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[fox69]

"Four Fingered Fisherman"

"Four Fingered Fisherman"



You're in the back seat and you say to yourself
"OK it doesn't matter anyway"
it's weeds pulling weeds and your Blaming yourself
Ok we're all indifferent in our own ways
You're in trouble now and you say to yourself
"Ok my baby clean conscience anyways"
You're in the back seat and you say to yourself
"OK it doesn't matter anyway"
It's weeds pulling weeds and you're blaming yourself
Ok we're all indifferent in are own ways
You're in trouble now and you say to yourself
"Ok my baby clean conscience anyways"
Four fingered fisher man alright
finger four fisher man so uptight
hello
you're getting on no one
you're both right
Four fingered Fisher man all night long
Four fingered Fisher man so uptight though
so uptight though

 

[fox69]

"From Point A To Point B"

"From Point A To Point B"



Point A To Point B oh I Know
lots of points with no points in between, for me
So lonely but never alone I know
I'm at my house but I wish that I were at home
Point A To Point B oh I know
what's the points with the ?bat passes danger for me
Dig Hard
don't try at all
Dig hard
Dig Hard
Will get down on all fours
and dig hard
only you know you know how
that broke
only you know how
only you know how
that broke
only time uh oh
I've been working on the railroad time uh oh

 

[fox69]

"God Is An Indian And You're An Asshole"

"God Is An Indian And You're An Asshole"



God is an Indian and you're an asshole
Get on your horse and ride

God is an Indian and you're an asshole
Get on your horse and ride
Get on your horse and ride

God is an Indian and you're an asshole
Get on your horse and ride

Get on your horse and ride
God is an Indian and you're some asshole

Get on your horse and ride
Get on your horse and ride
Get on your horse and ride
Get on your horse and ride

 

[fox69]

"Gravity Rides Everything"

"Gravity Rides Everything"



Oh gotta see, gotta know right now
What's that riding on your everything?
It isn't anything at all
Oh gotta see, gotta know right now
What's that writing on your shelf
In the bathrooms and the bad motels?
No one really cared for it at all
Not the gravity plan
Early, early in the morning
It pulls all on down my sore feet
I wanna go back to sleep
In the motions and the things that you say
It all will fall, fall right into place
As fruit drops, flesh it sags
Everything will fall right into place
When we die, some sink and some lay
But at least I don't see you float away
And all the spilt milk, sex and weight
It all will fall, fall right into place

 

[fox69]

"Grey Ice Water"

"Grey Ice Water"


you're standing by the grey ice water
out in the wind above ground out in the weather
you had yourself a crazy lover
becoming frozen trying hard to forget her
you got a job up in alaska
it's easy to save what the cannery pays
cause there ain't no way to spend it
at home on a boat, it's a fish trap
you took the path of least resistance
on the phone cutting out talking
short to long distance
you're standing by the grey ice water
out in the wind above ground out in the water
you had yourself a crazy lover
become unfrozen trying hard to forget her
you got a job up in alaska
it's easy to save what the cannery pays
cause there ain't no way to spend it
on the arctic blast [x7]

 

[fox69]

"Guilty Cocker Spaniels"

"Guilty Cocker Spaniels"



Well I took off running at the greatest speed
I didn't bother looking to either side of me
Oh, I did not see, I just did not see what was really going on
Oh, the trees had stopped and the skyline rose
Extanging comfort for more fashionable clothes
I'd left the hills at this point in time
To run on treadmills in a perfect line
Salad days add up to daily shit
Sparking imagination till the sparks did quit
And if this is fun why'm I so bored with it?
Well I'll probably never know

Guilty cocker spaniels eating table scraps
When we rolled over, how our masters clapped
It felt so good we wanted more of that
But when the program failed they defensively laughed
Sayin' "We did things just how you asked,
Don't try taking us to task.
You didn't buy a face, nope just a mask,
So HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!"

