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third way governments turn the power off
John Bolton’s been seen holding a clipboard
and I don’t want to find you
I just want to look
just to walk behind you
I’ve been recognized — we’ll all be one day
I need ¥400,000 to get off this runway
I don’t want to find you
I just want to look
as we walk behind you
who is the word? who is the book?
listen to me now before I give up
before I’m bought out in the moment of reaction
listen to me now — listen to me now
we just want to stop the world from bleeding
I don’t want to watch it burn, not really
but history wants repeating
and I’ll never learn
I will never learn
so let the roaring crowd remind you
warm wind off the blade
I don’t want to find you
but it’s the only way
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Boatmates!
03:02
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I didn’t understand what they were asking
I realized I’d been crossing my legs
probably should not have blurted out
"I’ll see you fuckers in the Hague"
when words fail, you fail, instinct takes over
won’t be long til the pain’s gone, and I’ll be that much stronger
they asked about my fellow travelers
but it didn’t translate right
then they actually tried to hypnotize me
where’d you get these fucking guys?
when words fail, you fail, instinct takes over
electrode on my tongue, well dude, have fun
I’ll be that much stronger when you’re done
we’ve climbed the barricade and scorched the valley
linked arms and jumped across the alley
smiled the smile of the condemned
when words fail, you fail, that’s when I take over
so kill me! you’ll see, I’ll be that much stronger when you do
throw down our guns to cross a limitless ocean
—my companions and my friends
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Electrolyte Sunrise
02:50
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you said online this will all come crashing down,
last lights are going out,
well I hope you’re right cause I’m about to lose a finger
so might as well lose everything
I left one glove on the orange line northbound
ran through downtown
missed the same train by a blink then descended into madness
that’s when you called with your voice sounding bad, slurring
there’s nothing wrong if you don’t want to be sober,
who would want go clear eyed through this life?
until it’s over just do what you have to do
I lied and told my friends I’d be moving to Chicago
then I did move to Chicago
so I guess the joke’s on them
but I don’t have an opinion, I just have a library card
and I lied about my plan: I didn’t want to live
so imagine my dismay when I wake up every day
in the electric glow of an indifferent world
train wheels sparking in the snow-oh-oh-oh
why ask me for advice?
I don’t know. do coke, stay up all night,
if it keeps you stringing the hours along...
you are so strong, I am so proud of you
however it shakes out, still true,
do what you have to do
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Davos
04:44
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our children will never know refreshment
born as they are under dry waterfalls
they will splay their fingers out across a bamboo floor
will a young bard play guitar by an autumn river?
will she feel her hero’s heart tumble in the current
under Davos, Davos
where ink stains on your hand make blood stains on the map
poor boys and rich girls and enbys: we are going to Davos
with nothing to declare but the air in our faltering lungs
and the songs that we write and this year’s crop of rice all going to Davos
whole generations will never have a one night stand
they’ll be rice wine connoisseurs
when the rubber and the grain are short every hole’s a guillotine
every time I see the skyline......
god I can’t help it....
I know those bad boys are coming down......
that’s just Davos, Davos
where every asshole thinks they’re Barack Obama’s friend
bottoms and tops and middlemen: we’re out in force at Davos
and I may be obliged to defend every rube I’ve taken in
or is this where all obligation ends?
drunk boys and drunk girls and petty thieves – we’re all going to Davos
wait for us, there’s a place for us
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White Parachutes
01:56
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to the parliament you were an economist
certain ministers are going to be kind of pissed
the boys on the beach
our eyes in the street
see white parachutes hitting the trees
pack your things
don your jeans
fake mustache at the airport
flash your Peace Corps badge
for the boys on the beach
this is a teaching moment
white parachutes falling to ground
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Surfrider
02:30
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when you need six hundred AR15s on a plane right now
remember who you used to call when all the chips were down
Surfrider – from the tundra to the beach
Surfrider: most efficient, most discreet
in our Bermuda shorts we look like yuppies on a cruise
the colonel knows a bank in La Ceiba we can use
and it’s alright – we got ya
just keep your weapon on ya
it’s alright – we got ya
pile into the unmarked Honda
it’s alright – we got ya
just keep your weapon on ya
safety on silencer equipped
dissidents in unmarked graves along disputed coast
what the State Department doesn’t know can’t come out under oath
so dial Surfrider, all night toll free
1-800-SURFRIDER - full support, our guarantee
you forget who at the consulate’s aware of your real name
today they’re hosting Nick Lachey of 90s boy band fame
we won’t be boarded – if we’re boarded just lift up your trays
their MAC-10s couldn’t hit a billboard 15 feet away
christ, they think we're CIA
well this whole boat’s packed to play,
it’s alright – we got ya
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Jobs
02:28
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Big Tony’s up on Belmont getting peeled down by the river
in full view of the Belmont River Club
I have got this play that’s gonna put us on the map
but I need someone to come and pick me up
oh if you’ve got a little problem
then I’ve got a little fix
charter school and senate seat and contract on the skyway
and I can make those charges disappear
the mayor and the aldermen, they’re good at public speaking
buts ask yourself who really turns the gears, who really got them here?
oh if you’ve got a little problem
then I’ve got a little fix
when you need a little magic
then I got just the trick
VOA comes drifting through the sweet Italian night air
we’re out on the piazza with a drink
I hand some guy a briefcase with 20 million lire
then he’s on the cover of Time Magazine
oh if you’ve got a little problem
then I’ve got a little fix
catch me in the Hilton with fruit company accountants
catch me in the Bidens’ limousine
catch me in Afghanistan involved in ‘transportation’
catch me at the Harry Walker Agency
oh if you’ve got a little problem
then I’ve got a little fix
when you need a little magic
then I got just the trick
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Section 660
03:11
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hit the mobile trucks and Nigerien uranium –
what defectors are saying –
Downing Street’s got Italian intelligence, not backed up by the CIA
might be JIC — you better take that up with Tony
take it up with Tony Blair . . . PM of the UK
'specially designed aluminum tubes'? what the fuck is that?
what the fuck’s that mean? how do we sell ‘tubes’?
we’re onsite but we won’t be reading 'emails'
guy from the Post on the line and he wants to know about Minerva
well ha ha that is just a unique understanding which I cannot divulge
specially designed: but they’re not our guys.
they’re not anybody’s guys
in fact they're not even there
it’ll be quick, cheap and clean
just let us off the leash
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A Breeze
03:53
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precise in all things great and small
kick quantized, tie centered, beard frozen
big western rose in the buttonhole of a coat
that screams ‘serious person’
strip mall masa on the air
forgetting what you’re doing there
as the bus just passes by
a breeze in winter’s still a breeze
high or low tide, it’s still the sea
everything is what it seems to be and that’s easy
you lose a few friends in the mud,
tour cancelled, season suspended
say you’ll feel better when you feel better
when all the weird shit’s ended
but maybe it will never end
with signs and wonders flooding in
each day unlike the last
chorus
copyright the morning sun
charge a fee for everyone
but this dim light is my light
like a breeze in winter’s still a breeze
like a tree stands tall without its leaves
the seasons pass, well, seems to me that's easy
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Jan Mayen
01:49
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