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from Mike Watt - Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? (1995)
I asked him if he knew what time he had
He said he wasn't sure, maybe a quarter past The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's I peered in his eyes as we stood in line just to have a look But the pages I found looked like an unbound coloring book The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's It's not reality, just someone elses sentimentality... It won't work for you... Baby boomers selling you rumors of their history Forcing youth away from the truth of what's real today The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's Stadium minds with stadium lies gotta make you laugh Garbage vendors against true defenders of the craft The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's It's not reality, just someone else?s sentimentality... Look what it did to Watt (Speaking as a child of the 70's) The kids against the 70's Kids against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's The kids of today should defend themselves against the 70's |
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from Mike Watt - Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? (1995)
Last night
Last night Last night I dreamt of Pedro Last night Last night Last night I dreamt of Pedro Last night Last night Last night Last night Last night Last night Last night Last night |
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from Mike Watt - Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? (1995)
There are some things
A guy gets from his pop. Some of them things get spaced, Others never forgot. I got such a tradition. I keep in my truck cab. Ooh, ooh, ooh piss-bottle man. Miles and miles and all the while I feel secure. Even if the fuse gets short, I know I can keep my nerve. I believe in such a tradition, I got it in my truck cab. Ooh, ooh, ooh piss-bottle man. Driving in his shoes, Using the bottle he used. Everytime I pop I think Of my pop and pay my dues. I respect such a tradition, A shrine in my truck cab. Ooh, ooh, ooh piss-bottle man. |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
You didn't have to give your necklace to me before I left
Now I lay awake and think how very smart you were I thought about you every day I hear the rain comin' in from miles away The air is as clean as your skin next to my face Look into my eyes the way you do--don't look away Thought about you every day Birds fall in love here right above my head They make the same kind of sounds you do When we're laying in my bed 100 ways I thought about you and me, a hundred ways 100 ways And if I had my way when I woke up in the morning I would read and write before I ever drew the shades I would kiss you before you opened up your eyes Birds fall in love here right above my head They make the same kind of sounds you do When we're laying in my bed 100 ways I thought about you and me, a hundred ways 100 ways |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
Ate a mushroom turned into Bali
Didn't look it just jumped down my throat I was starting to die until I Took a trip to Bali Their eyes are god In a glass full of jelly Bali in my eyes My skin turned the color of the earth I felt like a tree People asked my name the next day They remembered who I was I took off my shoes And my feet they took root I've got Bali in my eyes When I opened up my eyes first thing Early light in Bali What a day it's gonna be I think It looks good already So hold me close before All the doors start knocking! Bali in my eyes... |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
Dogs, they roam
Remember where their home is Everyone they meet Chase away their enemies Hang out in the shade Always in the shade When it's time to mate they're not too particular Dogs, they rule the night! They rule the night Dogs, they rule the night! Finish every meal Settle for a snack Chasing cars like They hang out in the park Dogs, they rule the night! They rule the night Dogs, they rule the night! In the pack, they're very brave They're very brave And then after dark...underneath the moon! Know what I mean? Ever watch 'em go? In to town when the sun goes down Dogs, they rule the night! They rule the night Dogs, they rule the night! |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
Ain't been twelve, a couple of hours
I'm on the freeway Rain's so hard, the sky's one color The wettest, coldest grey Then she takes a look at me I tell her it's okay Driving around with her She's taking trips on me I'm taking trips on her Left the sunset back in Venice I was on the freeway Say you love me or I'll kill us! But you won't say it Reach across the seat and push the bucket back all the way Driving around with her She's taking trips on me I'm taking trips on her I fell in love with her I just don't mention it To fall in love this much, it's very dangerous I want to kill us both... She makes me so jealous! She makes me so jealous! It's very dangerous... It's very dangerous! |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
("Good God's" part)
Good gods Don't take away my father Give him back his legs Don't take away his heart Don't take away his sun His mind His family Good gods Don't take away my father Give him back his legs If you can't l... him Then take me His son His mind His heart I'm his family I'm his family I'm his family. ("Urge!" part) I want a shark mark on my skin Make it where I can see him Full of health and hungry I want a shark mark on my skin Make him fast, make him swim He was raped and died lonely Urge!! Urge!! Urge!! His eyes say "kill" to look at him Trust no one, he's mean as sin... Shame, it makes you desperate Feels like it's eternity Always leaning and desperate Urge!! Urge!! Urge!! |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
I like to watch her sway
She's luck before I'm going away I wonder what she thinks about herself She is mine and no one else's Kim, Kim, Kimberly Austin She turns the knife around I watch her run it down her side Kisses my fingers when I go by See my mother in her eyes Kim, Kim, Kimberly Austin I like to watch her sway She's luck before I go away I like what she sees in herself Gives me all of her confidence Kim, Kim, Kimberly Austin |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
Here I lay waiting for the bubbles to settle
I'm going down low where your sleep meets your mental Two tries at killing me, they couldn't do it I ran down the road with no shoes and no jacket Here I go, dive away Watch me dive away Hey, porpoise head Oh, porpoise head I know young boys, they all want to be bad Don't think it's madder to be a genius Give me a lover who won't give me troubles Some sexy dreams to chew on these bubbles Here I go, dive away Watch me dive away Hey, porpoise head Oh, porpoise head I set sail with a tickle in my tail I smell the bleach on the thin white sheets... Here I lay waiting for the bubbles to settle I'm going down low where your sleep meets your mental Two bags in Lilly's hands just for the morning Into the bathroom with cottons for swabbing Here I go, dive away Watch me dive away Hey, porpoise head Oh, porpoise head Hey, porpoise head Oh, porpoise head |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
My boat's capsized, it's gonna sink to the bottom
I can see the lights on the shore getting farther away I don't know if I'll make it home tonight, but I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon I came out here tonight to look for my friend I don't know if I'll ever get to see him again... I don't know if I'll make it home tonight, but I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon, one last time under the Tahitian moon The sea is a very easy place to disappear Drift away Fall asleep Make your peace I came out here tonight to look for my friend I don't know if I'll ever get to see him again... I don't know if I'll make it home tonight, but I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon One last time under the Tahitian moon Under the Tahitian moon, under the Tahitian moon |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
How you figure in the scheme of things to be?
