1. |
Nope Nope Nope
01:40
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Born to be a Yes Man
What’s the best thing you can say?
Nope nope nope
Nope nope nope
And we saw it online
So it must be true okay
Nope nope nope
Nope nope nope
Please everybody
If we haven’t done
What we could’ve done
We tried
We tried!
Bred to be a nice guy
Maybe on some other day
Nope nope nope
Nope nope nope
Please everybody
If we haven’t done
What we could’ve done
We tried
And we tried
How we tried
Yes we tried
And we tried
Born to be a Yes Man
What’s the best thing you can say?
Nope nope nope
Nope nope nope
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2. |
Little Victories
03:12
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You're as happy as a dazed refugee
When the authorities announce
Please feel free to have responsible fun
In moderate amounts
But you feel lucky to get home in one piece
And you're hiding in your house
Please feel free to have responsible fun
In moderate amounts
Little victories are all we can hope for
Little victories are all we got
Little Victories mean a whole lot
To this little man
But you have hands, the Devil's Workshop
You have legs to dance and bounce
Please feel free to have responsible fun
In moderate amounts
Little victories they mean good times
Little victories are what we want
And even a small win is still a win
To this little man
Little victories are all we can hope for
Little victories are all we got
Little Victories mean a whole lot
To this little man
So you steal a feel in the dark
And you wonder if that counts
Please feel free to have responsible fun
In moderate amounts
Please feel free to have responsible fun
In moderate amounts
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When I think about the wonderous days to come
And a better world for everyone
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
When I think of all the progress that we made
And there's no need to be afraid
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
On the wrong side of history again
On the wrong side along with all my friends
And no one wants to crawl
Through someone else's Golden Age
And no one wants to die
On the next to the last page
When I'm sure that goodness shall prevail
And the fascist thugs will surely fail
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
When I think the greedy turds will pay the price
And everything is going to be nice
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
On the wrong side of history again
On the wrong side along with all my friends
And no one wants to crawl
Through someone else's Golden Age
And no one wants to die
On the next to the last page
Buggy whips and DAT
And Betamax and me
New Coke and Van Halen III
And tulip bulbs and me
When I think about the hearts of average folks
That they might rise up and end this joke
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
When I do it for the sake of Future Days
And consciousness might be raised
I get hosed I get hosed
Hosed by the future
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So we need another song
For our 914th album
And it can't sound dumb
And it can't be harmless pablum
Harmless pablum
Oh Yeah
So we need a song ASAP
It can't be a piece of crap
And we need ideas right now
Holy cow!
And our competitors are
Amniotic cloned popstars
They coded their coordinates
In the algorithmic braincar
The algorithmic braincar
Oh No
And we need a song to fill
Your heart with empathetic thrills
And we also need a sandwich
It's a bitch!
And here is a message from the day after tomorrow
"Please turn back
Please turn back
Oh for God's sake please turn back"
And it isn't wise to approach the future
You'll end up with bruises and a suture
And we need another song
And I'm climbing up the walls
Maybe we wrote enough songs
All in all
All in all
Ohhh
And it needs to be a smash
Not another chunk of trash
And it needs to be a hit
Holy shit!
And here is a message from the day after tomorrow
"Please turn back
Please turn back
Oh for God's sake please turn back"
And don't ever think you'll ever troll tomorrow
It'll leave you with sadness pain and sorrow
And here is a message from the day after tomorrow
"Please turn back
Please turn back
Oh for God's sake please turn back"
And danger is the nature of the future
You can leave before it tries to boot ya
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5. |
Celebrity Death Car
02:40
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Celebrity Death Car is coming to town
It's only two dollars why don't you come down?
Celebrity Death Car is falling apart
And it sorta looks like some bad modern art
Celebrity Death Car is something to see
It might've been nice before it wrapped 'round a tree
Celebrity Death Car at your local mall
Let this be a lesson to one and to all
I wanna ride
I wanna sit inside
In the place where he turned to her and said
"Baby, why don't you just cut the crap?"
