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Monday Morning Patience
01:09
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well dad was losing patience
in the Monday morning traffic
while the kids were getting restless
in the backseat while the drivers start to panic.
you drop your kids off at the school yard
kicking pebbles with their sneakers
getting stoned behind the bleachers
fucking peers and teasing teachers.
and I'm just waiting for the weekend.
Well you finally get to work
and you start to settle in
and you realize all the coffee's gone
and well oh well oh well here we go again.
and your boss is such a dick
and your kids are spoiled brats
and your wife is just busy
to appreciate what you both have,
and i'm just waiting for the weekend.
yeah i'm just waiting for vacation
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2. |
Yorba Linda
01:49
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twenty-square miles,
sixty-seven thousand people,
annual household income average
one hundred twenty thousand dollars,
you're the richest group of shit heads
that this country has to offer.
and we've got over forty churches,
kneel, sit, pray, believe and worship,
as the rich get richer, they deport all of the sinners,
well I wonder what they think they'll eat
when they can't harvest their own dinners.
we'll i'm gonna eat.
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3. |
The Mormon Proposition
02:10
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the latter day saints called baby sister a dyke,
she's never been with a girl she just knows right from right.
and I don't take orders from the prophets
because I'm a human being with conscience.
They send all of their kiddies to go from door to door
they gotta save our souls because heaven needs some more,
but you can keep all that hatred to yourselves,
baby sister saves the queers that you condemn to hell.
but if we die in Deseret,
well then I hope it's not in vain.
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4. |
Public Education
01:31
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the next time Yorba Linda births a president
oh I hope to god that it's a democrat,
and the next time California births a president
I hope to god that it's an anarchist,
and I hope that she's black
and I hope that she's gay
and I hope that she fucks prop 8 in the face,
and I hope that she opens the borders
and I hope that she practices gun control,
and I believe in public education
I just wish that I had a fucking solution
for San Diego, and Santa Barbara,
Santa Cruz and Yerba Buena,
Berkeley, Arcata, and Los Angeles,
Sacramento, everything between
"because somewhere on the golden coast
is all I've ever known.
California will burn a whole in your heart.
if you were only dumb enough to leave."
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5. |
Gracious Living
01:12
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we were raised
in gracious living,
me. and my friends and richard milhous nixon.
suburban punx
they take to the streets
because they need to rebel
and they need to be free,
but when there's nothing to do
there's really nothing to do,
and so they just get high
and they sit in their rooms,
and all my friends they all quit skating
because growing up it means getting lazy,
so when there's nothing to do
there's really nothing to do,
so they still get high
and they still sit in their rooms,
nothings constant
but nothing changes
and all my friends are still the same kids
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6. |
Mansion
00:56
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we got drunk in a mansion
in some tract house they were building
it used to be a pretty orchard
we would play in when we were children,
but they're recruiting all the elephants
to move into the brand new houses,
and though it doesn't take much to scare an elephant
except a mouse with a little bit of courage
and so I'm asking you to challenge everything
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7. |
Letter In The Mail
01:18
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I got your letter in the mail
and it fucked me up.
I got your letter in the mail,
and now when we talk on the phone
the conversations never last real long
and when you say goodbye
you don't say I love you,
and the last time that I came to visit
we didn't sneak
we didn't sneak any kisses.
I got your letter in the mail
and it fucked me up.
I got your letter in the mail.
It's kind of funny how you fall out of love,
how it happens real slowly over months and months,
and every time I think it's passed
you come back in flashes for just a few seconds.
I got your letter in the mail
and it fucked me up.
I got your letter in the mail.
I got your letter in the mail
and it fucked me up
because you came back in flashes
for just a few seconds.
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8. |
The Timing Was Off
01:59
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the time was off,
it was just bad timing,
and all of the phone calls
that i've been ignoring
i'm just not ready
to listen to you say that you're sorry.
the timing was off
it was just bad timing
and all of the phone calls
that i've been ignoring
i don't feel like going out tonight.
i'm gonna cuddle up on the couch
and watch my girl by myself
and cry my eyes out.
the timing was off
it was just bad timing
and all of the phone calls
that i've been ignoring
i'm already forgetting
the way that your hair smells
but yesterday at the mall
I swear i smelt that smell on somebody else.
i left immediately,
i drove all the way home,
i crawled into bed. fell asleep
and i woke up feeling all alone.
the timing was off,
it was just bad timing
and all of the phone calls that i've been ignoring
i'm just not ready to hear you say that you're sorry
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9. |
Five Year Plan
01:37
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i deleted all my social networks
maybe i'm socially inept or
i'm just sick of this teenage crush
getting fucked into falling love.
i have a five year plan
it's going nowhere fast.
twenty-three feels more like nineteen
like some graduated high school virgin.
i'm choking on my tongue
from spewing out these words
they never make me feel any better.
i have a five year plan
it's going nowhere fast,
but long distance,
long distance
shouldn't no shouldn't exist
for the digital, digital kids.
i have a five year plan
it's going nowhere fast
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10. |
Running Out Of Chase
01:07
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well my love was on the run.
i am running out of chase.
i need a change of of pace.
i'm just trying to keep my head on straight,
and i've been thinking all about Boston,
but the winters there are freezing,
and i don't know
how much longer
i can keep on dreaming,
but i hope you didn't think that i was serious.
it's been a couple years and i'm still curious,
but i hope you didn't think that i was serious.
well my love was on the run.
I am running out of steam.
i should probably just fall asleep.
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11. |
Riley Vs. Jason
01:20
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it's just a media blitz from some teenage kids.
you started out with some fight, but you gave up quick.
you said joining's not for me.
I think i'd rather sleep.
It's just a media blitz from some teenage kids,
you started out with some fight but you lost interest.
you said high school crushed my soul,
well i just think you're stoned
because you live in your cellular telephone camera.
you're picture perfect
please don't forget it.
it's just Riley versus Jason
in the battle of gracious living.
it's always Riley versus Jason
in the battle of gracious living
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12. |
Cupcake Mountain
01:33
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i haven't cried real much since high school,
but i cried three times this week.
it's never rained so much in May before.
it's never been so hard to sleep,
but when the sun comes out it shines,
and i crumble at the knees.
well i could cuddle on your couch forever
if i didn't have to leave,
but up on cupcake mountain
is where i want to be.
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13. |
Cat Fights Every Can
02:16
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dusty rhodes and the river band cover from their album anthology volume 1
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14. |
The Orange Curtain
02:41
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oh one hundred miles from the Mexican border
you'll find salvation where the weather is warmer.
you'll behind your gracious living,
that mega church where you repent for your sinning,
as the orange curtain pulls away
and you're left standing center stage
alone in the dark the spotlight shines,
it burns your eyes it blinds, it blinds,
but what do you know, yeah who could it be,
the audience is just you and me,
and the faith that you hold tightly to
is nothing more than an excuse t
o demonstrate your ignorance
of all the things you've clearly missed.
the books that quite frankly skipped
well haven't been an accident,
but they reaffirm the things you know
and mostly all the things you don't,
so let's sum up your worldview now,
please help me try to figure out
the question Mr. Anderson
does god support your politics?
does supporting Arizona's cause
help you sleep at night or not?
well i hope it does because i'm ashamed
to live where you live either way
we're not the same just so you know
i hope you choke on all your votes.
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