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Ska is 4 Suckers
01:07
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There are no lyrics to this song.
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We drove two hundred miles
To play to fifteen kids
Who didn't appreciate the sound
(play hardcore!)
Our heads were pointed to the ground
Got promised some money
But the show we played was free
Kids started to leave.
And my fingers start to bleed
We'll never be on Fuse TV
We'll never be on the cover of AP Magazine
So what?
I guess we're taking a chance.
And I guess I'm bold.
Because I'm gonna teach this dance.
I'll leave it
all behind
The promises and memories
the thoughts of another time and
I'll make it
Even on my own
You said to me I'd never change
But on the road
I'll never be alone
We drove three hundred miles
To play to 200 kids
Who wanted just to hear more
(play an encore!)
My back is feeling kind of sore
Someone took all the money
that I think we'll never see
Then Clint quit the band
And all the blame comes back to me
We'll never be on MTV
We'll never be on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine
So what?
I guess we're taking a chance.
And I guess I'm bold.
Because I'm gonna teach this dance.
I'll leave it
all behind
The promises and memories
the thoughts of another time and
I'll make it
Even on my own
You said to me I'd never change
But on the road
I'll never be alone
Never be alone!
Twenty Minutes in
I broke another string
What am I doing here?
I can't even sing
I can't stop this rushing sensation
Stop dreaming start living your real life now.
Fuck.
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3. |
Extrinsicity
00:45
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Joey introducing the band in the stylings of Brad Neely from "Wizard People, Dear Reader" if you haven't heard it or seen it, please go download it somewhere and enjoy the extravaganza.
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4. |
The Atomic Potato
02:50
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Everybody come on down to see the ska show
And hit the dance floor while the music plays don't waste my time.
It might be faster and you might say its unoriginal
But I'll keep doing this until the day I die
The harmonizing melodies of a church choir gone mad
Theres anger dwelled inside of me
I'm gonna face you now I'm gonna take the blame
Oh what a shame...
How do you explain?
Woahhhhhh
YOU WANT TO change the scene
BUT I DON'T WANT TO feed the corporate machine
1, 2 , 3 and now its all on me
I hate the way you tell me this is "how its gonna be"
LOOK INTO my eyes
and if you stare into them long enough you'll find a big surprise now
You can finally see
The reason for me.
Everybody come on down to see the punk show
Basement filled lets mosh and shout its
Not a fucking crime
It might be louder and you might say its unprofessional
But I'll keep doing this until
The day I die
Someone called the cops another noise complaint
now this house is just a home
A couple stupid kids with no future
I'm gonna face you now I'm gonna take the blame
Headache in my brain
how do you explain?
Its not enough I need to scream I can't express my feelings but
I WANT TO change the scene
BUT I DON'T WANT TO feed the corporate machine
1, 2 , 3 and now its all on me
I hate the way you tell me this is "how its gonna be"
LOOK INTO my eyes
If you stare into them long enough you'll find a big surprise now
You can finally see
The reason for me!
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5. |
Heat Factor
03:02
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Melting like butter and I'm praying for rain
Burning in the beams and I'm going insane
Theres got to be a way to get out
Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt
Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear
and all I know is that I gotta get outta here!
The weather man told me the drought would never end
(Its ninety three degrees and I'm dying motherf$&#*!)
A shelter or a cave would be your best friend
(That's all I have to say cuz I'm livin here in hell!)
Theres got to be a way to get out
Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt
Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear
and all I know is that I gotta get outta here!
I got a glass of water so I could get hydrated
Before I took one sip the shit evaporated
Irony is Completed.
Theres got to be a way to get out
Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt
Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear
and all I know is that I gotta get outta here!
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6. |
Teddy Bears and Rainbows
03:08
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Back off man
This isn't your place
This girls way too young
You can see it in her face
And I don't understand what you could
possibly see in her.
Sweet 16 turned sour so fast
Only thing you wanted was to be tappin' that ass
I can see it in your eyes and the little guy in your pants.
And you'll go on singing songs about rainbows
In your fairy tale land far away from here
It happens again the only thing you see in her is
just her skin.
