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Party At The Library

by Joe Dickinson

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Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Gonna read some books Gonna sit in a chair Don't have to worry 'bout Don't have to worry 'bout going anywhere Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Gonna go on the internet Gonna check out the sites Gonna find me a movie that I can watch tonight Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Gonna put on hold My beating heart Gonna sit outside the front doors and wait for the fun to start Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey! Did you hear? There's a party at the library Hey!
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Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past If you love movies If you love fun Bring friends and family Bring everyone The show will start Around seven or eight so Don’t be late, I said don’t be late Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past I’ve got popcorn and Triscuits And pea snaps too Let me know if those don’t work for you I take allergies very seriously Some people can’t eat wheat eat wheat eat wheat Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past Have you seen X men? HELL YEAH Have you seen X2? HELL YEAH Have you seen X3? HELL YEAH Have you seen X4? YEAH Have you seen X5? UM Have you seen X6? WAIT Have you seen X7? I DON’T Have you seen X8? THINK SO Have you seen X9? NO Take your money Throw it down the drain Are you not entertained? Take your money Throw it down the drain Are you not entertained? Once the show is over We’re all gonna go Back to our mutant little lives In our mutant little homes But for one hundred fifty minutes Turn your cell phones off… Or Magneto will steal them Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past Who wants to watch X-Men Days of Future Past? I wanna watch X-Men Days of Future Past
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Sex Lady 02:05
Sex lady sex lady Where did you go We used to lie and hear you say OH OH OHHH Now we don’t hear you, no no no Sex lady sex lady Where did you go Sex lady sex lady Where could you be We used to lie and hear you say GIVE IT TO ME Now all I hear is the wind and the trees Sex lady sex lady Where could you be My friend Jack Is a real Rob Roy But all work and no play Makes Jack a dull boy Sex lady sex lady Please come back We used to lie and hear you say JUST LIKE THAT If not for me then for my friend Jack Sex lady sex lady Please come back
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Let’s give a hand for our fearless leader! He must be some kind of genius He did a task all by himself It feels like divine intervention He did the whole thing without help Did you see the way he walked in that meeting The way he smiled as he said that nice greeting I don’t think I’ve ever seen him eating food He’s gonna get that promotion Get that promotion He must be some kind of genius He holds us all accountable You know he’s totally not creepy He’s got a wife and kids at home I believe that when he writes an agenda He doesn’t even think of his own agenda His agendas engender positivity He believes diversity Trumps adversity He must be some kind of genius He’s always got something to say He’s such a beautiful reminder Of what is wrong with the world today He must be some kind of genius He must be some kind of genius He must be some kind of genius He must be some kind of
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Come gather round you people Let me tell you a story please It’s a kind of a tragedy Starring Bread meat and cheese Born into a war 1944 Underground And awful sounds And all his parents dreamt about was Bread meat and cheese Going into their bodies They were upon their knees For a little bit of Bread meat and cheese Our boy was feeling great Around 1968 The food was plenty The women were many And every night was a royal feast of Bread meat and cheese Going into their bodies No fruits or vitamin D Just a whole lot of Bread meat and cheese Our boy left Saigon alive Around 1975 He started to climb He had less free time His cooking turned into reheating Bread meat and cheese Yeah he rolled his eyes at beans He got plenty of proteins From his Bread meat and cheese Our boy couldn’t tie his shoes By 1992 He’d leave work hungry Then use his money To drive up to the counter and buy Bread meat and cheese Yeah I’ll take fries with that please Go ahead and supersize me Gimme gimme my Bread meat and cheese Our boy was up in heaven By 1997 His family cried And they asked “Lord why?!” Then celebrated his life by eating Bread meat and cheese Clogged his arteries Gave him diabetes Gimme gimme my Bread meat and cheese Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme Gimme my bread meat and cheese Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme Gimme my bread meat and cheese
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How can I compose With blood pouring out of my nose Step inside the mirror and I think it’s time To find some new clothes They tell me life totally isn’t lame It’s a super cool super fun game You work alone to the bone Then you come home And nothing is left I’m leaving it all behind In my mind And I don’t endorse your horse And I won’t accept your course And I won’t go down, won’t go down Without my flames No I Won’t go down without my flames Freedom isn’t free At least not for you and me We work alone to the bone Then we come home And nothing is left I’m leaving it all behind In my mind And I don’t endorse your horse And I won’t accept your course And I won’t go down, won’t go down Without my flames No I Won’t go down, I won’t go down Without my flames
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You 02:53
