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I'm always making lists
I'm always writing notes on my hand
Writing people's names
Someday I'm gonna have my revenge
But you got me wrong
Everything I do I do for love
The Army
The Navy
The Airforce
Marines
I'll kill my enemies
If they don't kill me
I'm always making claims
I'm always shooting straight from the hip
I'm always giving hugs
Always kissing friends on the lips
But you got me wrong
Everything I do I do for fun
It harms me
Betrays me
It's so coarse
Obscene
I'll kill my enemies
If they don't kill me
I think I lost my faith
I lost all the comforts I'd know
Now I am transformed
Killed my father, now I am grown
Grown into a man
But I think I would have rather stayed young
I'm mining for diamonds
In the Digital Mine
I'm pledging my body
I'm committing crimes
I'll never work again
I just want to hang out 'til I die
The Army
The Navy
The Airforce
Marines
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2. |
The Policeman's Dream
03:20
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Reveille from a strange horn
Hallelujah, Christ is born
Not forgot since auld lang syne
Commodity across the sky
Refined to kill but I can't die
But if I live long enough I might
No exchange and no encounter
The mind doesn't know about what to wonder
The policeman told about his dream
Is there a ghost in the machine?
Is every tool tempered by time?
"Les Barricades..." created tears
I felt the pain, three-hundred years
But if it hurts three-hundred who'll cry?
And so I plot and so I scheme
I live inside the policeman's dream
Every instinct is betrayed
Glory unto soda jerks
I can't think therefore I work
And so I work another day afraid
No exchange and no encounter
The mind doesn't know about what to wonder
And now your eye assists my aim
And now my face becomes my name
And I'm reminded I can't die
All my talents disappear (sometimes I just need)
Good advice avoids my ear (to sit and think)
Let's call it what it really is (how do I recognize)
A lie (a lie?)
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3. |
10,000 Push-ups
07:47
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His tender heart belongs to song
Astride a thoroughbred he comes right along
He was right and we were wrong
History's epilogue runs long
Placed on a rotating display
My senses all become involved
I saw my own strength and I gave it away
I don't believe it problem solved
All the knowledge that I gain
And information I retain
Still I don't speak
One hundred miles through the snow
Ten thousand push-ups in a row
But still I'm weak
Still I'm weak
Still I'm weak
Still I'm weak
I have a plan, will it succeed?
I have a mask, does it obscure?
I read the work and I agreed
A nom de plume on the brochure
It's no conversion by a gun
Revelation come, revelation gone
A thousand million won't stand for one
The Road to Damascus stretches on
All the laughter that I fake
All the promises I make
But I don't keep
Zero thoughts inside my head
Half of my life spent in a bed
But I don't sleep
I don't sleep
I don't sleep
I don't sleep
All the knowledge that I gain
And information I retain
Still I don't speak
One hundred miles through the snow
Ten thousand push-ups in a row
But still I'm weak
And I don't sleep
I don't sleep
I don't sleep
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4. |
Quality Time
05:09
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You say you've got some big secret
You don't want nobody to know
I think I'm gonna pull that thread
I wanna see where this goes
You say your father's a monster
And you're too afraid to go home
Seems like a real touchy subject
I think I'll leave that alone
You slide through conversation
Like a needle pulling thread
Talking about big concepts
That shit's way over my head
You see for me and what I need
That's all right here at my desk
I got some knobs that I can twist
Plenty of buttons to press
I don't deserve to be near you
Or even breathe the same air
To me, you appear to
Be an artifact so precious
A stone so rare
So don't count on me for nothin'
I've never been well behaved
I make no promise to no one
That's just the way I was raised
And by now, I'm set in my habits
And I figure I'll never change
I've said it once, I've said it twice
Life is strange
Life is strange
So Dismas and Gestas
I hear they're alive and well
And they're living in Paris
With their buddy Jacques Brel
But first some corrections
With me, you can count on two things
I'll draw connections where there're none
And I'll try to rhyme anything
So Dismas and Gestas
I hear they're alive and well
Or maybe I heard wrong
Maybe they're burning in hell
I don't wanna hurt nobody
Nobody ever hurt me
I got so many friends now
But you know, that's temporary
Poor boy, the Lord took him early
It was beyond his control
You say he's still with us surely but
He ain't got no body
He ain't got no soul
I miss my friends and my family
I wanna go home
I miss my dog and my cat
I just wanna go home
I miss all of my possessions
I wanna go home
I swear that I learned my lesson
I wanna go home
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5. |
O Diamond Dandy
04:43
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Rock & Roll
Bless my heart and bless my soul
The forces that move me move slow
Cursed with the need to know
I think I might cry
I'm much too young to die
Wasted the gift of my two hands
I had big dreams, I had big plans
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
You're everything to me
You don't have to ask me but please
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
Kill my enemies
Don't disappoint me
Don't be naïve
I'm not affected easily
The Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars
Guinness books and Michelin stars
Don't break my heart
You know I'm a diamond, I'm a work of art
I don't touch drugs or alcohol
Oh I love, yes I love, yes I love you all
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
You're everything to me
You don't have to ask me but please
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
Kill my enemies
Don't disappoint me
Oh I love, yes I love, yes I love you all
Oh I love, yes I love, yes I love you all
Oh I love, yes I love, yes I love you all
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
You're everything to me
You don't have to ask me but please
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
Kill my enemies
Don't disappoint me
Don't break my heart
You know I'm a diamond, I'm a work of art
O Diamond, Diamond Dandy
Oh I love, yes I love, yes I love you all
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6. |
Hey! Big Spender
03:40
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I dived the cave where they discovered the bones
And the map to where he buried his secret stones
A collision like two tankards in toast
I saw the whole thing; saw it right up close
Hey big spender
Whiz-bang
Hey big spender
Whiz-bang
Oh no
It's happening again
Sister Superior, she raises a brow
A friar of a lesser order knows his vows
Tried to kill myself but I'm still alive
Can't own a gun until 2025
Hey big spender
Whiz-bang
Hey big spender
Whiz-bang
Oh no
Me and the boys went out for supper and suds
But it's trivia night; man, what a dud
My old lady, I just leave her alone
Met someone new and now I can never go home
Now I can never go home
Hey big spender
Whiz-bang
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7. |
The World of Sports
04:47
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Hey, I finally started writing my play
Been hard at work for nearly ten days
Ten days without a break, not one
Ten days and I've got nothing done
Not one
Not one single word
It's hard, you know
I wish I could invent new words
My house is neat
My body's clean
I'm consecrated and complete
And it hurts to know
That I am such a perfect man
And so, I forgive you all
Oh no, I have a job; the days move so slow
Then disappear; oh, where do they go
Sometimes I feel a certain way
They've gone; there's nothing else to say
Not one
Not one single word
It's hard, you know
Sometimes I feel a certain way
Hard at heart
His inward smart
Which of these sisters will I choose?