Wipe off your smug little grin
I DON'T CARE!
SHOW ME WHAT YOUR MADE OF
I DON'T CARE!
THERES ONE LIFE YOU HAVE TO LIVE
I DON'T CARE!
WHATS LEFT OF YOUR LIFE?
I DON'T CARE!
I'LL SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE YOU FUCKING DICK
YEAH!
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7. |
I Wanna Go (Home)
06:34
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I laid myself out on the pavement
so everything is alright now
The sky is blue and the leaves are calling
so beautiful falling from the bough
And I believe
People get what they deserve
and if you listen to me
I'll tell you what I've heard
I've got a couple notebooks
And a backpack with one tshirt in it
I've got a few maxed out credit cards
And a brain that's got no limit
The clock counts down waiting for the show now
The crowd lines up you can feel the nerves
Keep a steady hand and don't fuck it up now
The impressions good or your gonna hurt
The products the same
So just act it out like they did before you!
The message was lame
so just pretend you are playing a game.
Don't listen to the broadcast
The news ain't good its gonna bring you down
Don't need another problem up in my
Head I've got enough and I'm leavin town
we'll sing:
Lets pack up and fly away from here.
(You can leave your troubles in Ohio)
and lets forget all those wasted years
not coming back, no we're never coming back no way.
The air smelled bad and the van was roasting
I could not sleep and the traffic was bad
The 30 bucks couldn't buy us gas I wish I
had that cash that I gave to my dad
There's no need to complain
I should have known that it would be this way
and there's no one to blame
and now I have to live with a debt that I can't repay
I'm getting on a boat now
To sail far away to somewhere I don't know
The sneakers on my feet turned into boots and my
heart is singing the blues
we sang
Lets pack up and fly away from here.
(You can leave your troubles in Ohio)
and lets forget all those wasted years
not coming back we're never coming back no way.
The sun stopped shinin
The bombs start fallin
The sun goes down and now I wanna go home
This land is barren no food and water
My friends go down and now I wanna go
Back to my country and the land of the free
Give me a big mac with a coke...Oh Say can you see!
I want to kick my feet back and watch Family Guy til Four AM
I wanna drive my van to Newport and drink rootbeer floats with Scott and Ben
So, Hey
Is love really on the way?
and Hey
Is someone gonna show us the way?
Its alright tonight I see the light and
the porch on 154 seems so far away
Another day it passes by
Mom I don't know if I can
face the facts and do it on my own
I'm twisted up in all these lies that I can't escape and
Yeah that's when I'll come home
I laid myself out in the grass
so everything is alright somehow
The sky is blue and the leaves are green
so beautiful I think I can rest now
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8. |
Urban Renewal
04:02
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It was 30 degrees in a broken home
lights dimmed low looking out the window
I couldn't feel my fingers and I couldn't feel my toes and
the voice inside my head was screamin
(I shouldn't be alone)
The wind singing in the streets a solemn tune for me and you but on the
other side I heard its nicer with the fires burning through
I never recovered from the
sound the bells ring so
I slipped out the door to take a walk and I sing
I took off my cap as I
walked in the door
hung up my coat and took a seat on the floor
The old man looked me in the eyes and then I knew that
anything was possible and that his words were true
"Son you've got a roof over your head and heres some food
I got no trouble with you stayin here as long as you will
tend to my son while I'm out in the shed
take a left at the stairs and you will find your bed."
I woke up next morning to the sound of a drum beating
steady in my head keeping tempo with my thumb
I sat up on the edge and then I walked into the room where
the old man stood holding a shovel and soon we were
walking out back I knew what I had to do and there was
no turning back this job he couldn't do so
I tightened my grip and I dug up a hole there
I buried the pieces what was left of my soul
It was 30 degrees in a broken home
lights dimmed low looking out the window
I couldn't feel my fingers and I couldn't feel my toes and
the voice inside my head was screaming
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Well just because you are famous doesn't give you a goddamn right
To play out the role of asshole and make money with the lyrics you write
And just because you claim to care it doesn't make us even there
With your celebrity faux pas entourage i swear
And I can't fight the feeling
This is all in vain
We're all the same and I can't even
Keep my life in check
Last week I thought yeah
These feelings would be through
Denial swells inside of me
I want to be
just like you
I'm back to square one
And I'm still not having any fun
Could anyone please pull me up
I'm feeling stuck and I CAN'T GET OUT
And it doesn't matter what you say I'll keep doing it "doing it" anyway
The same old shit I failed at yesterday
And if it makes you feel any better yeah I lied when I laughed at your shitty joke
Just so I could see you crack a smile
And I can't fight the feeling
This is all in vain
We're all the same and I can't even
Keep my life in check
Last week I thought yeah
These feelings would be through
Denial swells inside of me
I want to be
just like you
And just like that I'm happier
Couldn't complain anymore about your shit
And after all is said and done.
