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Shocks and Struts

Lyrics

Shut Up 
Shut up you got such a mad mouth 
Shut up what you got inside 
wake up walk it to the shower 
your warm soapy water don't lie 
take me to the farm. take me now 

what do you need beyond this vibration? 
I got three you can have em for free 
all that yin yang sittin in your shelf 
wanna taste wealth try pawnin off yourself 
take me to the farm. take   take me to the pawnshop 
take me to the farm. take   take me to the pawnshop 
     take me to the pawnshop 
     take me to the pawnshop, pawnshop allright 

forget what you got in mind 
nobody hears what you yell inside 
a dollar and a dime just ain't gonna buy 
anything but a sigh and just a taste of love 
such a taste of love 
such a taste of love 
such a taste of love 
take me to the farm. take it sell this guy my ganga    hangin in the pawnshop 
take me to the farm. take it sell this guy my ganga    hangin in the pawnshop 
take me to the farm. take it sell this guy my ganga    standin in the pornshop 
take me to the farm. take it take me to the pawnshop buy myself some ganga 

what's the matter can't find your manual 
you own the map but you left it at home 
pickup a phone, but you ain't got a phonebook 
and you cry like a weasel though you taste like an eagle - no! 
benefit for pawnshops  such a taste of love y'all 
better git your porkchop gonna harvest ganga 
benefit for pawnshops  sick myself a bag full 
when I buy some ganga then I take it to the pawnshop 

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Complain 
your head is a hat 
to pull words out of 
a hat for your body 
a hand for your glove 

your body is a hat 
for your shoes 
a hatstand for your head 
dont handstand its too soon, 
you’re probably dead. 

my cat is a connection of hair 
i said im not your chair 
im not your chair 

i walk by your hard earned love 
and your toes your bones your hat 
your body is the glove I crave 
I’ll wear your hat into my grave. 

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Treats
who are you? 
who am I? 
I found all this space 
i made the light on your face 
I'm always in place 

You are so my pet, you are so my pet 
You are so my pet, you are so my pet 
I offer you treats, I offer you treats 
I offer you treats, I offer you treats 
You eat them up 

who are you? 
I love you inside and out 
I'm what this album's about 
when I see strangers I shout 
I shout away all doubt 

You also my friend 
Offer treats to me 
I am in your debt 
You are so my pet 
I offer you treats, I offer you treats 
I offer you treats, I offer you treats 
You eat them up 

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Lets Go, Lonely Planet   
watch the clock it never stops 
waiting for the shoe to drop 
give an hour get a buck 
lottery with any luck 
count the time in blocks of nine 
anything to pass the time 
    go like you wanna go 

wake up different from before 
shake the covers to the floor 
dress yourself in tripping clothes 
crank the music off you go 
ride a car or drive a bus 
further become one of us 
like air we float on air 
shaped like eyes and guide book lies 
     go like you wanna go 

based upon self information 
let's go fall on that blue ball  
   go like you wanna go 

come let's see let's believe 
what a treat to taste these people 
like air we float on air 
run like blood alive alive   go like you wanna go 
come by night and leave by light 
let's go fall on that blue ball   go like you wanna go 
inside belief something seek 
what a treat this strange emotion 

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E. 14th Street 
Woke up this morning 
Had love all ‘cross my face 
I gotta gettup I gotta gettout of bed 
I gotta gettout of this Place 
I'm gonna try or may  i die 
To find a place where i'm at peace, 
oh oh oh 

Walked in St Marks Bookstore 
May I have a Susie Bright? 
Make me feel like a horni poni 
That's when I found my sight 
Blinding-off my face! into the light, 
Shining-off my teeth into the night! 

Make my 
love to the city, my oh my! Make my 
love to this city, hi oh hi oh hi, Eating 
sushi on my rooftop naked
Empire Tower you're still on my mind on my mind 

Then It was evening, oh oh oh 
It was evening, oh oh oh 
(ba-ba-ba, ba ba ba, ba-ba-ba) 
Blinding off my face into the light, 
Shining off my teeth into the night 
 
Oh, who are we? 
To ask for more than this, Just let me be 
 make my love to the city make my love to the city

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Deadly Bugs 
Reading signs while others reading doodles 
is a prophet's faithful job, 
speaking with the voice of the eye 
which sees beyond the fog. 

Taking heed of warnings 
as a people only can, 
I'm taken to the border 
of this unwelcoming hometown. 

The reminder that I told you so 
is plain upon your face. 
You recognize that your small selves 
will be cleared without a trace. 

Fodder for a million million million 
gnawing, chewing mouths, 
ashes become ashes again 
when buried six feet south. 

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Tighter for the Year 
Sometimes, while a ghost strikes fear, 
"fear comes in". 
Sometimes, back where the ghost might be, 
I follow. 
I float up to the tree tops. 
I must follow a line of lights. 
This call of the wild heart 
I can't, I can't - 
 
That's why I want to go back now, 
a long time, 
Sometimes, tighter for the year, 
Day comes, want to be sometimes 
fine, rise, walking among the 
leaves, fear, baby hold me 
I can't, I can't 

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Lush  
What it was I don't know but I could not seem to see past it 
Blinding me senseless, My eyes filled with tears of excitement 
From the vast of the space to the blade of grass 
Here it is at long long last 

Through Space and Time I've scrolled through the pages, 
In the book of this love 
I've  read the words, and dreamt 
in rhythms of love 

It's overflowing, now what I have for you 
Undoing all things of the past 
To reach out and touch it 
To know it,To grasp onto it 
I feel it will last 
Through space and time 

I wanna feel it, feel it, feel it, 
Through eternity 
Fluid through this universe, like the atman in me 
from the bright lush moon to green venus 
here it is at lush long last 

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Can’t stop looking at the mirror 
Can't stop looking at the mirror 
Can't stop looking at the mirror 

No guts no rock empty wallet empty bed 
Payin by the minute with a fifty dollar limit 
Can't stop paying by the minute 
Can't stop paying by the minute 

I hope the waitress is a whore 
I'd give her 20 bucks for a 30 dollar rip-off 
In my heart I'm really a slave 
looking for my master each day 

Can't stop living out the rumour 
Can't stop lying to my liver 
Can't stop floating in the river 
Can't stop ... 

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Sound Asleep 
i’m just someone in the room 
i am music on the moon 
you are melting in the lake 
a C flat that i cannot fake 

you are daybreak on the lam 
i am just playing in the band 
i am a monkey monkey man 
i am green eggs and ham 

hey, how do i sing? 
where's this tape measure rolling? 
don’t hold your breath, always think out loud 

the medicine is found 
playing in the sound 
in this studio i call my soul 
i can see this quiet goal quiet 
the medicine is found  sound asleep 
playing in the found 

i can see the sound, see the level, i can move the waves 
 

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