1. |
The Announcement
01:20
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I saw the announcement
I saw the announcement
I saw the announcement
I swear I didn’t cry
I just thought about how
Even the most raging river
Will one day be bone dry
Like the vine will one day wither
And like the tallest oak will one day fall it’s true
Tonight we say goodbye to our favorite show
Farewell ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’
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2. |
Tacos Pizza Corndogs
02:47
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Drunken people
Don’t talk, smile
Stick a bottle
In your pieholes
Southern city
Pretty empty
Save for just one
Carnival street
Neon signage
Ancient singers
Grace these wet walls
With their visage
Just people looking for tacos pizza corndogs
The locals know I’m not from here
But we all speak the same language
4 dollars means one beer
Short men fighting
As it kicked off
So did Kid Rock
On the jukebox
Country music
No not that kind
Even singing hobos
Have QR codes
Rooftop barband
Nashville skyline
Lonely lady
With a Habsburg jawline
Just people looking for tacos pizza corndogs
The locals know I’m not from here
But we all speak the same language
4 dollars means one beer
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3. |
Secretly Horny
03:15
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I met you at the barbecue
You were a friend of a friends sisters work acquaintance
And when our eyes locked my heart just stopped and I knew
I wanted you
I wanted to go home with you
You were standing by the chips
I was standing by the dip
Have you ever heard of something more inevitable
But you were seeing Theodore
I was seeing Jessie
It woulda been so wrong
It woulda been messy to make a move
So I drank 5 beers and I disappeared
And what could’ve been
Will have to stay a daydream
That was a year ago
Or actually was it two
Anyways we’ve since become good friends
No tension
No blues
But the other day at the bar
you asked if I remembered meeting you
At the barbecue
And if I’d noticed you staring at me
Because on that day
Just for that day
You thought I was kinda cute
Oh wow I woulda never ever knew
I woulda never knew
That you were secretly horny too
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4. |
I was an Accident
02:31
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I was an accident
Not in how I was conceived
In how I turned out to be
My folks raised me well
They did everything right
Despite their best efforts
I turned out an Antichrist
I was an accident
Not in how I was conceived
In how I turned out to be
They took me to church
I went to CCD
Still every word from my mouth
Was snd still is blasphemy
I was an accident
Not in how I was conceived
In how I turned out to be
I’ve got sloth and pride
Covet my neighbors wife
I’m past the wrath
But way way back
It was really bad
I was an accident
Not in how I was conceived
In how I turned out to be
I was an accident
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5. |
Swamp Monster
02:54
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after all these years
Breathing through a straw
I open up my eyes
And they’re all gone
Now that the coast is clear
The sharpshooters have gone away
I rise up from these depths and face
the day
Its been getting so hard to be
A swamp monster like me
Shake off these vines and see
If there’s still a man underneath
And if he
Can make it through a casual conversation
Without a mention of his intention
To blow up the power grid, the federal reserve, the democratic national convention
All they see is green
But I’ve learned all the names
Of all the vines and trees
That yet remains
Its been getting so hard to be
A swamp monster like me
That’s just what I believe
I’ll be
Consumed by the swamp
For just as long
As they’re consumed by their greed
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6. |
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If I keep on repeating
And try my very best to believe them
And I mean really really try
Then I could start to believe my own lies
I wasn’t in Allston on Christmas night
In the year of our lord: 1999
I was at home with my family of 5
And I’ve never been in a bar fight
Even if I was I wouldn’t have brandished a knife
Before being held down by several large guys
And I certainly wouldn’t start to cry
Before being thrown into the alleyway outside
What’s more I wouldn’t have followed the main guy
Back to his car and pulled out my .45
And forced the poor fool to beg for his life
Before pulling the trigger and watching him expire
I’ve never been to the River Charles
Save for skating on it as a young child
And personally I just couldn’t say
The identity of the John Doe
Found floating the next day
If I keep on repeating
And try my very best to believe them
And I mean really really try
Then I could start to believe my own lies
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7. |
Training With Weights
01:44
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A man must be a pugilist
To make it through this life
To beat the fearsome devil down
A man has got to fight
I hit the gym, I pump my iron
Every single Sunday
I carry with me all my sins
I’m training with weights
Ooooo I’m training with weights
I used to be a man of sin
I beat my wife and dog
I sold my child for some beans
And a lowly hog
I was deceived by wrath and greed
I fought the wailing wind
But now with Jesus in my corner
I know this fight I’ll win
I hit the gym, I pump my iron
Every single Sunday
I carry with me all my sins
I’m training with weights
Ooooo I’m training with weights
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8. |
Ant Folk Song
01:46
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Burning the colony alive
With a magnifying glass
Held up high in the sky
It’s death from above
But they’ll be alright
Cause they’re 10x stronger than
I’ll ever be
Despite their minuscule size
They’ll reign supreme
and burn me alive
One day, someday
someday soon
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9. |
Smashed Guitar
02:38
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My best friend
Don’t wanna sing with the band no more
Well can you blame her? no
We
Broke up on the stage
Yesterday
At the show
She called me names
I don’t recall
A single word
I was blackout
Or so I heard
Now all I haves
A splintered hand
A smashed guitar in the van
My best friend
Don’t wanna sing with the band no more
Well can you blame her?
We’re going nowhere
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10. |
Opposites
04:00
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The strongest thing I’ve seen you do
Was grow weaker everyday
The saddest sight I ever saw
Was the smile on your face
Time is said to heal
Yet it throws us all away
That you were fearful of your fate
Just makes you all the more brave
Love brings so much joy
It’s the greatest thing in life
But it’s love that causes pain
In the ones you leave behind
Opposites
They pull us together they tear us apart
I guess a magnet is
A perfect schematic
For a human heart
With age you grew more wise
But you quickly lost your mind
Words had meant such a great deal
But none as much as goodbye
You taught me all the rules
I always would defy
Now I look more like you
I’ve walked miles in your shoes
Life swirls as light and sound
An old black and white film
The screen is dark for now
But a new show will begin
Anything goes, so what is this
The viewer now must write the script
Contrived and specific
Is that really the infinite?
Opposites
They pull us together they tear us apart
I guess it’s tragic
You built me from scratch
Now I throw the ash
When it blows back in my face
You know I can’t help but cry
I can’t help but laugh
I can’t help but cry
I can’t help but laugh
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11. |
Pavers Hymn
04:00
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I’ve seen a rose
Growing in the cracks
In the pavement
Saw a man
With a hardhat
A visible asscrack
Morning sun
Beating down hard
On ten micks
In a clown car
It’s a tough job
But It’s a living
Plus these potholes need filling
John Deere excavator
Asphalt technician
He’s a smooth operator
Too many roads to pave to waste time bitching
I saw a yuppie crying
Drove by in his Prius
On his way back from the sex shop
A cock cage for his penis
Never worked a long day
Says he loves the environment
On his favorite Reddit forum
From the safety of his apartment
John Deere excavator
Asphalt technician
He’s a smooth operator
Too many roads to pave to waste time bitching
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