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Smoke Around the Lamps
06:45
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There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
The smoke around the lamps
Performs a slow suppressing dance
Stifling the lights advance
So hungry dogs will lead my way
I'll feed them only if they stay
And keep me safe until the light of day
There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
Stumbling through the haze
I come upon an empty grave
And it meets my empty gaze
That grave one question asks:
"Which one will the other outlast,
The body or the lash?"
Black-blue eyes
(Yeah I've seen the light)
Black-blue eyes
(And it's no tunnel bright)
You said that death was gunna come
And that it comes for everyone
So I stopped listening to your album
Because I'm afraid of all that dark
That end impending from the start
My enemy cannot be fought
There's a snake in my ear
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2. |
Mother's Medicine
03:30
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Lydia Sherman is plagued with rats
Lydia has no faith in cats
So Lydia buys some arsenic
And Lydia's husband, he gets sick
And Lydia's husband he does die
And Lydia's neighbors wonder why
Lydia moves but still has rats
Lydia still lacks faith in cats
So Lydia buys more arsenic
And this time Lydia's children, they get sick
And Lydia's children, they do die
And Lydia's neighbors wonder why
Lydia sits in Wethersfield jail
Loudly she moans and she does wail
She blames her fate on a plague of rats
She blames the idleness of cats
But the neighbors asked why one too many times
So Lydia's neighbors had to die
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Singapore
02:29
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Lets pack our things and move to Singapore
Where our currency is worth five times more
I'll buy your drinks until I'm back to poor
Then I'll buy you a couple more
Lets sell our extra clothes and hit the road
Won't stop until you've forgot what Moses wrote
Instead we'll learn lessons from the Eskimos
Staying warm by staying close
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4. |
Divorce Papers
06:42
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I was young but I was certain
That a year was long enough, and that she was still a virgin
So I sold some things, and bought a ring while she whispered to her friends
And they were all so happy that she'd found a wholesome man
And sure, we married in a rush
But Jesus Christ said we couldnt touch
Until the state declares us legitimate
so it's off to the taylor to make mamma's dress fit
My smiling bride learned to cry,
As we grew older and learned how to die
And I swallowed all my pride,
As unequally yoked i died, she died, we died
Elizabeth read my palm last week
She told my future, and robbed me of my sleep
She said that we'd be married, and I wept that she was wrong
Because she read your palm too and said that you'd die, you'd die alone (but maybe neither were wrong)
My smiling bride learned to cry,
As we grew older and learned how to die
And I swallowed all my pride,
As unequally yoked i died, she died, we died
I got famous and impatient and signed divorce papers
My wife caught me at the neighbors and signed divorce papers
I got famous and impatient and signed divorce papers
I am coming home, and you had better be alone
Because I am prone to jealousy, and have never taken kindly to being decieved
My smiling bride learned to cry,
As we grew older and learned how to die
And I swallowed all my pride,
As unequally yoked i died, she died, we died
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5. |
Broken Coyote
08:05
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I feast around
Fill my beastly mouth
Protect my name
To hide my snout
But beast am I
To be more I tried
But beast am I
Still beast am I
Flesh and bone
Maybe a soul
But flesh and bone
Still flesh and bone
Broken coyote,
side of the highway
I can see the headlights,
but we still share one plight
I feast around
Fill my beastly mouth
Protect my name
To hide my snout
But beast am I
To be more I tried
But beast am I
Still beast am I
Flesh and bone
Maybe a soul
But flesh and bone
Still flesh and bone
Broken coyote,
side of the highway
I can see the headlights,
but we still share one plight
Beast am I
To be more I tried
But beast am I
Still beast am I
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6. |
Teams
05:25
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I say I don't know
But still curse holy ghosts
So I guess that I've made up my mind
She said it took seven days
But it seems either way
We're both breathing just to pass the time
'Til that spiral unwinds
And we see just who's right
(Mamma) I hope it's you and not I
I'll take that fiery lake
If you get the pearly gates
And we'll both get just what we deserve
Oh, let justice be served
To the kingdoms we served
(Mamma) We ought to leave in different directions
When the levy's overflowing
Why not let the dirt wash away
I say I don't know
But still curse holy ghosts
But when she says different,
I think of changing my mind
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7. |
Plates of Brass
02:12
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There's a Mormon on my front doorstep
And he wants to come in
He says that I've got a friend
So I clear off the piano bench
There's a Mormon in my front doorstep
I invited him in
He says "It's been a long day"
But any comforting words evade me
There's a Mormon out my front doorway
I think he's on to the next
I truly wished him my best
But he turned down my cigarette
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Terrible Buttons Spokane, Washington
Terrible Buttons, a seven piece outfit from Spokane, have been playing their brand of spooky blues rock for roughly 3 years
now. They have released two EP's, 2010's Brute Neighbors and 2011's Plates of Ether.
The band’s debut-full length record, 'RUNT', is slated for release on July 12, and showcases Terrible Buttons ability to go from bayou blues to downright psychedelic.
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