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rolling down the stream in the autumn breeze
my bes' girl pours me a glass of red wine
seems things are getting better all the time
never could i go back back to where i once was.
i think I'll give away some money just because
i think I'll give away some money just because
i go to sleep, i'm in love, i wake up still in love
i make a sandwich in love, i pay my taxes in love
everything has this magical glow
because she loves me this I know.
why is the queen of england burying my feet in the sand?
what was the series of serendipitous events that resulted in the earth goddess holding my hand, listening to my band?
rolling down the road like Mr. Toad
thought i had sorrow but it was a mistake
tied up my problems; threw them in the lake
i sniff a flower in love i take a shower in love
i feed the fishes in love i do the dishes in love
everything has a magic shine
because I know that she is mine
seems things are getting better all the time
Why is a lingere model curled up in my bed?
Why is a beautiful hollywood actress sending
Me texts late at night about..? boy, is my face red.
Am i broken?
whats wrong with my heart?
why bother to put it together? it'll just fall apart
I thought I'd never write a song so droll
seemed everyone was a horny goat
and i was a vindictive little troll
i go to sleep, i'm in love- i wake up still in love
i make a sandwich in love, i pay my taxes in love
everything has this magical shine
seems things are getting better all the time
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you don't need money to have fun, you don't need money to have fun
you're re set for life if you can learn this lesson when your young
you don't need money to have fun
there is overcrowding at the fancy private beaches
and the swimming pools have chemicals and bleaches
but the gravel pit is free and you get to swim with leeches
you don't need money to have fun
renting skis and a lift ticket will cost you 70 bucks
but you can slide down the mountain on a cardboard box
and think of all the fun you'll have, trying to avoid the rocks
you don't need money, to have fun.
every book you could ever wish for to read
repair manuals and comics and great movies
are all available free at your public library
you don't need money to have fun
if a famous band is coming but your feeling glum
the prices are outrageous and its over 21
just make music with friends you can invite everyone
you don't need money to have fun
or if a comedian is coming to a local place
but you cant afford it you've fallen from grace
volunteering with children should put a smile on your face
you don't need money to have fun
hollywood films all have predictable ends
but you can make crazy new movies with your friends
and trying to improve your skills the challenge never ends
you don't need money to have fun
you cant afford a drum machine to make fat beats
circuit bend a garage sale toy and create weird bloops and bleeps
if you make your own instruments your sound will be unique
you don't need money to have fun
alcohol and drugs can suck your funds away
addiction to cigarettes ensures you'll pay and pay and pay
exploring caves and abandoned buildings gets you higher anyway
you don't need money to have fun
some struggle without realizing they could do without the frills
by living frugally you can reduce the number of your bills
so you can fill your life with the things you find fulfilling
don't envy those who breeze through without spending a shilling
you too could be making nothing but still be making a killing
you don't need money to have fun
corporations think of you as a consumer to buy crap
threre's another economy that cant be represented by their graphs
its quantified in kisses, hugs and smiles and laughs.
you don't need money to have fun
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Bosso Rosa
03:22
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Basssoooo… Rosssaaaa
He's crooked as a rusty nail
he's as skinny as a lightning bolt he's a bad, bad man.
he's got his fingers in every pie
he pays a lot of money to a lot of mean guys
the cops are on his side and the gangsters too
pray he doesn't come after you!
he's a bad bad man...
Basssoooo… Rosssaaaa
People come from miles around
to bet on the roosters: to bet on the hounds
he sells girls who take it in the back
and bootleg liquor that he makes in the bath
People drink it until they drop
and he skims a little offa de top!
hes a bad bad man...
senior Rosa's club is no more
flames lick the ceiling, engulf the floor
Frederico got his revenge
a militia of 30 men
killed bosso
rosa!
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Depths of Doobie
03:32
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pa and I arrived from the old country
we built a house and set up shop
ma and kate came in 71
we bought animals and planted crops.
but the crops didn't grow too well
and the animals were sickly too
but travelers pass on the osage trail
so kate thought up something for all of us to do
Sister kate welcomes them in
Pa beats them over the head.
Ma sells their things in Cherry Vale
its my job to bury the dead
can you shimmy like my sister kate?
she's a mystic and a schemer, a wheeler and a dealer
she's always been the clever one
spread flyers around saying she was a healer
they say a man must work hard
to earn his daily bread and keep
but the ground is so cold and hard in kansas
that I don't bury them very deep
9 bodies were buried in the orchard
body parts scattered around
Johnny Boyle was down in the well
(and there were several others that they never found)
Kate: "I use my guiles, to welcome them in"
Pa: "I beat them over the head."
Ma: "I sell their things in the next town over"
its my job to bury the dead
can you shimmy like my sister kate?
she's a mystic and a healer, seances on the side
no one shimmies like my sister kate
shell cut your throat, or bury you alive!
they call us Bloody benders
a gradeschool children's taunt
Bloody Benders Bloody benders
Labette county we haunt
they call us the bloody benders
we found another way to get by
we cut throats… of traveling folks
and send them to their home in the sky!
they call us the Bloody benders
a gradeschool children's taunt
Bloody Benders, Bloody benders
Labette county we haunt
they call us the Bloody benders
we found another way to get by,
Bloody Benders Bloody benders
People who stay at our inn tend to die...