Celebrity Death Car it's morbid I guess
Some wont want to see it unless under duress
Celebrity Death Car there's somebody who
Went to some trouble to bring it to you
I wanna ride
I wanna sit inside
In the place where he turned to her and said
"Baby, why don't you just cut the crap?"
Celebrity Death Car is coming to town
It's only two dollars why don't you come down?
Celebrity Death Car at your local mall
Let this be a lesson to one and to all
Celebrity Death Car
Yeah
Celebrity Death Car
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6. |
Drivethru
01:45
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(commence drivethru story in 5-4-3-9-12-11-)
The guy in the car ahead of you
It’s his anniversary
He has a big long complicated order
But the microphone is of cheap and poor quality
When he realizes nothing is happening
He gets very angry
He forgot his anniversary
And things are bad at home, you see
The fumes of resentment
Set ablaze by a spark of anger
The familiar beloved face of the iconic hamburger clown
Brutally shattered all over the concrete
Looks like you’ll never get your goddamned double cheeseburger now!
You deserve a break today
Ahhhh
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7. |
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Helpless as a latchkey kid
Too small to reach the lock
I'm loose in this world and the world is starting to talk
So now I'm stumbling around
And falling on my head
Stumbling around and falling on my head
I always think I'll be okay
But this time I was wrong
I can't do anything right since you've been gone
And now I'm stumbling around
And falling on my head
Stumbling around and falling on my head
Mumbling in the gutter
I think I'm singing to the stars
I'm mumbling and I'm stumbling
I'm crumbling alone in a car
Discomfort is a hell of a drug
Just try it once and see
How could someone love an awkward man like me?
And I’ll be stumbling around
And falling on my head
Stumbling around and falling on my head
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An ambulance just went by
It wasn’t coming for me
An ambulance just went by
It wasn’t coming for me
This one wasn’t for me
But is the next one free?
An ambulance just went by
I wonder who is inside
Could it be a friend of mine
Going for a ride?
This one wasn’t for me
But is the next one free?
Is the next one for me?
Is the next one free?
Go Go Ambulance
An ambulance just went by
But it wasn’t my day
Someday I will ride in style
And someone else will then say
An ambulance just went by
It wasn’t coming for me
An ambulance just went by
It wasn’t coming for me
This one wasn’t for me
But is the next one free?
Go Go Ambulance
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9. |
Good Morning Demons
03:35
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Good morning demons
I trust you slept okay
You're wondering why
I called you here today
We're having a very rough quarter
And we can't afford to keep you around
Sorry, demons,
It's time to clean out your desk
We'll give you all good references
Because you're the best
And we'll also offer
A nice severance package plan
We thank you for your efforts
To avoid the wreckage man
Good morning, demons
Maybe, demons,
We'll work together again someday
If you wanna use your sick days
That's okay
Sadly we're having a very rough quarter
Sorry we had to pull the plug
Good morning, Demons
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10. |
Holes For Industry
01:34
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Where there’s a hole
There’s money to be made
Industry needs some holes
And a ticker tape parade
Where there’s a hole
Some people will get paid
Throw money down a hole
The economy is saved
The economy is played
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11. |
Evil Planet Blob
03:12
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If you walk on the moon in the mountains
And you gaze up into the sky
You might see my scary bloodshot eye
Of course I’m evil
Coz that’s my job
I am the evil
Evil Planet Blob
People keep talking about me
They just can’t believe I’m for real
It adds to my unique appeal
Of course I’m evil
Coz that’s my job
I am the evil
Evil Planet Blob
So I’m placing the Universe under Martial Law
i’m the biggest tyrant that you ever saw
I’ll be like Darth Vader in a movie
I’ll send it up in flames if it behooves me
If you think that this world is garbage
If you think it belongs in a bag
Then the cosmos is just a drag
Of course I’m evil
Coz that’s my job
I am the evil
