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GOOD COMPANY MAN
00:45
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are you gonna be a good company man?
are you gonna breathe the company brand?
are you gonna bleed the company plan?
are you gonna be a good company man?
are you gonna be a good company man?
are you gonna please the company clan?
are you gonna feed from company cans?
or are you gonna bite the company hand?
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souls on the payroll
are marketing subservience
golden casseroles
for overfed and decadent
whole rigamarole
the relatives of excrement
goal – total control
and one remaining regiment
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' to knock you down
and make you frown
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' to beat you up
and take your crown
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' they're in your screens
and on your grounds
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' you're out of luck
and gonna drown
moles digging their holes
are carving out the cognizance
crows over the roads
a black approaching firmament
stole your every hope
from suffering for sustenance
role marked to the soul
self-evident
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' to slice you up
and mow you down
the tumbledown is comin' to town
the tumbledown is comin' to chew you up
and s*** you out
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DON'T DRINK IT
02:20
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you feel the burning in your mouth and throat
it’s nothin’ you can wash with bars of soap
the fever’s heatin’ from deep within
starts with a tickle
the wonder whizzes down your rusty pipes
the brown and yellow shades are uber-nice
the cream of capital reeks of win
here comes the trickle
don’t drink it
skin starts to bubble from head to your rear
presumptuous danger, conscientious fear
relabel signage “H 2 oh no”
death via faucet
metallic leavings build up to your ears
industrial waste with luminescent smears
filled to the gullet with poison flow
what coulda caused it?
don’t drink it
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GETTIN' SQUEEZED
02:12
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I really like gettin' squeezed by my lady
I don't like gettin' squeezed by the man
I don't mind gettin' squeezed when I'm lazy
as long as I don't get squeezed into jam
gonna get squeezed
I really like gettin' squeezed in the mornin'
when I wake up after a hard day's night
I wouldn't wanna get squeezed without warnin'
lord knows a certain squeezin'
gives me quite a fright
gonna get squeezed
gettin' squeezed by our property
squeezed by routine
squeezed by our owners and
squeezed by our dreams
squeezed by the television
squeezed by extremes
squeezed from the inside and
squeezed into cream
yeah we’ll get squeezed
gettin' squeezed by the president
squeezed by the pope
squeezed by the corporations
squeezed without hope
squeezed by our manufactured
wishes and needs
squeezed in our hearts and minds
squeezed while we sleep
gonna get squeezed
squeezed in the moonlight
squeezed outta sight
squeezed in the sunshine
squeezed proselyte
squeezed by the device
squeezed overpriced
squeezed multipartite
squeezed watertight
all the ladies gonna
all the gentlemen
all the teenyboppers
senior citizens
all you squeezers gonna
all we all gonna
get squeezed
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ON A LIST
01:13
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been called subversive
crimson in cursive
can’t say for certain
if it was worth it
gaze out the curtains
neighbors are hurting
pieces of puzzles
size up the muzzles
enjoined and bundled
here comes the trouble
houses will crumble
soon you’ll be rubble
faith is a virtue
don’t let it hurt you
pain is an agent
bite down and take it
life is a passage
we’re merely actors
born at the wrong time
branded for thoughtcrime
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LIVIN' IN A BUBBLE
01:38
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I'm livin' in a bubble
I'm lyin' in the cool cool summer breeze
conceivin' my reality
I'm livin' in a bubble
I'm gazin’ in a mirror
I'm musin’ over my reflective screen
and only trustin’ what I see
I'm livin' in a bubble
I’m screamin’ at the wall
I'm starin’ at the man across from me
and givin' not no one no mind
cuz I'm livin' in a bubble
I'm livin' in a bubble
I'm freezin’ from the cold cold dusty sheen
and mullin’ on the march of time
I'm livin' in a bubble
I'm livin' in a bubble
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AIN'T GOT NO
02:30
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ain’t got no time to call my folks
ain’t got no time to maw and gloat
ain’t got no time to paw and groan
ain’t got no time to choke the goat
ain’t got no time to piss and moan
ain’t got no time to gnaw the bone
ain’t got no time to rock the boat
ain’t got no time to roll the dope
ain’t got no time to spew the rote
ain’t got no time to grease the gnome
ain’t got no time to find the trope
ain’t got no time to sugarcoat
ain’t got no time to hit the final note
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why’s everybody always squintin' at me
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
where’s everyone on the edges of sleep
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
calm as a sailor in the ocean breeze
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
safe from the danger of the crippling needs
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
feign ignorance rather than cause a scene
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
time is a screed of perpetual need
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
base reigns supreme in the era of screens
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
face the routine, it’s your future you’ll see
in the mornin’, in the evenin’
yeah
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AFTER MIDNIGHT
00:57