You, oh-ho you You, oh-ho you Once upon a time There was a Princess up in the sky Her castle floating high above Mere mortal men Those she chose to see Were overwhelmed by her beauty And they begged down on their knees To see her again...they said You you you you you you you you you you You you you you you you you you you you There’s nothing else this Prince can say You stole my words away I was one of the boys Obsessed with all of my toys The signal and the noise Meant the world to me So it was much to my surprise The first time that I looked in her eyes And my heart realized She was the girl for me...I said You you you you you you you you you you You you you you you you you you you you There’s nothing else this Prince can say You stole my words away Any fool on any hill Can make a date and pay the bill They can swallow bitter pills In the name of love And me I’m exactly same At the mention of her name My eyes avert in shame And I sing praise to her You, oh-ho you You, oh-ho you You, oh-ho you You, oh-ho you You...
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Lost in the rain and I’m feeling so ashamed I should’ve swallowed my pride And asked that guy “Can you tell me how to get this place?” We’d probably be there already I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I know I believe in the belief I believe That tells me so Kiss my cheek then wait one week You can bet that I won’t forget But if I do please don’t be mad Give me a friendly reminder…..use visuals I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I know I believe in the belief I believe That tells me so I try not to think about the past That’s when I remember things Like all of the kisses I missed And the Mona Lisa I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I believe in the belief that I can get better I know I believe in the belief I believe That tells me so I believe in the belief I believe That tells me That tells me so
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I can’t believe I wanna get a car I can’t believe I wanna get a car Used to be ok with walking so far, oh Now I wanna get a car I’m ok with guzzlin’ gas ‘Cause my feet hurt and I’d rather sit on my Never ever ever gonna go too fast, oh I’m ok with guzzlin’ gas I can’t believe I wanna get a car I can’t believe I wanna get a car How the hell will I get home from this bar, oh I wanna get a car Do I have a preference in brands Yes I do I’m a Toyota man Through and through TRAITOR I can’t believe I wanna get a car I can’t believe I wanna get a car Cover me with molten hot tar, oh I wanna get a car I wanna get a car
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Three Days 03:20
Papa tells me The invasion Will come within the week We leave Paris Three days later Chaos in the streets Trains aren’t leaving We start walking Papa carries me sometimes In my dreams they are Chasing after me In my dreams they are Demons who don’t care What they stole from my family What they stole Papa tells me Three more miles He says that for three days When we get To Uncle’s house I find a bed and I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay For three days I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay I lay For three days When I wake up We eat peaches On Uncle’s balcony In my dreams they are Chasing after me In my dreams they are Demons who don’t care What they stole from my family What they stole from my family What they stole Three years later There’s no peaches All I eat is bread Papa’s gone Uncle’s gone All I’ve got left is this radio I play a song Much too long They will surely hear Let them come Let them take me away Just let this music play Let it play it play it play it play it play it play For three days Let it play it play it play it play it play it play For three days When I wake up I see nothing But the sea of flames
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Eating lunch Maybe brunch I ordered a grilled cheese Loud bang I thought dang Don’t they know I’m trying to read… Windows broke I smell smoke And my skin is melting Eating lunch Maybe brunch I feel like a grilled cheese First she fell Then I fell Then someone fell on top of me... In between All the screams I kind of wanted my money back Eating lunch Maybe brunch I ordered a grilled cheese The day is new The sky is blue But in my mind I feel no peace… Up in smoke Life’s a joke Might as well shoot a rhino
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I talk to animals on Sunday And when I did This is what they said “How are you here? How are you still here?” You know you shouldn't be alive 100 years ago you would’ve died You know you’ve got no drive to survive Maybe evolution is broke (But they don’t stop there) They say “Look at you now You’re a disgusting fat cow Wasting water Wasting water” I say “Please stop I don’t like that” But they don’t stop And I start to feel mad So I shoot them Yeah I kill them all I deserve to be alive 100 years ago I would’ve been just fine I don’t need to have a drive to survive Because I evolved from nuts Maybe evolution can suck it
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The Deceiver 03:45
You bring out the worst in me And you bring out the best I got a thought or two for you To get up off my chest It’s all a matter of trust baby It’s all a matter of fact You can walk right out my door But you won’t walk back I’m a believer I knew you couldn’t commit You’re the deceiver You pull my chain and then you quit All or everything is lost Under teenage hail Pick a plastic dolphin nose When you buy your mail The matchbox that you hold Is really part of the fuse I speak for the underdog I got nothing to lose I’m a believer I knew you couldn’t commit You’re the deceiver You pull my chain and then you quit Tonight I’m prom queen Of the old high school Don’t follow social games Don’t envy petty fools I am a vampire I drink leftover blood And when I’m finished I go swimming in the flood I’m a believer I knew you couldn’t commit You’re the deceiver You pull my chain and then you quit

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released August 1, 2020

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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois

Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.

I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago, IL.

It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen.
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