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Talk Shit
04:15
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All my friends, they’ve got jobs
Some that they, really like
You gotta suffer for your passion
Here’s some money, go wash some dishes
All my friends, they’ve got the blues
So do I, so do I
So they’ve settled on drinking
I’m so stoned all the time
And every excuse we makes a good one
Every excuse we makes a good one
You’re gonna live
You’re gonna die but that we know
You’re gonna get kicked, when you’re down on the ground
I’m gonna find a way around, gonna find one for you
Gonna find a way around, I’m gonna do it all
Do it all for you
All my friends they talk shit
Never thought they would
Yeah well I talk shit
I’m disappointed that I could
And every excuse I makes a good one
Every excuse I makes a good one
And I don’t mind if you don’t call all the time
Just once in a while, let me know you’re alright
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Go ahead and pull my heart right out my chest
I’ve put it on this butcher paper I’ll do the rest
I’ve weighed it out for you
4.95 will that do?
Would you like it wrapped up to go?
It’s a long drive I know you know
So take what else you want maybe my liver
Serve it up with a nice wine for dinner
Devour me it’s fine
You take up all my precious time
I don’t mind
If I could take your tangled veins
And lie them straight
You know I would
I wouldn’t hesitate
If I could chop off both my arms
So they could hold you tight
Late at night
I’m sure you’d find it disarming
Quite charming
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Never Enough
05:48
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We talked for hours one time
Never had any problems again
We left the body in the sun
The vultures are our friends
Abstract your pain enough
Watch all the academics laugh
Don’t try, kill em every time
Don’t even give them a chance
Earnest is never, never enough
Settle for talking tough
You can talk about what you love
If you do it quiet enough
We talked for hours one time
About stuff we know nothing about
Experts in our own way
Our research shows a canyon of doubt
Feel bad for feeling bad
Then feel worse for noticing that
10 out of 10 doctors agree
I’m acting crazy
I heard the world just ended
So I brought a case of beer
There’s nicer places to be
But why not here?
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Shit Heads
03:43
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Shit heads in muscle cars
Cut you off on the 41
Big deals with squealing wheels
Now you know how pedro feels
Theres big big trucks
And they get in your way
Wouldn't it be nice
To get those mean ideas put away
C G
What you say
Don’t get bothered about though
Anyway
Shit talk and half baked thoughts
About folks you don’t know
Buddy I got stuff to do
And I think I gotta go
Yeah you can’t stand those guys
Yeah I know
I told you not to talk to them
I told you to let it go
Yeah its hard to do
I got ingrown thoughts tooThank you
Please stop feeding them
And needing them like you do
Do you really dislike yourself
Or are you just in a rut
Running the trenches
your brain has dug
The walls aren’t so high
You could climb if you try
Drink some water
Maybe go outside
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The Old College Try San Luis Obispo, California
Hello. We are the musical equivalent of ugly crying. Just kidding. Just kidding about kidding. I hope you like what you hear and that you can climb the tallest mountains. "Monster" out now. You can listen to it too. Please. Someone affirm us.
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