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Party At The Library
02:15
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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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2. |
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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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3. |
Sex Lady
02:05
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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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4. |
Some Kind of Genius
02:17
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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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5. |
Bread Meat and Cheese
02:31
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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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6. |
Without My Flames
02:41
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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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7. |
You
02:53
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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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8. |
Believe In the Belief
02:47
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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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10. |
Three Days
03:20
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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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11. |
Grilled Cheese
02:10
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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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12. |
Drive to Survive
02:30
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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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13. |
The Deceiver
03:45
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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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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.
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