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Willing and Able
04:35
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Well I’m willing, willing and able
Well I’m livin inside a fable
Well I’m a villain not unlike Clark Gable
Well I was born at the fall of Betty Grable
Well I’m willin, willin, willin, and I’m holding
won’t you lay it down
Well I’m swimming like Burt Lancaster
Now I’m quippin gonna go down faster
Well I’m illin, ‘cause I got a license
But I said, "now pusher, do ya got the stuff?
Well I’m willin, willin, willin, and I’m holding
Do you got the stuff? Won’t you lay it down?"
Well I’m holdin, all the fuckin cards yeah
I ain’t folding, gonna go down hard yeah
Won’t ya tell me, Tom Tasselmeyer
When the snow squall gonna blow on over?
All the while the warm friendly domicile was
Redolent of orchids and flower pedals blown about the sad floor
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2. |
Candy
01:12
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Candy's taken to living on the sound of the road
Candy got no other place that she can go
Girl, that ain't no way to fuckin' live, c'mon let's go
Don't you wanna find a better life?
Doesn't matter if you're brown or black or white
Now boogie down tonight
I know it's hard to pick yourself off of the fuckin floor
She got no other kinda life, no open door
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3. |
Real Topeka People
03:24
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Went down to the city; I couldn’t believe what I saw
Came home lookin shitty, but feeling even better than before
My girl was so pretty; you’d never believe how she was
I said, "If you want it, come on down to Gordon street yeah."
Got live if you want it; them real Topeka people make you feel
Got live if you want it; them real Topeka people make it real
I know that you wanna
Them people make you feel
Went down to the jook joint dive
And I ran into to Zora Neale
She said, “Don’t you cry, tonight
These white boys will’ make you feel alright
They’ll show you something along the ride
You never know what they’ll reveal
There won’t be no homicide
Cuz everybody’s busy rockin on their heels."
Now if you find it queer
here’s a memo from Joe:
"Eight days and nights they play
And they don’t get cold.
They give us all what we want
When our back’s to the wall.
They got the beat of a thumpin heart
When they let it roll."
You better let it go
You’ll never make it if you kneel
They’ll pick you up off of the floor
Them people gonna make you feel
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4. |
Baltimore Boner
04:18
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Don’t you know I been waiting for ya
I been acting a fool
Nothing else in this life to phase me cuz
I got them runnin blues
Tell me what you’re thinking
I don’t wanna be confused
Cos I’m the man on the corner with the Baltimore boner
You can make it your own; c’mon take me home
Don’t you know that I want you
Now don’t ya be shy
Don’t you know I need you, baby
Only wanna get you high
I hear you talking, the things I wanna hear
Cos I’m the man on the corner with the Baltimore boner
You can make it your own; take me home
Well you want what you want when you walk in the dark
now you’re takin a walk on the east side
No, it’s not that bad
If you really love me, don’t you dare look back
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5. |
Marge Sweetwater
03:58
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Gobble-gobble!
Bye-Bye
I'm Marge Sweetwater
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6. |
Hooker in the Rain III
07:22
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Don’t you know
Mary’s taken to living on the side of the road
Mary's got no other place that she can go
Runnin the road to the great unknown
At the grocery store, she’s sleeping behind the automatic door
Does another line, just to waste some time
You’re goddamn right
See the man put the 8-ball down
I say “What the fuck do you do that for?
Pick that shit up! Stop suckin dick for coke!”
Mary’s taken to living on the side of the road
Ten dollars, she’ll give you a stroke
Cuts another line, such a waste of time
All the crooked lines, those crooked lines
Got another Jones, for sure
She’ll be takin a ride, scorin a dime, layin them lines all day
Hooker in the rain, hooker in the supermarket
What I wanna know—is will you go down slow?
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Out in the Country
03:51
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When you walk across the pantry, won’t you pour my Michter’s Rye
It’s no mystery – we’re sippin rye on Christmas night
Grab you a cold one; we’re breaking out the stogies
Don’t you know we’re breakin out this town
We cannot let these bastards, we cannot let them weigh us down
We’re blowin town
Gonna take it o’er the hill yonder
Gonna make it like a rustic Logan’s run
Now I know what you’re thinkin, baby
(messing up your Christmas night)
Don’t you suffer the lockdown one more day
(meet me at the town hall light)
Got something I wanna give to you, my love
If we blow now that’s our choice
Leave the hole of your small apartment
Baby leave off the toil and light out now
Out in the country
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8. |
After the 2014 ALCS
06:01
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I said way to go there, Orioles
It was a hell of a ride, it was a real good time
Thank you boys.
Now I know, yes I know
You gonna do it to it
On down the road.
I put my faith in this my town
When the skelter’s coming down
Gonna be right there on the front line
When the man reads the news today
With an eminence front
What can I say 'cept we lost our way again
Long as you keep swingin hard
Dig a hole for them shooting stars
I know you're gonna light my way again
I like the way you walk, I like your smile
I’d sure like to get away for a while
Waste a day or two grooving in the summer with you
Ah, it’s alright, cuz there’s you and you’re mine
Oh, it’s okay, when I’m gone little darling down a long long road that winds (sip the wine)
__________
I don't like your chances, Dellin Betances
You're pitching for the Yankees (we call them the Spankees)
*The Silver Fox with the call*
The dios didn't wanna vaya, Yordano Ventura
But if it's any consolation, they named a highway after you, son
*Thorney with the call*
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9. |
People Talkin'
03:42
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When ya walk in my door
I’m gonna put it where the sun don’t shine
You’re goddamn right
People talking
People talkin all about you
People talking a fuckin blue streak about you
Girl when you’re gone, the fuckin’ sun don’t shine
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10. |
Big Peach Caravansary
06:38
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Gonna play me some Tetris
Tetris Worlds on PS 2 now
Now tell me if you get this
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hadda cut myself in line
Hadda have a real good time
Haloti Ngata
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11. |
Two and Magoo
03:02
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Real Topeka People Baltimore, Maryland
Crafty lyrics
over atmospheric guitar rock all recorded live among friends in a Baltimore basement, then lovingly
fucked wit by Sajby.
Mixed for enjoying with quality headphones.
Jeff
Bruce
Pat
Sajby
Also featuring Jen, Graham and Jon
... more
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