Modest Mouse

[fox69]

"Autumn Beds"

"Autumn Beds"



We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds

We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds

October came
Our case got stuck with the DA again
They pulled up the welcome mat
So many times they hurt their back
As sure as clocks are bleeding time
We'll show up early just to wait in line

We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping

As August came
Our case is drawing to an end
They said guilty so many times
All I heard was just the buzzing lights
As sure as lead sinks were the same
We're just more laundry that they need to hang

We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds

 

[fox69]

"Baby Blue Sedan"

"Baby Blue Sedan"



A nice heart and a white suit and a baby blue sedan
And I am doing the best that I can
All the eunuchs, they were standing in rows
singing, "Please stud us out just as fast as you possibly can."
Sad song, last dance and no one knows who the band was
And Henry, you danced like a wooden Indian
Except this one mattered and I felt it had a spirit
And I shot the story because I didn't hear it that way
And it's hard to be a human being
And it's harder as anything else
And I'm lonesome when you're around
And I'm never lonesome when I'm by myself
And I miss you when you're around

 

[fox69]

"Bankrupt On Selling"

"Bankrupt On Selling"



well all the apostles-they're sitting in swings
saying "i'd sell off my savior for a set of new rings
and some sandles with the style of straps that cling best to the era"
so all of the businessers in their unlimited
hell where they buy and they sell and they sell all their
trash to each other but they're sick of it all
and they're bankrupt on selling
and all of the angels
they'd sell off yer soul for a set of new wings and anything gold
they remember
the people they loved their old friends
and i've seen through'em all seen through'em all and seen through most everything
all the people you knew were the actors
all the people you knew were the actors
well, i'll go to college and i'll learn some big words
and i'll talk real loud
goddamn right i'll be heard
you'll remember all the guys that said all those big words he must've
learned in college
and it took a long time
i came clean with myself
i come clean out of love with my lover
i still love her
loved her more when she used to be sober and i was kinder

 

[fox69]

"Be Brave"

"Be Brave"



From day, to day, to day, to day to today

From day, to day, to day, to day to today

We carry, we carry, we carry our own weight

From day, to day, to day, to day to today

As sharks in sheep's clothing
Pumping with our hips
Filling every single corner with our soft little gifts of ourselves

Getting carried so
So carried away
I am not afraid to be dead
But it's scary for me to stay

From day, to day, to day, to day to today

But be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave

Be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave

At the Parthenon
Ants were climbing 'round
Every head of bronze
At the Parthenon

Another monster hiding inside of a cave
We go from day to day misbehaving
In the most appropriate ways
The unicorns missing last call to get on Noah's ship

We don't quit, we won't quit, we can't quit
We just don't quit

Well the Earth doesn't care
And we hardly even mattered
We're just a bit more piss to push out of it's full bladder
And as our bodies break down
Into all their rocky little bits
Piled up under mountains of dirt and silt and still
The world it don't give a shit

But be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave

Be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave

Be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave

Ants were climbing 'round
All them heads of bronze
At the Parthenon
The ants are climbing on

 

[fox69]

"Beach Side Property"

"Beach Side Property"



"Wow!" said the broken Californian down
On the beach that used to be by the beach
Town hasn't moved but's getting closer, losing ground
Making better views and close relaxing sounds
Ground sure don't like the way it's treated so now
It's moving back to the sea
Plan to hitch a ride with the river
Cuz deep down plumbing life is too cramped for me
I got wood legs and bow legs and no legs at all
Goddamn! Would you accept a collect call?
Oh no, I don't understand
I got sore eyes and poor eyes and no eyes at all
Goddamn! Would you like to take a fall?
No I don't like this plan
It was a staple of brass tacks and waxed backs
A memo left on the forehead of God
Sent sealed and signed by the saints who sang this song:
"We're going union like they say
We'll buy the congregation
Then one day, you'll find us sitting
in your chairs with big ideas of stocks and shares."

 

[fox69]

"Beta Carotene"

"Beta Carotene"



