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Big Man on the TV
04:28
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straight up
jerk down
dirt broke rodeo the great wide open
hunkered down
pushing string
double grinner bloodknot and a quick fix dripper
this was going to be a lovesong
double down
good money after bad
we can see how well this worked out the first time
here we go
we’ve seen it all before
the big man on the tv telling us we’re idiots
this was going to be a love song
I’ve been thinking about getting myself right back beside you
I’m thinking maybe you’ve been thinking about that too
throw a smile like the great wide sky and laugh and offer me a purse beer hanging in the parking lot with Jimi Jeff and Ali and that crew
this was going to be a love song
this was going to be a love song
this was going to be a love song
it’s getting closer but we're not there we’re not there yet
cowgirl mouth
woebegone saddle club
the big man on the tv telling us we’re idiots the big man on the tv telling us we’re idiots
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Magical Floating Eye
03:41
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keep changing lanes to see if one’s better
between the ice and the potholes and the goddamned weather
you quit lighting fires you quit wearing leather you sting like a bee and float like a feather
say something smart say something funny
walk backwards speak in tongues
make waves write letters
to politicians and trend setters (and trend setters....)
some kind of loner out riding fences thinking you’re smart acting defensive
life can be weird
the truth is deceptive
keep your head on straight keep things in perspective now your house is on fire the whole damn world is
(we're off on a bender) (the world is on fire) (the truth is deceptive) (but we still gotta try) (you still can't believe) (the world is on fire)
Say something smart say something funny
walk backwards speak in tongues
a magical floating eye on a blue plate hanging on a wall in a motel in deer lodge montana
might make you free
say something smart do something stupid walk backwards speak in tongues
step lightly do what you have to
to get free
misunderstand me misunderstand me misunderstand me misunderstand me
a magical floating eye that blue plate is pretty
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3. |
A Loser and a Jerk
04:40
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The things that make you better make me worse Take me to the doctor take me to the church Take a 50 from my pocket slip it in your skirt Stand up turn around and walk on out of here
It’s all a bag of lies these things you say you’ve done You’ve gone off somewhere now you’re flying high
You left us in the lurch with all these loser and these jerks I guess we’ll crawl back out of her somehow
Take me down to the doctor take me far away
What the hell is that you’re smelling like since we left L.A. Take it outside dig a hole and cover it with dirt
Go on and leave now there’s no need to say goodbye
If you’ve got something left to say I wish you’d spit it out
Ain’t no baby jesus here to save you now
And you’ve got somewhere else to go I guess you’d better leave But don’t expect to find me waiting around
The things that make you better make me worse Take me to the doctor take me to the church Take a 50 from my pocket slip it in your skirt Stand up turn around and walk on out of here
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Easy Like Breathing
02:58
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She don’t need a reason
She’s got a penchant for leaving Quick and easy like breathing
She dresses out of season She don’t care if it’s freezing just that it’s visually pleasing
sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand
she’s temperamental as hell now she's tired of believing the lies he’s been weaving
Him with his hatchet face and a halloween halo
he was lost from the get go
sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand sex and death walk hand in hand
out into the great wide open trading stories about the weather little sister little brother
he never did know the difference between right and wrong all bobbing and weaving she flipped a switch hit the highway and she’s gone
out into the great wide open trading stories about the weather little sister little brother
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Laser Beam
02:41
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I fell down and hit my head and everything changed all the stupid things in there have been rearranged It’s kind of insane
now nothings the same
my love is a laser beam
my love is worse than it seems my love can be jealous and mean you know what I mean
you know what I mean....
my love is a kitchen sink
my love don’t care what you think
my love is a monkey’s dream
turn it on and you’ll see. you’ll see what I mean you’ll see what I mean
you’ll see what I mean...
my love is a laser beam my love is a laser beam my love is a laser beam you know what I mean you know what I mean....
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Halfway Did
02:24
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I’m stuck inside and I can’t stop moving
the thoughts in my head I didn’t choose ‘em what looks like winning feels like losing
I’m stuck inside and I can’t stop moving
hey hey hey
we don’t want your empty promises your hucksterism
we know that’s all it is
we just want something real
we can feel
that's just our deal
I want to swim out where I can't see the land I'll close my eyes and open my hands
let the tide lift me up or hold me down
I'm not going to fight but I won't drown
armegeddon
vouyeurism
zombies flat earthers antivaxers
science sceptics
holucaust deniers
right to lifers hardcore liberals you’re all a bunch of followers
I’m stuck inside and I can’t stop moving
the thoughts in my head I didn’t choose ‘em what looks like winning feels like losing
I’m stuck inside and I can’t stop moving
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Needles
02:49
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Little Flashing Lights
04:15
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Was it something I remembered Was it something I forgot
I hardly know the difference
Which one is which and which is not
I like the colors
I like the little flashing lights They come and see me
In the middle of the night
I’d like to say that now I’m different wish I could tell you that I’ve changed But I still swim in shallow waters
Until it all goes down the drain
I wish I hadn’t been so thoughtless
so thoughtless and so goddamned mean and man I wish that I could see her
and not just in my wildest dreams
I like the colors
I like the little flashing lights come and see me
come and see me in the night
I like the colors
look I’m spinning like a top I like the hygiene
I might not stop
now I’m feeling kind of funny
it seems my clothes all fit too tight and all these awkward conversations I know that something just ain’t right
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I’m drifting in and out of tune again
I’ll be back I don’t know when
the earth is spinning around down there somewhere
I can almost see it but there’s so much smoke in the air
here comes the snow again
back like a long lost friend
and I think I broke my nose
and I’m losing feeling in my fingers and my toes
looking down upon the small
and heaving chest the cold footfall I wonder if I’d do it all again
as if I’d have the chance again
as if I'd have the chance again
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10. |
Petulant Child
06:10
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11. |
Big Man on the TV
04:28
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KING ROPES Bozeman, montana
When Dave Hollier spins records at a party, he plays stuff that’s all over the map. The Meters, The Knife, Boston, Bowie, Buck Owens. It could go very wrong. But it doesn’t. Finding the thread that leads from The Cars to The Beastie Boys to Van Halen to Prayers, he tells a long, beautiful, cross-cultural, multi-generational story. Hollier’s band King Ropes is doing much the same thing. ... more
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