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fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Too Tall Girl"

"Too Tall Girl"

Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Deleterious and delirious
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
With her magazine
Dressed in aubergine

Too-tall girl can see
Past the rooftops and the trees
Too-tall girl can see
Past the crosstown mall and townie sprawl

There's no kind of guidebook or catalogue
There's no kind of parallel or analogue
Soon you'll just be playing some tag-along
In the world of a girl in a too-tall fog

Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah

Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Whispers pretty tones in a megaphone
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Knows more etiquette
Than Connecticut

Too-tall girl can see
Past the rooftops and the trees
Too-tall girl can see
Past the crosstown mall and townie sprawl

To get to her a boy's got to calculate
To get to her a boy's got to estimate
All the walls to clear and the hills to climb
As the months turn to days in this too-tall time

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Towson (Recher Theatre)"

"Towson (Recher Theatre)"

When you head out tonight
In your quest for excellence in theater
I won't be there
I slammed my finger in the car door by accident
But I salute you in your ongoing quest
For excellence in theater

What's it like in there?
I will never know
The Recher Theatre in Towson
And the secret
Rock show

[spoken:] this will make more sense as we go

As you navigate the rotary
On your way to park your car by the theater
I'll hold your sweater
My leg is in a bear trap, I'm unable to attend
But I applaud you and I'll jealously read your blog
After the show

What's it like in there?
I will never know
The Recher Theatre in Towson
And the secret
Rock show

I have stood outside the entrance for 25 of your earth years
I've mastered breathing oxygen
And learned the human art
Of wearing clothes
But I shall never have the pleasure
Of knowing what goes on
In that theatre

What's it like in there?
I will never know
The Recher Theatre in Towson
And the secret
Rock show

What's it like in there?
I will never know
The Recher Theatre in Towson
And the secrrrrrrreeeeeeeeet
Rock show

Normally we would play that again just to try to get it right, but...

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Triops Has Three Eyes"

"Triops Has Three Eyes"

Rabbits have two eyes
And whales have two eyes
And eagles have two eyes
But triops has three eyes
Triops has three eyes

Two eyes on a face
Are usually enough
But triops has got
One that looks up
And one that looks around
And one to keep an eye
On the other pair of guys
Triops has three eyes

Needles have an eye
Tornadoes have an eye
Potatoes have a lot of eyes
But triops has three eyes
Triops has three eyes

Everything with eyes
Has some amount of eyes
And triops has got
One that looks up
And one that looks around
And one to keep an eye
On the other pair of guys
Triops has three eyes

There are two sides to every story
But triangles have three
And the tricycle has one more cycle than the washing machine

Chickens have two legs
And firemen have two legs
And monkeys have two legs
But tripods have three legs
Tripods have three legs

They've got more than you
'Cuz they need more than two
A tripod has got
One that points back
And one that sticks out
And one to be a friend
To the other pair of legs
Tripods have three legs

Look, there's an eye
Hey, there's another eye
And there's a third eye
'Cuz triops has three eyes
Triops has three eyes

Two eyes on a face
Are usually enough
But triops has got
One that looks up
And one that looks around
And one to keep an eye
On the other pair of guys
Triops has got
One that points back
And one that sticks out
And one to be a friend
To the other pair of guys

Triops has three eyes
Triops has three eyes
Triops has three eyes

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Trouble Awful Devil Evil"

"Trouble Awful Devil Evil"

Sweetly as I fall backwards in slow motion and sink into bliss
My unconscious face smiles for I am totally oblivious to all of the

Trouble awful devil evil
Trouble awful devil evil
Bat wings flapping just over my bed
Swooping whirling around overhead

The weight of my insensate body draws all the bedclothes down with it
Unknowing ecstatically lowering into a bottomless pit surrounded by

Trouble awful devil evil
Trouble awful devil evil
Bat wings flapping just over my bed
Swooping whirling around overhead

Shadows lengthen
Darkness spreads across a cold benighted land
Ten thousand years have passed and still I continue to descend
Arms folded ‘cross my chest, I dream of happiness without end, unaware of the

Trouble awful devil evil
Trouble awful devil evil
Bat wings flapping just over my bed
Swooping whirling around overhead

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Truth In Your Words"

"Truth In Your Words"

Erstwhile and estranged, I know I'm one in a long chain
I came to get my mini-bike returned
Same old bad times, I know they're one in a long line
I came to get my mini-bike returned

And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
From hard times spent with you

And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
From hard times spent with you

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Tucson (City Limits)"

"Tucson (City Limits)"

[JF:] We have a special song for you.

Special.