Evil Planet Blob
Evil
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At the edge of the galaxy
That's when you turned and said to me
Let's not go back to Earth
I don't think anyone will miss us for what it's worth
On the verge of the Crab Nebulae
We could stay together you and I
Let's not go back to Earth
They won't even notice we're gone at first
It's a little hellhole backwater place
In a weird deserted corner of space
Where they have to fight each other just to thrive
Such a marvelous life
In the wake of Hot Jupiter
There among ourselves we whisper
Let's not go back to Earth
Nobody will care and no one will get hurt
Travelers through the universe
They know that life there couldn't be worse
And they have to eat each other to just survive
Such a marvelous life
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And the Earth it would not wait
And we woke up just a little bit too late
Now future generations
Will piss on our graves
Hooray for future generations
But there was money to be made
And politics to be played
And future generations
Will piss on our graves
Hey hey! Future generations
And when we're in the ground
We'll feel it raining down
And our ghosts will make that wailing sound that they do
And the West went up in flames
So many hurricanes they ran out of names
Now future generations
Will piss on our graves
Okay future generations
We paid some experts on TV
To shift the blame from you and me
But now future generations
Will piss on our graves
'Cos they'll pay those future generations
We didn't leave them much
Just a world too hot to touch
A hostile place to fight with such as this
But we can't hide any more
Our children's children's children they know the score
And future generations
Will piss on our graves
Hooray for future generations
Future generations
Will piss on our graves
Okay future generations
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Hey Resident
The turquoise phase is underway
Great supposedly
Say, Occupant
The turquoise phase is underway
Now baby
Yes we’d love to be your heroes
Though we’re mostly ones and zeroes
And all the work we did today
Ends up crushed on the highway
Hey Citizen
The turquoise phase is underway
Today maybe
Hail Plebeian
The turquoise phase is underway
Dig it baby
And we’d love to be your idols
There’s no need to be homicidal
And we fill those cracks and holes
In your mind. This is our goal
You better hide your car today
The turquoise phase is underway
Let’s get reasonable for an hour for two
Now that the fury has been unleashed
Our health insurance has increased
What the Hell can a tiny person do?
Say Occupant
The turquoise phase is underway
Now baby
Hey Resident
The turquoise phase is underway
Great supposedly
And we’d love to be a deity
We’ll pretend that we’re high and mighty
And the world we will create
Something supposedly great
Something supposedly great
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15. |
Pity Party
03:52
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Hey Hey it's a pity party
Everybody's feeling mighty sorry for me
Everybody's standing around they're stone-faced eating cake
I should try to calm them all down cos there's been some mistake
And if some blowdried reporter ace
Shoves his microphone right in my face
I'll say go on home you've got lives of your own
And I don't need this pity party
Hey Hey it's a pity party
Everybody's feeling mighty sorry for me
Several old aquaintances with tears filling their eyes
Ask me what I've done for them lately I'm somehow not surprised
That a small army of undertakers
Are checking out my size
They've dug a big hole but I'm not ready to go
And I don't need this pity party
Hey Hey it's a pity party
Everybody's feeling mighty sorry for me
And the only thing that I can say
I hope to be well enough to work in an office someday
Your sorrow gets me nowhere your pity is a waste
I'm full of dust and old guitars and should have been exploded in space
And no one here should be surprised
When I disappear before your eyes
So go on home and leave me alone
I don't need this pity party
I don't wanna leave you feeling sorry
Mighty sorry
Hey Hey it's a pity party
Everybody's feeling mighty sorry for me
Mighty sorry for me
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The age of hopeful monsters
Is coming to an end
We hope we won’t see monsters
The likes of them again
And we don’t need to give monsters
Any more encouragement
Please monsters
Don’t hurt ‘em
The age of hopeful monsters
Might come back again someday
