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[fox69]

"Christmas Cards"

"Christmas Cards"


Every Christmas card I write
Every Christmas card I write
Has been stolen
Has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen

Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Has been stolen
Has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen

Stolen
Has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write
On the little desk in the corner of my room

I find stolen the next day
I find stolen the next day
All of the Christmas cards I write
Become stolen the next day
From my room

In my little desk in the corner of my room
Every Christmas card I write
Is stolen
Is stolen
Every Christmas card I write
Been stolen
From the little desk in the corner of my room
It's been stolen

Every day
Every Christmas card I write
Has been stolen from my desk
I don't know why
It's been stolen
It's been stolen
Stolen
Stolen
Stolen
Stolen
Stolen

 

[fox69]

"Circular Karate Chop"

"Circular Karate Chop"


Never took a class before in
Self defense
Never looked at you before with
Common sense

Gird myself for a short sharp shock
Trace myself in sidewalk chalk
I'll shut my mouth, you do the talking

You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top

Detention hall, name on the wall and
Locker dent
Never mind the withered words of
Encouragement
Pulling off my anorak
Dumping out my black backpack
Take what you like
I'll keep on walking

You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top

You're still bragging about your telescoping roundhouse kick
You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick
So myopic, stay on topic
And this world is sick

Three rules from your sensei:
One: Outsource your feelings.
Two: Limit your training to be task-specific.
Three: Assign regret to those accountable.

Detention hall, name on the wall and
Locker dent
Never mind the withered words of
Encouragement
Pulling off my anorak
Dumping out my black backpack
Take what you like
I'll keep on walking

You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top

You're still braggin' about your telescoping roundhouse kick
You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick
So myopic, stay on topic
Man, this world is sick

 

[fox69]

"Clap Your Hands"

"Clap Your Hands"


Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet

Jump in the air
Jump in the air
Jump in the air
Jump in the air.

 

[fox69]

"Climbing The Walls"

"Climbing The Walls"


I can't talk, I got to go
Don't call me back, I won't get the door
Got to focus on the job
'Cause I got a new job climbing the walls

I was grinding my teeth, I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls

Too much junk, too much junk
Can we please clear out this house?
In the trunk, in the trunk
And then we'll take it all to the dump
Then we won't need the car
'Cause we'll stay where we are
And I'll have all this room

I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
Walked away ever since I got a new job climbing the walls

I was grinding my teeth, I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls

The deep end, the deep end
People talk a lot, but they don't know
They pretend, they pretend
They don't really know how deep it goes

Now I misunderstood,
Thought the wall was just good
For staring blankly at

I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
Walked away ever since I got a new job climbing the walls

Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls

 

[fox69]

"Cloisonne"

"Cloisonne"


Mind your business
Mind your business
Mind your never-shut, Quonset hut business

My craft is exploding
It's like I'm making cloisonne
Choking on my dust
With my three blind cats

You have a friend in law enforcement
Don't go calling law enforcement
Business
Mind your business

Got too busy explaining
Now it's just raining pain
Pain in the form of a rain drop
Yes, a rain drop made of pain

Tell 'em the story, rain drop
"I don't want to tell 'em, mister!"
Tell 'em the story, rain drop
"I don't want to tell 'em!"

Keep your voice down
Keep your voice down
Keep your window-shaking, godforsaken voice down

I'm sick of this beeswax
I'm sick of these second-story sleestaks
Breathing on my dice
Giving me back rubs

When I'm deep in concentration
You start getting no conversatin'
Sleestak

What's a sleestak?
That's your heart attack
Towel rack
Fallback

You got no doctors
All your doctors have gone home
What's a sleestak?
What's a sleestak?

You have a friend in law enforcement
Don't go calling law enforcement
Cloisonne

 

[fox69]

"Clowntown"

"Clowntown"


Clowntown
Clowntown
Everyone here is a clown
Bad clown
Sad clown
Everyone here is a clown
Tall clown
Bald clown
Everyone here is a clown
Clowntown
Clowntown
Everyone here is a clown
Nude clown
Prude clown
Everyone here is a clown

Clown car
Drives far
Honk on the horn of the car
Small clowns
All clowns
Wave goodbye to the clowns.

 

[fox69]

"College Town"

"College Town"


She's moving back to that college town
Gonna hang with anybody who's hanging 'round
She's got a job at the townie bar
And a car

She's going back to Michigan
Can't say I know that place too well
Raced elevators in some hotel
In Michigan

It feels a bit unnerving
How she cut the cord
I feel so undeserving
Participation award

She's moving back to that college town
Gonna pick up where she thinks she put it down
She's moving back to that college scene
Without me

 

[fox69]

"Columbia (The Blue Note)"

"Columbia (The Blue Note)"


The boys and the girls are getting together
At the Blue Note
I think we're all in for some groovy weather
At the Blue Note

At the Blue Note
People gather around
At the Blue Note
No need to feel down

Cause there's a sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow
At the Blue Note
(Sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow)

At the Blue Note
People gather around
At the Blue Note
No need to hang your head down

Cause there's a sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow
At the Blue Note
(Sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow)
Sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow
At the Blue Note
(Sugar-plum lollipop cinnamon rainbow)

There is some butterscotch lemon-drop sugary sunshine
At the Blue Note
(Butterscotch lemon-drop sugary sunshine)
There is some butterscotch lemon-drop sugary sunshine
At the Blue Note
(Butterscotch lemon-drop sugary sunshine)

 

[fox69]

"Computer Assisted Design"

"Computer Assisted Design"


Computer assisted design
See how you get from a thought to an object
Computer assisted design
It takes an idea and makes 3D stuff
Computer assisted design

Bam
Crunch
Bolt
Smash
Crash
Twitch

Computer assisted design
See how you get from a thought to an object
Computer assisted design
It takes an idea and makes 3D stuff
Computer assisted design

 

[fox69]

"Concrete And Clay"

"Concrete And Clay"


You, to me
Are sweet as roses in the morning
You, to me
Are soft as summer in that dawning love we share
That something rare

The sidewalks and the street
The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
Begin to crumble
But love will never die
You know we'll see the mountains crumble
Before we say goodbye
My love and I will be
In love eternally
That's the way
That's the way love was meant to be

All around
I see the purple shades of evening
On the ground
The shadow's fallen, once again you're in my arms
So tenderly

The sidewalks and the street
The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
Begin to crumble
But love will never die
You know we'll see the mountains crumble
Before we say goodbye
My love and I will be
In love eternally
That's the way
That's the way love was meant to be

The sidewalks and the street
The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
Begin to crumble
But love will never die
You know we'll see the mountains crumble
Before we say goodbye
My love and I will be
In love eternally
That's the way
That's the way love was meant to be

That's the way
That's the way love was meant to be