And it hurts to know
That I can only choose just one
Isn't love just the neatest thing?
Yes sir, I had a dog I love him for sure
And his eventual departure
From this world left me with regret
And so I got another pet
A dog
And I love him twice as much
He's great, you know
Maybe someday I'll have a son
And it hurts to know
That I can only choose just one
I trust my neighbor most of all
But what for?
This country's rotten straight to its core
Put me in charge; you know I'd do more
The world of sports makes much more sense
I sit and watch and I'm content
Just one
If I had one chance to play
I'd prove my point
Sometimes I feel a certain way
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8. |
Protect Yr Neck
02:27
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Always try to be friends
With the one who holds the gun
You don't decline him
Or undermine him
And you don't spoil his fun
Because he's Don Juan
A real bon vivant
All in this world is his
He'll put it back
Without a scratch
That's just the sort of guy he is
Don't waste all of your thought on others
But show sensitivity
Confidence can be a virtue
But so can humility
So be soft like copper
Be good and proper
And obey every law
Don't get defensive
Be inoffensive
But keep an oiled jaw
Have a plan
And wash both hands
But keep your friends in check
Fill every crack
Watch your own back
Always protect your neck
Don't forsake your heritage
Always call your folks
Provide support
Be a good sport
And laugh at people's jokes
Have ideals
And eat three meals
But know what hunger's like
Repay all debt
And wear a helmet
When you ride your bike
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I'm frightened of a dangerous man
You've always been a dangerous man
I want to crush your head
I want to kill you but also
I want to draw you
But I've always been a silly boy
Such a silly little boy
You smack my hand away from every treat
The moment it's offered to me
I laid my head down to nap
It's no good; I just have
Too much on my mind
I wrote my thought down as a note
I read it back and
It was unkind
In my life, I'm doing fine
In my work, I'm doing fine
I act my age
I do just fine
A smart girl
Would do well not to believe or repeat
Information given up so willingly
But if I say it right
Words that I memorize and then recite
Well, they might as well be mine
Some people
Can really only talk about themselves
Or their favorite Batman villain
Or Star Wars
Or whatever else
Going on and on about
How they've got different flavors of Kit-Kat bars in Japan
Can you believe these people?
I mean, really
Can you believe these people
And I have plans
And I have goals
And I have ambition
And I have a vision
And I know the best methods to use
I have the best materials
I have the best tools
This can't be happening to me
This can't be real
This can't be happening to me
This can't be real
It's just not fair
I'm frightened of a dangerous man
You've always been a dangerous man
I want to hold your head
I want to kiss you because I'm
In love with you
But I've always been a silly boy
A dirty, rotten, snotty little boy
I tell the same lie twice
And then it's true
Now watch me get every single thing I want
I'm frightened of a dangerous man
I'm frightened of a dangerous man
I'm frightened of a dangerous man
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10. |
(2013 and) Still Ugly
05:53
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You're girlfriend told me yesterday she wanted a baby
I told her she was insane
She told me that she had a cat when she was in third grade
I said it isn't the same
She said she had a lot of love to give to a baby but
I didn't see it that way
I asked her where her cat went when she made it to fourth grade
She said she gave it away
She told me that her world was falling down all around her
I told her she'd be okay
She asked me if I ever would describe her as ugly but
I didn't know what to say
She told me that a bunch of friends were heading to the lake
I said I'm not free today
She said she wasn't asking me to come in the first place
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone agrees
You're not the same guy that you used to be
What happened to the guy I knew?
Maybe I've just grown
Maybe you're the same guy that I've always known
And I've just always hated you
You say the world's bringing you down (Look at yourself and see the way)
You wear your heartache likes it's a crown (You treat your friends, that's not okay)
You feel that way 'cause you choose (The way I live, it's not something I would choose)
Do you even hear the things you say?
You know you've got no right to act that way
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Everyone's coming too
Everyone except you
Baseball teams
And lucid dreams
We're cool with cream
I'm embarrassed to admit
That this is really my first show
Missed a chord
I'm getting bored
I feel ignored
But I'm too proud to mention
This is really my first show
Don't ever let me down
Don't let this feeling die
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