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when it's comin' slow
from the underglow
after midnight
after midnight
gonna hold on tight
til I lose my sight
after midnight
after midnight
feel the summer breeze
reap the harvest dream
after midnight
after midnight
in the autumn glove
knowing none's above
after midnight
after midnight
round the ticking clock
it's another block
after midnight
after midnight
got nothin' to say
and that's OK
after midnight
after midnight
after midnight
after midnight
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while everyone is still asleep
while everyone is still and cold and weak and lost in a dream
while everyone is still asleep
while everyone is still and prone in darkness, paralyzed, meek
while everyone is still asleep
while everyone has reached the cornerstone of peak fear and grief
while everyone is still asleep
while everyone is waking comatose and shorn and taken out at the knees
while everyone is still asleep
while nobody is bristled, teeming, cawing, making a scene
while everyone is still asleep
while lonely few are staring, waiting, patient, surely diseased
while everyone is still asleep
while many more are driven sauced and stoned straight over the pier
while everyone is still asleep
while everyone is scattered, fragmented, at peace, held at the throat by the seer
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WITH OR WITHOUT IT
01:45
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so much hate and bloodshed
glucosamine and lead
straight up the bloodline
incrementally hastened decline
up to the heavens
cranked up to eleven
trapped in a net
approximately elephantine
with or without it
with or without it
consolation for the winner
with or without it
leftover chicken dinner
with or without it
sign up to circuit
so little is worth it
lost for a purpose
folly flows a river of red
searching for semblance
seeking for vengeance
caught in a quagmire
all for greater points on the spread
eagle is soaring
populace is snoring
hollowed and pecked out
empty from the guts to the head
devoid outpouring
univocally boring
blunted and checked out
count among the already dead
with or without it
with or without it
sold to the highest bidder
with or without it
straight from an itchy trigger
with or without it
all of your possessions
can't take them to heaven
they’re part of the surface
close your eyes, envision profound
runnin' in circles
fall into hurdles
shivering nervous
calmly without making a sound
city's a prison
archangel has risen
torture for profit
fattening the sacred
cowabunga poli-
tick-tock for the tulips
plight of the hungry
all will come a-tumblin' down
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gold hearse
ready for the curse
beaming light will burn your sight
fall into the fire
cool array
of elemental fate
how we kindle quite a flame
fall into the fire
don’t
fall into the fire
don’t
fall into the fire
glimmering lamé
sure would suit you best
why not try one as a vest?
fall into the fire
stoked and primed
ready for the pine
spark one up, you're dust and grime
fall into the fire
don’t
fall into the fire
don’t
fall into the fire
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MAKE THAT CALL
01:25
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suffering?
endless placating?
novocaine, aspartame
pummeling
elementary industry
suffocate
then evacuate
captivate magistrate
navigate
incorporate the counterweight
make that call
demonstrate
then evacuate
explicate, fabricate
granulate
then suggest a rate
plead the case
tabulate
the immaculate
consecrate heads of state
activate
incredulously operate
make that call
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CAUGHT IN A LOOP
00:22
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caught in a loop
caught in a loop
caught in a loop
caught in a loop
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faith and hope in righteousness
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
well I got faith and hope in righteousness
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
said I got faith and hope in righteousness
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
cuz I got faith and hope in righteousness
you’re gonna live
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you’re gonna die
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
you’re gonna live, you’re gonna die
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AS I GO ALONG
01:36
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I get up
I put on
the kicks
I go out
I get in
a fix
I make plans
I get serious
I make it up as I go along
I march on
I take pains
to give
I believe
it's a sin
to fear
open eyes
I go out
of my mind
I make it up as I go along
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they’ll come from the land of the broken glass to feed the goat
the rust and the bones and the dust of souls left out, no hope
a whisper it’s time for the crimson tide to breach the hold
call up the one who’ll enjoin everyone in lust untold
sex and sex and sex and violence
welcome the beast who is here to feast
on human toll
you’ll make a mighty
casserole
sex and sex and sex and violence
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yes I wanna be a good company man
I'll follow all the doctrines of the company clan
I'll document my dialogue with company stamps
and push all the scams
yes I'm gonna be a good company stooge
I'll complement the sacred text with company spooge
I'll populate the circumstance with company brood
enlightened and crude
yes I wanna follow in the singular vision
I'll swallow down all the good company superstitions
I'll battle anyone who has ulterior missions
and kidnap their women
yes I'm gonna live above the company store
I'll foster blatant disregard for the poor
I'll donate all my hard-earned wages to war
and hunger for more
are you gonna be
are you gonna be
are you gonna
are you gonna be
are you gonna be
are you gonna
are you gonna be
are you gonna be
are you gonna
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