right, left, right, left
left, right
Su casa, I am walkin' across your lawn
I got my earplugs on
and I'm walkin' across your lawn
with my earplugs on and my
silly whipper-snippers goin'
see I've been cuttin' your weeds up
in the sun and it's real hot
and I got my own cup and everything
I just need you to fill it up
with a little bit of water
just a little bit of water
.
and I could sure use
a little bit more talkin'
see it's been so long
since I've kicked it with my friends
man we used to make up jokes so rotten
we'd be covered in our wine
like we'd been speaking with our hands
talkin' about a
quick spun blade slicing
distance and olives
the queen's run out
she's been draining vodka and tonics
ten tall
.
This new country's got me broke
ain't much to buy ain't much to smoke
ain't no rye to drink to your health
but is that tea up on your shelf
.
Su casa, I am a'walkin' the long, long route
oh, left, oh
without a doubt
my feet believe
it's been one hundred years
since I was gigglin' on the balconies
of Spain, oh France
.
a young
quick spun blade
slicing distance and olives
the queen's run out
she's been draining vodkas and tonics
we were staring down
at the cobbles with hard laughin'
at some poor fool who'd fallen with a gash
and that had looked like more
sweet wastin' grapes
one more sweet young thing
.
they were high times in the 1911
maybe all I needed was a little bit more
.
'cause I could sure
use
I could sure
use
and I could still
use
but I could sure
use
a drink
Female Figure with Head of Flowers
Why are you swinging that hoop?
Why are you swinging that hoop?
You're only part of the background
but there is something terrifying
in the foreground
.
There's a
female figure with a head of flowers
There's a female figure
.
So why are you swinging that hoop?
Why are you still swinging that hoop?
I know the shadows are pretty intense
but there are other events of more consequence
.
There's a
ghostly male nearby
and he's beggin' in the sand
next to the oblivious figure
in plain sight
.
There's no look of concern
no, none that I can discern
you're enjoying the sunset as your body turns
.
No mind to the
minute background figure waving
your head's in the clouds
and you're enjoying desert weather
Futurist
Your baby charity is runnin'
she slipped out the back door
old man you didn't see it comin'
I have heard that before
well my baby was a futurist
and this here story's much the same
'cause her old baby is a futurist
who's wonderin' why she flew away
.
just like
flyin' cars, flyin' cars
flyin' cars and cheap jet packs and all that
shit
.
your baby charity's runnin'
she slipped down to the shore
she looked out from your island
and then gargled her way home
well my baby was a futurist
and there's no harm and no shame in knowing that
her next baby is a futurist
who's wonderin' why she
hasn't came yet
just like
.
it's just like you were
almost there
but
.
more cunts with guns, uh
cunts with more guns, oh
more cunts more guns
now here come four more cunts with guns
.
while ten supermen start hugging the beams
and sex silhouettes go limp on the screens
this is thin cinnamon it's makin' everyone scream this is
nine dollar beers at the hole in the machine
.
and the tips are obscene
ooooooh, I'll cut the shit
.
you got me smokin' pitbull resin
from an old dog's pipe
you got me smokin' and cravin'
and I wanna get high in one of them
.
flyin' cars, flyin' cars
flyin' cars and cheap jet packs and all that
those far flyin' flyin' cars
flyin' cars
flyin' cars and jet packs
.
but the silly little truth of it all
is that they all went limp
Razor Blond(e)
Razor Blond(e) won't put me down
Razor Blond(e) wants no one else
I'm not around enough I know
Razor Blond(e) can't touch the ground
Razor Blond(e) needs someone to wrap her arms around
she'll tire of me I'm sure
.
You won't guess at what happened at the end of the night
You wouldn't guess at what happened at the end of my night
well when I
fell I
fell up
into the sky
.
I'm sorry I missed the party
I know
Razor Blond(e) and I were
takin' it slow
I wish I'd came
did they let you
finish the song
while Razor Blond(e) and I were gone
.
Razor Blond(e), Razor Blond(e), Razor Blond(e)
where have all our senses gone?
you brought us up but the balloon won't let us down
Major Blond(e), please respond
.
Razor Blond(e), Razor Blond(e), Razor help me
Razor Blond(e), Razor Blond(e), Razor help me
cut me down and out
.
I'm sorry I missed the party
I know
Razor Blond(e) and I were
takin' it slow
I wish I'd came
did they let you
finish the song
while Razor Blond(e) and I were gone