You didn't dye your hair and oh my hair went black
Now what you knew you knew you knew you know what the fuck
Take all the way you get down I'll get them down
Couldn't thought, getting all the Kryptonyte all down
Sorry, the Volkswagen is a god damn god damn pain
And he gets him anyway, what the fuck do you seeing
So what hey, I gonna do, t'night I'm tryin' to lyin' one time
They had peared mine too when I threw you mine
Hey, I guess I leave right here, you help me out
What's all I'm trying to say I know you don't
Ev'ryones' care, ev'ryone, ev'ryone, how the what the fuck you say
But I know what's going on who bought the other damn pair of jeans
One time, one time, one time, he gone he got another one
You don't care, I don't have you bathe down right in no fucking cup, onetime
I can't, I can't,...messed up, you took down me, start talking shit
I can't, I can't understand, you know what I mean
You got yerself a cool weekend, what time of week
Only one day, and one day, eh you know, you know see it fit
Well I don't care, I'm getting off here, gettin' off with him
I get myself, I know I got myself a good pal
Well don't you know, what you knew, you knew god damn well
And well you knew what, you don't want to play, but you'd guess that you'd could play
Same as when you knew, you knew nothing, now what do you have to say
And your on the way down, and I'll go down, your gonna fuckin' trip
Well sam, my head will bend like hell like nothing
Well doctor's say, you gonna hold on by the fucking nuts yeah
One time, two times I go do the craft, we're gonna probably bring it
And we'll end up hearing down town, and town, and drown, I'm tryin' to talk
And our friends are care free
And you brutal us, brutal us, bring it down to your spleen
I don't care if you don't care, your shoes up in that shit
Son of God, Jesus Christ, he won't even do nothing
I'm the one most counted on, you take at the tail of the line, you scream close out now
Always burnin'and I said to myself
Aaron right here, he got the gun to kill himself, he gone I'm gonna drink now
You take a look at him by yerself, thank you Edwin
Edwin's the master of this shit, there's a master of fuckin' the TV master, all this shit
Edwin, well I got myself one thing, two things, three things in my mouth
Hey Sally, hey Buddy, hey burnt out
And you tie yerself to the counted on you still can't clear the line though
I kicked myself when I walked home I don't know why I...shit
Where the hell you go with there, hell its all the same
You pee on yourself, well your going down, you stop to drink
Well I want, got two things, and don't pull my nine
Well if you are in the air and detect and I saw you left behind right?
One time your gonna get, so we can know it less
It's all in contact, two pal ya waitin', then I'll get ready
And one spot up, one spot up, through your candled ground
Well I got myself what I call luck all night

 

[fox69]

"Birds Vs. Worms"

"Birds Vs. Worms"



self pity me so pitiful
you can see that birds and worms don't get along
self righteous me so wrong
you can see that we don't have to get along
self pity me so pitiful
you can see that birds and worms do not agree
and we will crawl

 

[fox69]

"Black Blood & Old Newagers"

"Black Blood & Old Newagers"



Black blood and old new agers
When will it become the waivers?
Shickleficks throughout the ages
I've written a lot of pages

 

[fox69]

"Black Cadillacs"

"Black Cadillacs"



And it's true we named our children
After towns that we've never been to.
And it's true that the clouds just hung around
Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral.

And we were done, done, done
With all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around.
You were so true to yourself.
You were true to no one else.
Well I should put you in the ground.

I've got the time, I got the hours,
I got the days, I got the weeks.
I could say to myself
I've got the words but I can't speak.
Well I was done, done, done
With all the circ, circ, circlin' round.

I didn't die and I ain't complainin'.
I ain't blamin' you.
I didn't know that the words you said to me
Meant more to me than they ever could you.
I didn't lie and I ain't sayin'
I told the whole truth.
I didn't know that this game we were playin'
Even had a set of rules.

We named our children after towns
That we've never been to.
And it's true that the clouds just hunger around
Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral.
And we were laughing at the stars
While our feet clung tight to the ground.
So pleased with ourselves
For using so many verbs and nouns.

But we were all still just dumb, dumb, dumber
Than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground.
Well wings on flames, kings with no names,
Well this place just ain't got right air right now.
You were so all over town but still so Crayola brown.
Well you should run 'round yourself right now.
And we were done, done, done
With all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around.
Circlin' round.

 

[fox69]

"Blame It On The Tetons"

"Blame It On The Tetons"



Blame it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now.
No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to.
You oughta give her credit cuz she knows I would've let it happen.

Blame it on the weekends. God I need a cola now.
Oh we mumble loudly, wear our shame so proudly.
Wore our blank expressions, trying to look interesting.
Blame it all on me cuz God I need a cold one now.

All them eager actors gladly taking credit
for the lines created by the people tucked away from sight
is just a window from the room we're bound to.
If you find a way out, oh would you just let me know how?
Would you just let me know how?

Blame it on the web but the spider's your problem now.
Language is the liquid that we're all dissolved in.
Great for solving problems, after it creates a problem.
Blame it on the Tetons. God, I need a scapegoat now.

Everyone's a building burning
with no one to put the fire out.
Standing at the window looking out,
waiting for time to burn us down.
Everyone's an ocean drowning
with no one really to show how.
They might get a little better air
if they turned themselves into a cloud.