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Awesome Adventure
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Salvador Allende
02:50
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Today i saw Evo Morales
sleeping under the stairs
Don't it remind you of someone
you may have heard of somewhere?
Oh yeah,
his name was Salvadore Allende
he was friend of the poor
but mean old hairy Kissinger
came knocking on the door
Castro was down in Chile
when he gave Salvadore his AK
he said "Salvy I don't want to scare you
but you may have to use this someday."
I swear "You may have to use this someday."
Meanwhile back in Washington
Nixon was dubbing cassettes
he said "Henry we need that copper
tell Augusto he's next"
Enter Augusto Pinochet:
Chile's own Son of Sam
who starved a million children
with his social plans
and all his daughters wore gold and ivory
while the people starved
then they took their kitchen scraps
and threw them into the yard
oh yeah they threw it over the yard.
Salvadore died on a Tuesday
holding Castro's AK
just like Pablo Neruda
he was killed by Pinochet
Yes just like Pablo Neruda
he was killed by Pinochet
So when I see Evo Morales
flying on a Mexican plane
i think he'd be better off with a rocket ship
floating into space.
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Swimtime
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Chinese Redneck
02:03
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Sometimes I feel like a Chinese redneck,
when I go to the restaurant and they all speak Chinese.
They look at me like I'm just some redneck,
well I guess they know something about me.
Just like those cold bathroom cakes
melted on the floor,
I remember my uncle
throwing all the money on the floor
he said go get your wages boy they're on the floor.
Sometime I feel like a Chinese Survivor
when I'm the first one, or the last one voted out.
I wish this world could wear a diaper
and shove all its shit that it pours on we.
When you think they're talking about you,
it's true they're talking about you,
and when you think they're talking about you
it's true.
I guess I'm just a Chinese redneck.
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Avant-Garde Groceries
00:52
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My Snitch Mic
00:32
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school bell
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Pretty Boy Bluez
02:39
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I don't trust beautiful people
beautiful people were always mean to me
blowing through my life like a snowstorm in Texas
or shiny polished toy figurine
when you're ugly and unwanted
and the big man beats you up
you don't have many friends
but you got one you can trust
it could be a 3 legged puppy dog
or a great big floating shnozz
walking hand and hand
down the shining road of oz
thats why i dont trust beautiful people
beautiful people like the ones on tv
but i wouldn't trade all the chow mien in Oklahoma
for the jaw line of Richard Gere
I know you think im talking about people like you an me
but i think its all one twisted fantasy
its a pretty coat that you put on or the makeup on your brow
that's why all it takes is a couple tears to make it all to fall down
that's why i feel bad for beautiful people
beautiful people don't know who to believe
wrapped around a mannequin or a big old shiny necklace
trapped behind glass in chains that never leave
i know the worlds a stage
and life mighty bore
or maybe were all cardboard cut outs on the stock room floor
were all chasing rainbows and the people on tv
but one day well just chase people like you an me
that's why i don't believe in beautiful people
beautiful people are all make believe
take off them masks
were all just good and evil
bad cable static and few memories
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The Crispy Duck's Lament
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Life is so uncertain
pull that big ole curtain
looking for a love that isn't there
my heart has been hurting
the waves have been splurting
and somewhere along the way
were abracadabra, cadavers of love
dreaming of fish fry in the sky
sweet and sour sauce
makes me pay the cost
20 bux to live and if you die
your free
free as a bird
floating with fried up wings
held up with little strings
and if you ever wish upon a star
just get in the car.
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Pay no mind
to the radio lies
that want to end your life.
War.. from Juarez to albany
War?
War,
all just to pay for greed
But hey Don!
I don't want your pity
We work and love
We work enough already
work!
oh id work the national trust for you.
but dont go home
that i despise
woah
dont go home
tonight
i want to bleed your phony eyes
woah
dont fly home.
ohhh
when youre alone
dont go home
were alive
in a warzone.
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Duck Grease Chicken Feet
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Japanese Name
03:50
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Japanese name, oh Japanese name
who's got a Japanese name
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
what a mysterious name.
I wasn't born in a rice bowl
but sometimes I like to eat it
*chomp chomp*
every time I go to the counter and tell them my name
they always ask me to repeat it.
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
he's got a Japanese name
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
we love you.
They say you got a funny name kid
where is that that you're from
i tell him "dang ol down near west Virginia
now give me my egg foo yung"
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
just a Chinese kid with a Japanese
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
we want you.
you know when I was a kid it was such a pain
to be a kid with a Japanese name
now all the kids that made fun of me and my name
have Japanese names.
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
we all bought our Japanese names
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
we love you.
Now I'm not the original guy
with a Japanese name
but sometimes I can't shake this feeling
or get my head out this drain
now i don't care if you like Japanese stuff
this buffet sushi is pretty good
but every time i tell the waiters my name
I get misunderstood.
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
i don't have a Japanese
Japanese name, oh Japanese name
what a mysterious name.
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Mock-Kaen Blues
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Redacted Document
01:33
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box of waiting
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*naaa na naaa
naaa naaa naaa naaa naaa*
Time to take a Tylenol
after a long day
it's time to take a break from all
of all of the things you did today
it's time to take a Tylenol
when everything has gone away
it's time to take a Tylenol
it make's the headaches go away.
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Hangnail Moon
02:49
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Last night
when i was walking home from work
all the pre-teen city socialites
were having 10 o'clock dessert.
Old man looks at the moon
and drinks his methadone from a plastic tube
then the mannequins came alive
and went to the coffee shop for tea
then they all looked at me
they said who are you?
"just married."
Then i looked at the moon
and it looks like a nail.
Old man drops his spoon
here come the snails
Under that hangnail moon
Under that hangnail moon
Under that hangnail moon
You and I.
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Elton Wong Richmond, Virginia
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