[JL:] I live in a house
And the house has a ghost
And the ghost is myself
And the name of the house is City Limits:
Oh, City Limits

My brain is a curse
The curse has a name
It's written in blood
On the wall of the house
The house that is known by the name of
City Limits

No eyes on my face
No face on my head
No head on my body
Spooky blood!
City Limits
Ohhhh, City Limits

My brain is a curse
The curse has a name
It's written in blood
On the wall of the house
The house that is known by the name:
Ohh, City Limits

My brain is a curse
The curse has a name
It's written in blood
On the wall of the house
The house that is known by the name:
City Limits

Ohhhh, City Limits

Boooooooooooo

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Turn Around"

"Turn Around"

I was working all night in my office
When a man I had recently killed
Called me up from a phone near my building
So I looked out the window at him
He had the same obsequious manner
That was the reason I had him killed
So to calm my nerves I sang this song
To him, over the phone

Turn around, turn around
There's a thing there that can be found
Turn around, turn around
It's a human skull on the ground
Human skull on the ground
Turn around

I was out by myself in the graveyard
I was doing an interpretive dance
When I felt something heavy and pointed
Strike me in the back of the neck
And then the ghost of my dance instructor
Pushed me down into an open grave
And as dirt rained down she played a xylophone
And sang me this song

Turn around, turn around
There's a thing there that can be found
Turn around, turn around
It's a human skull on the ground
Human skull on the ground
Turn around

We were waving our arms out the window
Of a fast moving passenger train
Acting in an irresponsible fashion
Until the engineer whose back had been turned
And who we thought would find us highly amusing
Quickly swiveled his head around
And his face which was a paper-white mask of evil
Sang us this song

Turn around, (round) turn around (round)
There's a thing there that can be found (there's a thing there that can be)
Turn around, (found) turn around (round)
It's a human skull on the ground (it's a human skull on the)
Human skull (ground) on the ground (round)
Turn around (turn around, turn around)

Turn around, (round) turn around (round)
There's a thing there that can be found (there's a thing there that can be)
Turn around, (found) turn around (round)
It's a human skull on the ground (it's a human skull on the)
Human skull (ground) on the ground (round)
Turn around (turn around, turn around)

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Turtle Songs Of North America"

"Turtle Songs Of North America"

Put an ear out the back window.
There's a sound coming from the pond or the woods that might remind you of a broken train whistle,
or the quiet whisper of two leaves having a quarrel over who will pay the bill,
or it may sound to you like something that isn't a sound at all,
like the texture of ants on a log or the blinding taste of sunlight on the hood of a truck.

Following are some of the most familiar and some of the rarest songs heard from a great variety of North American turtles:

Eastern Fighting Turtle.

The aggressive snarl of the Eastern Fighting Turtle can carry for up to 5 miles across still water.
Even this is not a safe distance away, for this turtle is a very fast swimmer and will attack without provocation.

Tudlow.

On a summer evening, the song of the Tudlow can be heard; its characteristic gasping is both a mating call and a cry for help.
The number of gasps follows the Fibonacci sequence, often reaching as high as 55 or 89 gasps before the animal loses consciousness.

Downy Tortuga.

The song of the Downy Tortuga can be easily recognized, for it seems to be repeating the word unclean. Unclean.

Zombie Turtle.

The beautiful call of the Zombie Turtle is said to hypnotize her mate for up to an hour.
Human listeners are likewise entranced, often forgetting responsibilities and losing muscular control.

Mudflail.

The Mudflail is identifiable both by its song and by the strong odor that emanates from its shell,
which is in a constant state of decomposition.
Its soft and rancid body is both a weakness and a natural protection against predators.

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Twisting"

"Twisting"

She set your goldfish free
And now she's sighing
Blew out your pilot light
And made a wish

She doesn't have to have
Her dB's record back now
But there's not a lot of things
That she'll take back

(She wants) She wants to see you again
(She wants) She wants to see you again
Slowly twisting (Twisting)
In the wind (Twisting)
Twisting twisting (Twisting)
In the wind

She's not your satellite
She doesn't miss you
So turn off your smoke machine
And Marshall stack

She doesn't have to have
Her Young Fresh Fellows tape back now
But there's not a lot of things
That she'll take back

(She wants) She wants to see you again
(She wants) She wants to see you again
Slowly twisting (Twisting)
In the wind (Twisting)
Twisting twisting (Twisting)
In the wind

(She wants) She wants to see you again
(She wants) She wants to see you again
Slowly twisting (Twisting)
In the wind (Twisting)
Twisting twisting (Twisting)
In the wind

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Underwater Woman"

"Underwater Woman"

underwater woman
underwater lady
no one on the shore will ever know what’s in her heart

fiercely alive, will to survive
able to thrive on her own
self contained, properly trained
hydroponically grown

underwater woman
breathing underwater
brushing her hair, eating a pear
no one can tell when she cries
away away away

she scans the ocean floor
with ultrasonic blips
nothing but rocks and sand
and the broken wrecks of ships

underwater woman
underwater lady
no one on the shore will ever know what’s in her heart

laughing uncontrollably, who is she talking to?
holding up a shell like it’s a telephone
frantically digging through a pile of old papers
intently staring at a photograph

underwater woman
breathing underwater
brushing her hair, eating a pear
no one can tell when she cries
away away away