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Party of God
04:29
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Party of God
Jesus, Matt, Mark, Luke and John
Decided to congregate with the other eight
And stay up late to party
God was busy anyway making up rules
So the longhaired guys got their party tools
And started partying
Jesus felt a little guilty for not lettin’ dad in
On the party of the centuries, the party of sin
But, then Peter brought out the good stuff and said
Let the party begin
God was in the other wing, very serious indeed
Not knowing his dread locked, carpenter son
Was smoking weed in the guest room
With his longhaired, Birkenstock wearing, vegetarian,
Body pierced, tattooed, facial haired,
Sand surfing friends
Now Simon and Paul liked to party down
Peter and Jesus rapped while Judas frowned
And Jesus snapped from underneath his crown
Hey Matthew, Mark, Luke and john
Please don’t write this down
So, God in all his goodness, concentrating on what’s right
Pretended not to notice all the noise on this night
‘Til he heard a rockin’ flute and he said
Man, that’s outta sight
Jesus was getting’ too heavy, so enthusiasm waned
It was getting’ close to morning and everyone was drained
And Peter’s bag was empty and the homemade Egyptian beer they had,
It was warm and lame
God knocked on the door and Peter opened the window hence
Mark turned on the fan and luke lit the incense
And Jesus said, uh yea, come on in
Everyone was scared and Jesus got really tense
Jesus looked down when his dad came in
He said, it’s not what it looks like and let me begin
By saying, it’s all my fault
And I’ll pay for their sins
But, God knew exactly what was goin’ on here
And he looked rather hurt when he spotted the Egyptian beer
And he said, son I told you, your body’s a temple
Don’t you hear?
I just don’t approve of those man made drugs
Science is great if they could work out the bugs
But, the powder and pills and needles will turn you
From a butterfly to a caterpillar,
From a human, to a slug
You have to keep your mind sharp, that’s why I gave you this plant
And he pulled out a bushel and with a smile he’d chant
This bud’s for you son,
That’s why I put it here
So, everybody cheered and the party rose again
God was cool after all, he blended right in
And Jesus was relieved that eternity wouldn’t be so bad
The music got louder and the holy partied on
God brought out a deli tray with bread and fish and prawns
And Mary said desperately, let’s party forever
But, alas she knew they were headed for the dawn
Now, the son must rise, so everybody went home
Matt, Mark, Luke and John didn’t write it down,
They were too stoned
And the rest is history
And from Godly seed we’re sewn
It’s a party with God that they rolled up then
And it’s a party of God, so we do it again
Until some joker like Judas turns us all in
To the Pontious Pilate Police Patrol
Working for Satan’s servants,
Dressed in the unholy suits and robes
That used to be sacred
When they were made from hemp
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2. |
Lick Your Teeth
04:44
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Lick Your Teeth
When the TV’s on,
I’m looking back as you look back at me
from behind the camera’s cold red eye
I’m watching your lips move up and down and up and down
but I can’t hear a word you say
what, when, who, how or why
your eyes are smoky and your voice is sweet
and I don’t care if we ever make our opinions meet
I wanna lick your teeth
You’re the reader girl everyday
you talk on the TV
you’re hopin’ you’ve got your hair and face on right
‘cause everyone can surely see
you’re serious when you need to be
and you frown and laugh most naturally
and that hypnosis works at least on someone
someone such as me
I wanna lick your teeth
Would it be the same
if we could meet in the real world?
Would you look the same
if we could meet in the real world?
Would it be the same
if you knew my name
and we played this game
in the real world?
Now, I know down inside there’s a fragile soul
with a longing to be loved
and you’re insecure about your place and face and body
always being judged
and deep inside of me there’s a soul
that really cares and doesn’t stare right past the being
to the object underneath
but right now that’s all we’ve got
turn off the camera and the lights
I’m gonna steal, gonna steal you like a thief
I wanna lick your teeth
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3. |
Dummies are Green
02:25
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Dummies are Green
I’m daydreaming now
and I’m lost it seems
my mind goes back
to last night’s dream
And what the little man said
what did that little man mean?
he said I’m no dummy
dummies are green
Meet Mr. Cool
and the green bean pods
and all the others
from last night’s promenade
And what the little man said
as if he played in dreams
he said I’m no dummy
dummies are green
And what the little man said
what did that little man mean?
