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Holy Overload
03:23
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Just put your foot in the door
Everyone's waiting on you
Thought you were tired before
Just wait til this one is through
Holy overload
We thought you were a goner
So why not, in your honor,
Fray everybody's nerves a little more
Fray everybody's nerves a little more
Holy overload
Just show that smile you got
Everyone loves when you do
It makes you look like a nut
Just like the rest of this crew
We thought you were a goner
So why not, in your honor,
Fray everybody's nerves a little more
Fray everybody's nerves a little more
Who ain't burnt out?
Pull rank, lose clout
No thanks, all doubt
Who ain't burnt out?
Hoooooooooooooooey
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A Ridiculous Man
02:42
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He worms his way out and he fakes his way in
What a ridiculous man
He chooses to lose when he knows how to win
What a ridiculous man
He's righteous as hell and he's holy with sin
What a ridiculous man
He always begins to begin but he never begins
He gives it away but he's got what it takes
What a ridiculous man
Blames his losses on luck when he raises the stakes
What a ridiculous man
He poisons himself but he's covered in snakes
What a ridiculous man
Mistakes his mistakes for mistakes and that's quite the mistake
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My feet took me to Boston
People eating clams and beans
I thought it was disgusting
But they passed em on to me
I tried to eat a spoonful but my hands they shook so bad
I did not have to taste that shit, I spilled it in my lap
My feet took me to DC
People wheeling people dealing
Which is just a way of saying
That the rich are out there stealing
From the poorest of the poor, they're taking money, taking land
But wouldn't you know it, I'll be goddamned, I just wound up shaking hands
My feet took me to New Orleans
People having a parade
Celebrating who knows what
But man I had it made
They handed me a tambourine and what a lucky break
I shook myself in rhythm yeah with rhythm I did shake
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Rivers Beckon
01:59
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Nothing like the city in the middle of the night
Can't hear anything but your own fright
Echoing companion under halogen light
Nothing like the city in the middle of the middle of the night
Nothing like the beckoning of rivers when they run
Being there unnamed, carving out one
Heckling the passersby, making it fun
Nothing like the beckoning of rivers when they rivers when they run
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It's Just Over
04:00
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Never seen it rain so heavy
Never seen lightning so bright
Never seen the fire so steady
About to burn that flood dry
We've seen the last calm year
The experiment is over
No time to mourn nor boastful cheer
It's just over
Never seen a rain so heavy
Never seen lightning so bright
Never seen a fire so steady
About to burn that flood dry
We'll be gone but the planet will figure it out
We'll be gone but the planet's OK
Terrified
Petrified
Paralyzed
But what can you do, yknow?
It's bound to happen
It's BOUND to happen
So why live through it twice?
Let it go
Let it go through you
Godspeed in the end times, motherfuckers
Godspeed
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Benjamin Lee Farley Asheville, North Carolina
Never took a lesson in my life. All songs written, played, sung/sang/sing-ed, produced, computerized / all album covers made
by Ben unless otherwise noted.
NONE of my sounds are made with Artificial Intelligence, just a few album covers. Is anybody reading this? If so thank you. If not, then I guess I can say whatever I want because you'll never read it. So fuck you I guess? Just kidding madluv.
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