I drew a blank, we put it in a frame
Wait, what? You're winning?
You didn't say this was a game
Well I guess I just have to play and play till I'm out of cash

Before I could spit it out
I guess the words had burnt my mouth, what can I say?
Worst of all I laid it out
So you could take it out of context anyway

We said all along we deserved every bit
And mostly we knew that the supply would quit
But we got going and going and just went till everybody lost their minds
Directly behind being ahead of the time
But don't worry, you'll fall right in line
Yup, everythings just fine, fine, fine
No one's getting blamed this time

Blameless, oh blameless, can we find a way to blame our way out?
Well I post dated the eulogy for every blames body now
We are blamelessly teething on much more than we need now, now now
Blameless teething
Well we're all getting blamed cuz everyone knew
That's right.
Everybody knew.

 

[fox69]

"Head South"

"Head South"


A surf rock man from the land of plenty
Surf rock mess with no surf but pine trees
Struck by being ashamed of your old space
Just wanting that mean heat
You bleached your hair
And you pawned your skis
And then you sold out for the
Shade of the palm tree scene
And said, "Of what a drag!
Oh what a backwards scheme,
Cuz here things go from grey
To grey and back to grey again
And they get green and go to grey
And back to grey again"
So he said," Head south!" [x12]
Struck by being ashamed of your old space
Just wanting that (meat?)
You bleached your hair
And you pawned your skis
And then you sold out for the
Shape of the palm tree scene
Surrounded, cut off jeans
And cut off jeans and cut off
Jeans are what you mean
When you say, "Head south!" [x12]

 

[fox69]

"Heart Cooks Brain"

"Heart Cooks Brain"



Slow walk
It's land mine
It's coal mine
It's a bad thought
On the way to god don't know
my brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
i push things out through my mouth i get refilled through my ears
i'm on my way to god don't know or even care
my brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver shore
the ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
inward and outward
in this place that i call home
my brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
my heart's the bitter buffalo
we tore one down, and erected another there
the match of the century: absence versus thin air
on the way to god don't know
my brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
on this life that we call home
the years go fast and the days go so slow

 

[fox69]

"Here It Comes"

"Here It Comes"



"Here it comes (the place and the time that we knew that things could go
wrong)"
Walk to your house on my lunch break
Here it comes
"Come inside and pour a drink"
You'll probably tell me everything you think
Here it comes
The place and the time that we knew that things could go wrong
The grass grows green, could you step away from the screen, it doesn't mean
I don't want you to be seen, just not like everyone.
Grass grows green and it's everyone.
You always told me life's a dam that breaks
Here it comes
If you sit still or if you run
Here it comes.
So now we're drownin' in birthday cakes
Here it comes
The place and the time that we knew that things could go wrong
Keep it clean. I didn't mean to be mean. Why does it always seem that I've
never won. Keep it clean and no one's ever won.
The empty promise makers said
"Here it comes"
Make a point to make no sense
Here it comes
Speak about the future in the past tense
Here it comes
"Don't look down." So what'd we do?"
Here it comes
Walkin' around with shit on our shoes
Oh, here it comes
The place and the time that we knew things would go wrong.

 

[fox69]

"History Sticks To Your Feet"

"History Sticks To Your Feet"



At the movies, eyes iced over
Walking sideways, through the gutters
And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet like history
Don't you look at me like life don't hold you any mystery
Bag of splinters boiling over, on your back expose your belly
Optimism doesn't change the facts, just what you're gonna see

Like it was stated that we're walking salt and coal
Plants solidify sunshine; how this started, I don't know
Causing feet and entire chain shoe stores
The sun's diary pulled up from deep canary holes
And when we read it, our skin, it becomes warm

At the movies, eyes iced over
Walking sideways, through the gutters
And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet, your history
I'm gonna slap that look off your face like life don't hold you no mystery
All those red marks on our shoulders
Self back patting, homemade trophies
Well the past only exists as tiny bricks we burn to release all its memories
I've had enough with rolling boulders, I want more moss on me

Clocks to splinters but time goes forward
And when them tree drop leaves your feet collect their memories
I guess all us snakes find our tails pretty damn tasty!!

I heard you mention we're walking salt and coal
Plants solidify sunshine; how this started, I don't know
Causing feet and entire chain shoe stores
The sun's diary pulled up from deep canary holes
And when we read it, our skin, it becomes warm

At the movies, eyes iced over
Walking sideways, through the gutters
And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet, your history
I'm gonna knock that look off your face like life don't hold you no mystery