he said I’m no dummy
dummies are green
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4. |
The Big Wanker Blues
04:11
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The Big Wanker Blues
I wish I weren’t endowed
with such a massive bulge of sirloin
I just wanna be a normal guy
with an average manly groin
but, I’m fearful when I’m swimming
It’ll swim right out of my shorts
and then the pool will clear, somebody’ll yell shark
and I’ll wind up in the courts
defending myself from a world that doesn’t understand
what it’s like to be such an oversized,
over-inflated, overblown, hard to fit man
I’d be large if I wasn’t so huge
I got the big wanker, chain yanker, monkey spanker
sperm banker, double hulled oil tanker
I got the big wanker blues
I don’t wanna be small
and for the big girl, just a tease
I just wanna be average, a man who loves to please
but, I’m dying, if I’m lying
It’s a summer sausage fully inflated
there isn’t a port that can handle this ship,
none of this is exaggerated
and the brave women who’ve opened up,
have recoiled again in fear
it’s my cross to bare, the monkey on my back,
this Godzilla without peer
I’d be genuinely monstrous, if I wasn’t so colossal
I got the big wanker, number one ranker,
turmoil and rancor, ultimate spanker,
gold-studded, rock solid, international banker,
I got the big wanker blues
I got the big wanker blues
I’m the ultimate ride
but, the ladies live in fear of such a massive, raging tool,
they run and hide
the stallions stand restlessly
and then they shrink back in disgrace,
the mares’ lift their tails and their eyes get wide
but, I won’t go near that place
my member’s a major monster,
it’s a whopper, unsurpassed
it’s a Rambo rod, a powerful pole,
mistaken at the beach for a clipper’s mighty mast
I’d be giant, if I wasn’t titanic
I got the big wanker, mind blanker
walk the plank or spank and thank her,
beyond imagination, science fiction, reality yanker
I got the big wanker blues
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5. |
Killing Myself
05:16
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Killing Myself
Images fade from former lives
of forgotten friends and foolish lies
of dreams dulled down to human size
in a universe of inebriated boredom
where the greatest, grandest, grueling quest
is false and fake and fantasy, at best
mediocre minds and men quite merit less
are the stars in this universe of boredom
I’ve been killing myself
for myself for so long
I’ve been killing myself with myself
What do you do when you’ve widdled it down?
and your youth is buried under years of ground
and your colors have faded in the lost and found
and you head into the everlasting boredom
now, they say they’ve saved our youth with a pill
200 years on the express treadmill
so, we can scurry and hurry toward hopes and fears
back and forth, up and down, here and there and back to here
for another 200 years?
I’ve been killing myself
for myself for so long
I’ve been killing myself with myself
Images fade and reappear
of forgotten joy and women’s tears
I wash my face to face the day
alive for another 200 years, I’ve gotta stop
Killing myself
for myself for so long
I’ve been killing myself with myself
Images fade from former lives
of forgotten friends and foolish lies
and dreams dulled down to human size
in a universe of longer lives
where images fade from former lives
of forgotten loves and forgotten wives
and dreams of days so long gone by
in a universe of longer lives
where images fade from former times
of reckless loss, of finite time
of useless notes and meaningless rhymes
in my universe, I’ve been killing
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God Put the Fun in Fundamentalist
God is an American
and the bible was wrote in English
and Jesus is coming back right here to Texas
It’s so good to know that we’re right
and it’s so warm to deal out our might
and the only book we’ll ever need to read
is the bible, it’s American indeed
And those scientists are full of human pride
and those liberals are mocking how he died
and those secular humanists will face judgement in the end
if we don’t get ‘em first,
‘cause we know that we’re God’s best friends
God is an American
and the bible was wrote in English
and Jesus is coming back right here to Tulsa
God, he is a white man
and he loves you only if you’re Christian
and Jesus is a right wing fundamentalist
I got my flag flying high and the good book in my hand
I got my woman at my side and she jumps at my command
we go to church every week and we love and serve the Lord
we leave to spread his words with our own holy swords
We’re gonna take this land back from the commies, freaks and queer boys
we’re gonna make this Christian country free from choice
we’re gonna keep them schools from teachin’ evolution lies
we’re gonna make sure sex is always sanitized
God is an American
and the bible was wrote in English
and Jesus is coming back right here to Tuscalusa
God, he is a white man
and he loves you only if you’re Christian
and Jesus looks a lot like Ralph Reed Jr.