The average joe can’t be trusted
To keep those monsters at bay
And some of them become monsters
Themselves and go astray
And no one wants to live through
Some monster’s golden age
Please monsters
Don’t hurt ‘em
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This is the place where diamonds go
To turn back into coal
This is the place to learn about
The science of holes
Everybody driving in their cars
They’re turning right into Colfax
And when their tail lights fade
They’re not coming back
Not need to wonder why
Their lives just aren’t as good as getting high
From Pifler’s to the Dollar Tree
It’s fun to steal from the king
And anywhere is the same as nowhere
And anything is the same as nothing
We just need a dark warm room
Where we can smoke and smoke
Where there’s a groovy parking lot
Where time is just another joke
All your Pie In The Sky
It really can’t compare with getting high
Great Googly My-Oh-My
Their lives are not as good as getting high
Their faces look just like the moon
Those sores won’t be healing soon
You’re waking up to a harsh alarm
Blaring a scary tune
Open up your eyes and see
Those pricks shut down the Dollar Tree
That old abandoned Burger King
I can’t let that happen to me
I
Can’t
Let
That
Happen
The world you can supply
Simply can’t compete with getting high
No need to mention why
Their lives are not as good as getting high
So sorry we disturbed you
You can go back to sleep now
Safe. Nighty night.
Safe and restful
You can go back you can go back to sleep now
Safe. Nighty night.
Never mind the alarm
You can go back to sleep now
Safe. Nighty night.
Safe and restful
Go back to sleep nighty night
Safe. Nighty night.
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Don't let people enjoy things
They're not very wise
Those people will break a neck or
Put out somebody's eye
If somebody enjoys things
Here's what you should do
Turn around that conversation
Make it all about you
You're a ghost on your own birthday
Raising a toast to decay
I'm not the world's most innocent guy
And I don't need to wonder why
You're a ghost in the halls of the Pentagon
Laughing like crazy til dawn
I'm not the world's most innocent boy
But I know what I enjoy
Don't let people enjoy things
They're just idiot fools
Their vocal enthusiasm
Is not very cool
Don't let people enjoy things
Things that touch their heart
Sometimes you wish you had one
But then again maybe not
You're a ghost in the timeshare
And nobody wants to be there
I'm not the world's most innocent dude
And I'm not in the mood
You're a ghost in a land without ghosts
A shadow study at most
I'm not the world's most innocent Joe
But I know you know
I know you know I know
Banana-nana-noo
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19. |
Box O Food
03:02
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Well I’m getting out of bed
And I got it in my head
To find me a box o food
People popping out of doorways
Enjoying a box o food
If you knew how
I seek out chow
You’d maybe have a stroke
If I don’t find me a box o food
I think that I might croak
Box o food
Box O Box O
Food
Here’s a styrofoam box
With a latch that locks
All the goodness deep inside
There’s a lid on the top
So the food won’t flop
If you take that box for a ride
Internal walls
To prevent coleslaw
From getting on the fries
If I don’t find me a box o food
I think I’m a-gonna die
Box o food
Box O Box O
Food
In days of olde
I was often told
When the big orange ball’s in the sky
Your tribe will hunt for a box o food
So they don’t get sick and die
But when the ball goes down
And the sky gets dark
Hide in your cave and brood
There’s spiders and deadly things in the night
And it’s too dark to hunt for a box o food
Well my hands are shaky
And my head is achy
Gotta find me a box o food
If you wanna start
The quickest way to my heart
Is through a box o food
I got so annoyed
I asked Sigmund Freud
And he turned around and whined
“Hey! Yo dude! That box o food
Is a figment of a very sick mind”
Box o food
Box O Box O
Food
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20. |
Ruthlessly Happy
03:20
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Cats are happy sleeping in a sunbeam
Birds are happy when they're flying free
And I could be ruthlessly happy
If the world was kind to me
Lawyers are so happy when they're suing
Bands are happy just to get to play
And I could be ruthlessly happy
If only things would go my way
And if I find that happy feeling
That's something I'll be concealing
I'll keep it down low
And never let it go