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Snow Falling
02:42
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Transformed Bliss
03:05
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i cheated
on a game
where i made up the rules
in my mind
and i caught myself
i transformed the bliss
of a reciprocated kiss
into a tedious remedial hell
Friends tell me that i deserve better
but what does "deserve" mean? if
there is no scoring system
there is no rule book,
and there sure as hell isn't a ref
you don't look
very happy with him
theres no smile under that hood
it may not excite you to run to another
i doubt anything could.
i asked do you know a tin man and a scarecrow cuz i feel like a cowardly lion
and you asked if i knew a forge and a whetstone cuz you had an ax to grind.
they say that writing bad poetry
can ease the pain of loss
but anyone who tells me that It'll get better sounds like a doctor pangloss
i cheated
on a game
where i made up the rules
in my mind
and i caught myself
I was the outlier lying out back
and she was a median bell.
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Open Door Policy
03:03
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he scuffs his shoe
spills some goo from a breakfast pastry
his collars torn, his jackets warn, he's wan and pasty
coins in the fountain, its a palace of greed
A F# Bmin E
he leaves his money
its the honors system
open door policy
empty train station causation fallacy
Amin Amin/ G
people starve to death but they're way over there.
they aren't our friends so we don't even care.
species go extinct, every single week
but they aren't our pets so we don't intervene
unforseen occurrence
act of god clause
marriage insurance
rabid octopus, defenestration
casual observation how pedestrian a
domestic disturbance.
phasers and photon topedoes
guacamole and tostitoes
lets not mince words
raisin oatmeal antelope herds
pandamonium
panda bear plays a mean harmonium
they fleece ordinary people every day
but they aren't our problem so we look the other day
someone said the meek will inherit the earth
but when we're done they won't be left with their shirts
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Damn You Romance #1
03:17
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Damn you Damn you damn you romance number 1
we spent lazy days cavorting in the sun
you were so easy going you let me boss you around
how was I to know my lifestyle was dragging you into the ground?
When you left you said I was a selfish bore and was no fun
damn you damn you damn you romance number 1
damn you damn you damn you romance number 2
I was a fool to think any other would act the way you do
when i was with you, my heart just grew and grew
i gave all i had and that was a lot
but then you left abruptly and the world went to pot
everything after your hair smells like poo
you took the sunshine with you
when you left you said "You'll never love another, the only one you love is you"
damn you damn you damn you romance number 1
Damn you Damn you Damn you romance number 3
When i met you i was broke and your parents hated me
our chemistry was incredible, I followed where you led
you'd tie me up for days and never let me leave your bed
your walk was like poetry
your ass was like ice cream
I spent all my time with you when I had other places I was supposed to be
and when you left you said "you'll never find another half as fun as me."
damn you damn you damn you romance number 3
(harmonica solo)
damn you damn you damn you romance number 4
maybe in a cafe or on a foreign shore
You are some future woman who has yet to light my flame
i haven't met you yet, but no doubt I'll have cause to complain
you'll leave me like the others did, sobbing on the floor
I'll never learn my lesson, i'll never even the score
If I had all the tea in china I would want a little more
damn you damn you damn you
damn you damn you damn you
damn you damn you damn you romance number 4
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Other People's Dreams
05:46
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a husky pug daushund terrier slick met
a pomeranian poodle german shepherd bitch
brought her a stick, gave her a friendly lick.
"my families rich i see you're not yet fixed.
I can tell you're the friendly type
your hair is a mess and you smell rather ripe
I always fall for boys who are wrong for me
and you look like the wrongest that I've ever seen."
let me take you to a place I know
its a hole in the wall that i like to go
the dumpster behind the arbys in wasilla
I'll introduce you to the thriller, He's a killer!
It's well we cannot hear the screams
we make in other people's dreams
a random thought, if said aloud
may soon attract- a hostile crowd.
i met her last year at a renaissance fair
she had an A on her dress but I didn't care
she had high cheekbones and auburn hair
with a dash of middle east european flair
We drank mead till i was red in the face
she said I got stronger stuff back at my place
sure girl you can take me home
I'd love to jump your bones like they did in old Rome
let's reenact the game of thrones
and I don't mean the beheading scene
i'll be the dwarf, you can be the evil queen.
Its well we cannot hear the screams
we make in other people's dreams
a random thought
if said aloud
may soon attract- a hostile crowd.
I've a fascination with a depraved boy
like an oral fixation with a rave toy
i like the way they smell, the way they talk
The way my mom's jaw opens in shock.
I like em with tattoos all over their back
like a treasure map, like the cumberland gap
I'd shack up with you in the wood shack out back
what's that double take you took,
just because i adore you doesn't mean you're off the hook.
I hold you in high regard
as I abuse you, you loser, you lazy tub of lard.
Bring me some money, bring me some wine
and not the cheap stuff like last time!"
as you sleep your way up the corporate ladder
your lovers get bigger- and they get fatter
it's a reverse russian doll
you've come a long way girl- from the fifth avenue mall.
its possible to pick up crumbs,
by pressing on them with your thumbs
wigs and role play in strange dress
to lessen the tedium of marital congress
Its well we cannot hear the screams
we make in other people's dreams
a random thought
if said aloud
may soon attract- a hostile crowd.
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11. |
Iceberg Social Club
06:08
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when your exhausted and discouraged
and your journeys at its end
and the ocean waves and the creatures that live within them have
swallowed up your last friend
if your melancholy and blue, and you
spent your last penny at the last port of call
remember
theres a table reserved for you a
at the formal iceberg ball
they eat iceberg lettuce and they drink a frothy brew
and they wont dig in just yet because
they are waiting for you
glaciers weep as they send their little ones to the dance
check to see that ties are straight
and theres no wrinkles in their pants
sailers who aren't welcome in heaven or below
can always find a partner at the ice berg social flow
ice bergs love to shank ships
but you'll find they also love to drink and shake their hips.
theres never a cover charge and the hostess is nice
say hi to my friends there they will be floating by in blocks of ice
at the iceberg social club you might find eternal love
i may join you someday
but it will not be today
at the iceberg formal soiree
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