We’re gonna keep the federal government from takin’ our beliefs
we’re gonna make sure every baby’s born that is conceived
I have the Lord God All Mighty, he’s on my side
and there ain’t nowhere them unbelievers can run and hide
God is an American
and the bible was wrote in English
and Jesus is coming back right here to Tuscalusa
God, he is a white man
and he loves you only if you’re Christian
and Jesus wasn’t ever really Jewish
(and Jesus looks a lot like Jerry Falwell)
and God put the fun in fundamentalist
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7. |
Progress
04:41
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Progress
They put in the new road years ago
and they hauled away the trees and coal
a man put in a petrol station
and beside it a hotel for the travel vacation
and a few of the more hearty folk decided one day
to make this newly cleared space their home to stay
They built a church to keep in touch with God
and they built a police station to keep in line the odd
they built a schoolhouse to educate their offspring
and a store to buy materials and things
they built a factory just outside of town
and created jobs and money for the people all around
Other folk heard about the sleepy town arising
and ventured there to make a go at life beside the spring
banks came in to lend a hand with lots of capital
shopping malls and dealerships rose up as well
they elected those that they saw fit
to run the place, collect taxes and all that bit
By now they needed energy, more money, should they sell?
they dammed the local river and they sunk some oil wells
they had to build more roads, some freeways for the cars
and a place to keep the killers, pushers and robbers behind bars
radio and TV stations sprang up to give the daily news
of local strife and foreign wars and who was suing who
In came giant corporations from abroad
and music groups and sporting teams for people to applaud
they built a local center to send men into space
and they passed some harsher laws to keep minorities in their place
they built a zoo for lions, koalas and the lot
to look a nature and to remind them of what they’re not
They sectioned off the land to deposit all the trash
and they built a nuclear power plant to get some extra cash
they cleared some more of nature for some needed office spaces
and they built a brick court house to settle legal cases
they built a sterile hospital to care for all the sick
and to work on cures for cancer from the crick
They built a few more centers for trains and planes and boats
and a few more bridges and parking lots and roads
and they finished a few more entertainment house for the masses
appliance stores of conveniences and a few more over passes
but, though they try to supply demand, all they find is sand
their energy is spent and they’ve used up all the land
A crowded city stands full of herpes and of aids
there isn’t any jobs, so the honkies hate the spades
and the crime rate always rises, there’s nothing else to do
trust is gone, you never know what is or isn’t true
the city stands a monument to what our hands create
and left there in the rubble are the people and their alcohol and drugs
their minds sedate
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8. |
The Deca Dance
03:33
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The Deca Dance
Do the Deca Dance
the Deca Dance
do the Deca Dance
Dance around the fire
in your naked glory
choose a couple partners
to write your story
then go ahead and please
your earthly desires
goin’ down multi
by the crackling fire
goin’ down south
with the pipe well lit
and shake it shake it shake it!
Do the Deca Dance
the Deca Dance
do the Deca Dance
until a quarter to three
then rest,
and do it again
Strap on the horns
and take off your clothes
the pleasure you experience
no one else knows
fill up every fantasy
and stroke every need
and taste the pomegranate
the forbidden seed
Do the Deca Dance
the Deca Dance
do the Deca Dance
until you can’t even breath
then rest,
and do it again
do the Deca Dance
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9. |
America Breathing
05:41
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America Breathing
I can feel America breathing
it’s the only sign of life
I can hear her heart beating
above the terror and the strife
she begs for life
in spite of the pain
she wants to live again
The grandest lady sees a mirror
and in the mirror she sees lines
with innocence and beauty fading
she reaches deep for holy signs
she begs to find a cure for the pain
to free her youth again
to open up her hand
to the spirit of the land
from granite to the sand
for humanity she calls
with hope still standing tall
her beauty still enthralls me
I want to live again
I can feel America breathing
begging darkness for a light
I can hear her heart beating
in the freedom and the fight
she yearns for sight
for love heals the pain
she wants to give again
she wants to live again
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10. |
Jesus 2 (The Return)
03:04
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Jesus 2 (The Return)
Jesus cut his hair
and Jesus shaved his face
Jesus changed his clothes, took a bath
and joined the race
just so they’d let him in
Jesus bought a tie
and Jesus voted right
Jesus changed his name
to Christian J. White
but, still they wouldn’t let him come in
Ya’ see, Jesus is a trouble maker
Jesus is a freak
Jesus is the enemy
in the sermon every week
so, how the hell are they gonna let him in?
But, Jesus stood his ground
and Jesus stirred the rabble
Jesus blasphemed all religions
Jesus is a rebel
so, you know that they won’t let him in
Jesus looks apart
from every other man
so, Jesus couldn’t help
but, be alone in his stand
so, you know that they could never fit him in
Then Jesus walked away
and Jesus shook his head
Jesus saw his name above the door
and it read;
all are welcome, if you’re like us
free from sin
if you’re beaten, he’s the answer
you could win
bring your money and your lifestyle
and your grin
and Jesus knew
he’d never make it in
he never made it in
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Waitin’ for Life to Begin
I’d like to say, I’m intellectually disconnected
but, mostly I’m bored
when everything I lust for is decidedly out of reach
and the payments, I can’t afford
livin’ on grass and booze and video stimulation
when does childhood end?