Horses are so happy when they're running
Poets happy when it's time to slam
And I could be ruthlessly happy
If anyone would give a damn
And if I stumble into some happiness
I'll protect it with my life I guess
I'll keep it safe you know
And never let it go
Hippies always happy at a hoedown
Dogs are happy when they find a tree
And I could be ruthlessly happy
If this world would just like me
And I could be ruthlessly happy
If this world would just like me
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A glorious destiny awaits you
That's what the people say
We sing this song in unison
To ourselves most of the day
Ahhhh
A glorious destiny awaits you
The message gets received
Onward glorious soldiers
You really must believe
It's a glorious glowing city on a hill
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People ask what's wrong and I say
I'm alright I'm okay
Even though I don't know
If I'll live through this day
Who do I think I'm fooling
I wish I knew
Who do I think I'm fooling
I think I'm not fooling you
People stop by they pass the time
I say that I'm doing fine
Even though I know
I'm losing the rest of my mind
Who do I think I'm fooling
Everyone I know
Who do I think I'm fooling
I'm fooling myself that it's so
I guess I'm just a fraud
Just a pleasant vapor mirage
An entertaining story
For my small entourage
Who do I think I'm fooling
Not you I see
Who do I think I'm fooling
Not he, not she, just me
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23. |
Apology Town
04:11
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Sometimes in my mind
An unwanted movie show
I try not to buy a ticket but I go
The Director's Cut is rough
Can't apologize enough
I'm the most wooden actor that you know
And I'm the sorriest man
Who ever lived in Apology Town
Down on Forgive Me Avenue
Please won't you come on down?
On my hands and knees
That's where I can be found
Pardon me that's me on the ground
This house made of fear
My basement's filled with tears
I regret I just can't stick around
And I'm the sorriest man
Who ever lived in Apology Town
Down on Forgive Me Avenue
Please won't you come on down?
A broke-down dude can get
A room in Apology Town
If you've got the money
They've got the hole in the ground
You can have a good time if you
Come see me in Apology Town
You can wear my hairshirt
You can wear my thorn of crowns
And I'm the sorriest man
Who ever lived in Apology Town
Down on Forgive Me Avenue
Please won't you come on down?
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24. |
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Everything is going to be nice
You’ll get your donuts for half price
Chariots of gold will descend from the skies
And everything is going to be nice
So sleep nighty-night
Perchance to dream
Everything’s as nice
As you want it to seem
Everything is going to be good
The story turns out the way it should
The happy ending is understood
And everything is going to be good
Everything is going to be nice
The evil fall prey to their own device
You’ll muddle through and that should suffice
And everything is going to be nice
So sleep nighty-night
Perchance to dream
Everything’s as nice
As you want it to seem
NICE!
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25. |
Anniversary
01:24
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The ghost in the car ahead of you
It’s his anniversary
Celebrating that special day
Of his sad and small catastrophe
The ghost in the car ahead of you
Just turned right into the drivethru
He so dearly wants to do
All the things that he used to
It’s his anniversary
Anniversary
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26. |
The Strugglebus
03:22
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You and I
In darkness alone we strive
And we struggle to survive
Just to stay alive
You and me
Waiting for the bus you see
Well at least we’ll have company
Never again be lonely
Hold on
Hold on
The Strugglebus is coming
And everybody’s gonna get on board
Hooray
Hooray
The Strugglebus is stopping
And the fare is almost more than we can afford
You and I
Hoped for a quick short ride
But we’re almost to the end of the line
Then we’re out of time
You and me
All the faces around we see
All look doomed especially
We fit right in eventually
Hold on
Hold on
The Strugglebus is coming
And everybody’s gonna get on board
Hooray
Hooray
The Strugglebus is stopping
And the fare is almost more than we can afford
Hooray
Hooray
The Strugglebus is coming
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