We'll both agree that we're all better from the experience.
and now I'm
back to square one
And I'm still not having any fun
Could anyone please pull me up
I'm feeling stuck, I CAN'T GET OUT
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My name is Tyler Lee Witt
and in the next 5 years
it'll be a household name
I've done more growing up
in the past 5 months
than I have in my entire life
I've finally found the light
I finally know what I'm here for
I've put smoking weed and
Robbing corner stores
I'll take it back
This life is mine its all my own
The future starts at my grandma's house at my computer all alone
I'll seperate myself from them and make a bunch of new friends
I'll start a new band and make it so
EVERYONE CAN LISTEN
to the catchy songs we'll write
we'll fucking record with Joey Sturgis
The kids will line up to see our pretty faces headlining at the attic
$20 a head could pay for our honest rave review
In the latest issue of SPIN where I'll be rockin the front cover
Lookin like Billie Joe Armstrong meets a 'Breakfast Club' Judd Nelson
My name is Tyler Lee Witt
and in the next 5 years
it will be a household name
I've done more growing up
in the past 5 months
than I have in my entire life
WOO!
Drop the Anchor!
I'm on a boat motherfucker!
I'm rollin in the bills and I've got so many bitches that I
Hit it and I quit it outta notches on my belt and the
paparazzi love it when I come out my hotel.
My name is Robert Dale Sager
and in the next five beers
I'll be digging my own grave
I've done less growing up
in the past 5 years...
then I have in my entire life.
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tit.
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12. |
Desperation
02:36
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Well I guess at the end of another good run
The times we shared were always so fun
Now you are leaving my head can't believe
Unbelieveing, my heart is stuck in my shoes
I'm at the end of my rope now
My soul is pulling hard on a thread
I can't connect to you how are you gonna leave me out to dry?
You're out of my head
Don't care many times it's said
How are you gonna leave it all behind?
Arisen from the ashes you stand in front of me
Head screwed on tight and nothing seems wrong
Right about now, I started to believe it all had something to do with this song
Your thoughts can't always be right
Some people make mistakes
Letting go would have made it easier
Now I think I'm sick get out of my fucking face!
You're out of my head
Don't care many times it's said
How are you gonna leave it all behind?
I've felt this pain burning ever
so strong
but I don't know what's wrong!
If you won't talk to me... That's just fine!
My whole world's crashing all down in one night I cannot sleep
The noise in my teeth evicts the peace I thought that I was getting back
My whole world's crashing all down in one night I cannot sleep
I cannot sleep!
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I can't fight the feeling
Gave up appealing
To everyone
There's nothing
else to write about
I can't predict the future
But the image can't contain me
This is how it starts
Your making anorexic indie rock
Fake broken
hearts
Your music fucked it fucking sucks
Give me a reason to believe it
The point I'm trying to make it will not get across
Super size your album with a
dose of poppy flair
Smothered in production now your'e gasping for fresh air
The answers pretty easy if you ask yourself instead
I know I'm wrong and
I'll go on but now its time to clear my head
Your arrogance pushed me over
the edge so i
took my trumpet to my face and broke my teeth
Took my guitar to
my back and totally shattered my spine
(Cuz they killed punk rock)
Snapped the cord
Broke the bass and Held it above my head
and then i smashed the shit
out of my laptop.
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14. |
The Pirate Way (Bonus)
13:35
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this is a bonus track.
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