I’m counting on the music and the luxury of friends
to see me through these days of discontent
I am waitin’ for life to begin
I’m waitin’ for life to begin
I’d like to say, the days ahead are better then the past
as we seemingly appear to evolve
but, everyday the headlines rearrange the words
because man continues to revolve
livin’ on ass and snooze and media manipulation
with a credit card, it never ends
still counting on the gods from Mt. Olympus to descend
and to grant the possibilities again
We’ve been waitin’ for life to begin
we’ve been waitin’ for life to begin
I’m barely here, if a stiff wind came I’d fly, high
I’m suspended here in a world that sees me not
I’m standing in what’s left from all that came before
I’m standing in the rubble of our evolutionary war
I’d like to say, I see a lining in the clouds,
that’d be a lie
the future holds only what the evening has to give
how far and how high
living on everything they say will bring the end
because, nothing brings you joy like a sin
I’m counting on the odds that somehow I will survive
and I’ll live to do it over again
I am waitin’ for life to begin
I’m waitin’ for life to begin
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12. |
Brain Dead
03:29
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Brain Dead
I wanna be brain dead
and on the floor
I wanna be brain dead
and think no more
When I tripped into this place
I was halfway gone
I’ll be through by dawn
you can throw me on the lawn
I wanna be brain dead
and on the floor
I wanna be brain dead
and think no more
When I started down this path
I was halfway grown
now I’m on my own
and I’m feeling right at home
I wanna be brain dead
and on the floor
I wanna be brain dead
and think no more
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13. |
High All The Time
03:09
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High All The Time
We don’t need your Godless liberties
we don’t want your sinful, ‘do as you please’
we’re not worried about man’s democracy
there’s no need for your Godless liberties
Jesus is our opiate
Buddha is our heroin
Muhammad is our six pack
I never felt so fine
There’s peace throughout my mind
‘cause he said it and they wrote it
and I read it and I would die for it
‘cause I’m addicted to it and I need it
I open the book to feed it
and it’s all my mine, ‘cause I believe it
high all the time
I’m high all the time
on my God, he’s my wine
he’s my drug of choice
he’s my only voice
he’s the leader of my mind
high all the time
We don’t need your Godless liberties
we don’t want your sinful, ‘do as you please’
we’re not worried about man’s democracy
there’s no need for your Godless liberties
end liberties and live at ease
inject God and be high all the time
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14. |
Shoot The Buffalo
00:49
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Shoot the Buffalo
All the way from Georgia
to Texas we must go
to rally ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
We’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll rally ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
Oh, the buffalo’s dead
for I shot him in the head
let us rally ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
We’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll rally ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
Oh, the rabbit shot the monkey
and the monkey shot the crow
let us ramble ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
We’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll shoot the buffalo
we’ll rally ‘round the cane break
and shoot the buffalo
(Traditional)
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15. |
Dumb Ass Love Song
05:38
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Dumb Ass Love Song
Your face is like an angel
but, your fire is molten
your body makes me sing
like Michael Bolton
you’re the most delicate, delicious creature
living on this earth
your lips drip thick, but sweeter
than Mrs. Butterworth’s
and I know baby
you’ll never do me no wrong
that’s why I wrote you
this dumb ass love song
Your grace is like a skater
etching figures on the ice
your soul is pure as driven
snow at half the price
you’re the breath of summer breeze in Texas
in August or July
you’re the glistening of sweat
burning in my eye
and I know baby
you’re all right and I’m all wrong
that’s why I composted
this dumb ass love song
I’m your baby
I’m your sweet sugar pie, hunk of loving,
man from Camelot, prince charming, Chippendale’s handyman
you’re my baby
the surest, purest, cutest, truest,
but, when you’re sad baby, you’re the bluest
you’re my sugar bear, lollypop, muffin schmutz, hooch’ecoo
(you’re my sugar pop, lollypop, lips are hot, forget me not)
and this is your song
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Matt Kjeldsen Austin, Texas
With well over 1000 songs to his name and about one hundred independently produced and released albums over the past decades, Matt Kjeldsen is a veteran of the music industry and the eclectic Austin, Texas scene. His sound ranges in tone from irreverent to sublime, from angry to resigned, from simple tracks to grand soundscapes, from singer-songwriter to avant-garde groove designer. ... more
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