1. |
If I Wanna Hate
04:10
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The stars that you see in my eyes are not ambitious and bright
But the kind that you see when you can't breath
No benevolent light
When you feel strangled, they laugh when you choke
Now I'm feeling addled and oh so utterly broke
Give peace a chance?
No thank you
I'll hate if I wanna hate
These things will only sedate you
I'll hate if I wanna hate
The fine print was made to confuse you
I'll pay if I wanna pay
Give peace a chance, no thank you
I'll hate if I wanna hate
They say God is love
But I don't believe in either one
They say God is love
And I'm not a slave to either one
The stars that you see in my eyes are not ambitious and bright
But the kind that you see when you can't breath
No benevolent light
When you feel strangled, they laugh when you choke
Now I'm feeling addled and oh so utterly broke
(They say God)
Give peace a chance?
No thank you
(Is love)
I'll hate what I wanna hate
These things will only sedate you
(but I don't believe in)
I'll hate if I wanna hate
(Either one)
I'll hate what I wanna hate
They God is love
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2. |
Combat Shock
03:15
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Hey Frankie, stay in bed today
Cuddle up to your Agent Orange baby
There's nothing out there but misery
It's cold outside
There's no work for you
It's cold outside
There's no work for you
It's life or combat shock
Oh Frankie, you can hear the voices
Pounding like mortars in the humid village
Howling like a little Agent Orange baby
Howling like a little Agent Orange baby
It's cold outside
There's no food for you
It's life or combat shock
Mike has got a hole, a hole in his arm
So big he can practically just pour it in
Now Frankie lost another friend
It's cold outside
It's always cold outside
There's no hope for you
Oh Frankie
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3. |
Frostie & Fries
04:43
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Who's going to take off your shoes
When you have those midnight blues
And you're trying to stumble in
To your own bed
Who's going to tuck you in
When the Trazodone kicks in
Who's going to believe your lies
Who else would share their Frosty and fries
How's it going to be
When you don't belong to me
And I try to cuddle up
Will you put me in my place
And the look that's on your face
It's enough to send me home
Who you wearing between your thighs
And do they share their Frosty and Fries
Are you happy now
Are you happy now
I bet you are
I bet you are
(Aww fuck)
I know all your secrets
Hell if I don't tell
I know all your secrets
Hell if I don't tell
Hell if I don't tell
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4. |
Less Extraordinary
02:57
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Read a story about a man
Who walked into the woods one day
And he never came out again
His family they missed him so
But he didn't miss them
No he didn't miss, no he didn't miss
No he didn't miss them
No he didn't miss, no he didn't miss
Was he living off the land
A sleeping bag and a fishing pole
Was he happy as a clam
Or maybe it was as simple as he was eaten by hungry wolves
Hungry wolves
Life gets less extraordinary everyday
Conventional is commonplace
The truth is so much more boring than what could've happened
It's disappointing, yeah I know
I know, I know
Read a story about a home
It was haunted by a ghost
And it never left the kids alone
By turning off and on
Their bedroom lights
Turning off and on, turning off and on
Turning off and on their light
Turning off and on, turning off and on their light
Did it come to warn them of
Some terrible impending doom
Was it someone they used to love
Or maybe it's just as simple as there was faulty wiring
Wiring
Life gets less extraordinary everyday
Conventional is commonplace
The truth is so much more boring than what could've happened
It's disappointing, yeah I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
I know
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5. |
Transient Me
03:13
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I went walking through your streets
Over the river, over the bridges
I do believe that I have found
A place that I could love
And when I leave this town
There isn't going to be enough caffeine in the whole wide world
To make me smile
And I'm never going to smile
Until I know what I want to know
And I want to know
What makes the Douglas Fir grow
Transient me
Transient me wants to know
I went walking through your streets
Into the valleys, over the peaks
And I lugged around this ragged heart
Fixed it in a haze of green
And when I leave this town
My heart will get a little mean
My heart, it gets a little meaner
You know it gets a little mean
And I want to know
What makes the Douglas Fir grow
Transient me
Transient me wants to know
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6. |
Reeling In the Night
03:47
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You can add it up any way you like
And it still adds up the same
When your reeling in the night
Reeling in the night
Reeling in the night
We could vandalize the city skies
With our names
Written in blood and guts
Written in blood and guts
And lights pour from every hole
And our rotting bodies explode
Reeling in the night
Reeling in the night
Reeling in the night
And is it such a sin
To want to get fucked up and do it again
And is it such a sin
To want to die the little death
In your soft and easy tonight
We'll vandalize the skies
Reeling in the night
And will you tell my cannibal fetish friends "Hello", for me
"And save the best piece for me..."
'Cause I'm reeling in the night
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7. |
Lonely When I'm Faithful
02:30
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In the words of my beloved
I'm sadder when I'm faithful
I'm sadder when I'm faithful
In the words of my beloved
I'm lonely when I'm faithful
But only when I'm faithful
But you would rather be amused
And I guess I'll just get abused
There's a hole in your head
If ever there was something wrong with one of us
If ever there was something wrong with one of us
Darling, it was you
Darling, it was you
Oh darling, it was you
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Hang some art
Plug in a lamp
It feels like you're home, but you're not
Feels like you're home but you're not
In the weest hours of the night
On the freeway, close your eye
Close your eye and count to five
And if you're still on course, you lost
Feels like you won, but you lost
I couldn't save you
Nobody could
And that's all
I didn't save you
I couldn't even if I tried
We couldn't save you
We couldn't even if we tried
We didn't save you
And that's all
Come on down, come on down
Come on down, come on down
Hang up some art
Plug in a lamp
Hang up some art
Plug in a lamp
And it feels like you're home, but you're not
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9. |
Out The Window
03:36
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I wasn't born to rule the world
I was born to read some magazines
And go pissing in the wind
I watch the smoke ascend to nothing
Evaporated somewhere out the window
Out the window, Out the window
Out the window, Out the window
It curled away out the window and now it's all gone
It curled away out the window and now it's all gone
Out the window
Out the window
I wasn't born to get ahead
I was born to stay in bed
I watch the smoke ascend to nothing
Evaporated somewhere out the window
Out the window, Out the window
Out the window, Out the window
It curled away out the window and now it's all gone
It curled away out the window and now it's all gone
Out the window
Out the window
Out the window
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I was keen on the world when I was a child
I was blind to the parts that are wicked and wild
I didn't understand
That greed makes demands
Yeah, greed makes demands
All of my brothers are motherfuckers
Yes, it's true
They're all motherfuckers
So I am too
I was keen on the world when I was a boy
Blind to the pillage and lives we destroy
And left up to me, I'd rather be
Drowning in coffee and weed
In coffee and weed
All of my brothers are motherfuckers
My sisters and brothers
We're all motherfuckers
We're all motherfuckers
My sisters and brothers
We're all motherfuckers
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Porter & The Lorings San Antonio, Texas
I was born and raised (the youngest of nine) in San Antonio, TX. I've mostly beat on the drums in a few different bands around town (Bacon, MicroGiants, Coffin Creeps), but also had the pleasure of screaming at the top of my smokey lungs with, Enchilada Apocalypse. ... more
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