You thought you were Jesus, but you find out you're the anti-christ You were born, so you get another chance A chance to die and to get off this planet You're in the thick of it all... You're in the thick of it all... You struggle--hope you laugh! You thought you'd never know You feel--and that's the only thing you can depend on I'll try praying if it'll move my friends The dead are living in your blood, with a little poison You're in the thick of it all... You're in the thick of it all... You're in the thick of it all... You're in the thick of it all... I fell again, still I'm so excited Anyway, don't you love surprises?! You get to keep your heart and that I know I give mine time and it comes back to me We're in the thick of it all... We're in the thick of it all... We're in the thick of it all... We're in the thick of it all... |
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from Porno For Pyros, Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (1996)
I can tell when I'm dead inside
I stop thinking of God I'm living in hell I stop wishing Wishing... I stopped wishing Wishing you well Had a friend, I knew him well His voice was so blue His eyes were so calm He stopped wishing Now I'm wishing He stopped wishing I'm wishing him well Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! I had a dream last night I could heal people I heal myself just by wishing Wishing Just by wishing Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! Wishing you well!! It takes sirens sometimes to make me glad Hear sirens sometimes I'm just glad I'm not inside... |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
when a black gang man climbs up the stairs,
sticks his head out the hatch and what does he see? topsiders! I get to thinking and what a mind-blow all the folks that float this boat sure, we're all brothers but with different gigs and the engine room was the mission mens' we took the hitch, the black gang crew deliverin' torque right to the screw under the deck, we'd hear the topsiders' feet everyone wailing their own beat still see them sailors in my brain fixin' their faces to their names cadena, mugger, robo, ginn baiza, brewer, stevenson holtzman, bostrom, hart, dukowski rollins, the kirkwoods, spot, carducci norton, ward, claasen, mould and the boat's main painter, pettibon when a black gang man climbs up the stairs, sticks his head out the hatch and what does he see? when a black gang man climbs up the stairs, sticks his head out the hatch and what does he see? topsiders! |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
a drowning man
can pull you under along with him no thought or reason emotion seizing every limb breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold time slows to nothing like it's bluffing from moving on it takes forever seems it's never really gone breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold resigning your grip feel you slip slip away knowin' you're goin' water foamin' your last wave breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold breaking the choke hold |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
liberty calls on a liberty call!
six weeks at sea and what does that mean? we need liberty! rolling with the hell-ride yaw and pitchin' inside liberty! clear the gangway, pop the hatches fireman hurley sayin' "get them batches!" we're sailor men and we're in your town drink that bourbon right straight down! we're mission men and here to learn here to take on fuel and burn! liberty calls on a liberty call! me and the boilerman checking out the other lands with what? our liberty! figuring out the histories tripping on the mysteries liberty! clear the gangway, pop the hatches fireman hurley sayin' "get them batches!" we're sailor men and we're in your town drink that bourbon right straight down! we're mission men and here to learn here to take on fuel and burn! |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
dreamin' as I'm steamin'
w/the waves of heat ripplin' offf of my back vapor lock clock stopped time hangs limp for the rememberin' dream in the engine room, hey - oh! can we do it? "hell, surely" winks fireman hurley as he slips from his shelf "hey, you earned your rate, machinist mate you're the left-hand man of the boilerman" in the engine room, hey - oh! in the engine room, hey - oh! a voice from the tube says the boat's gotta move can we do it? "we can do it!" where the only wind blowin' is from the limbs that we're throwin' in the rhythm that we're hymnin' syncopatin' in the engine room, hey - oh! in the engine room, hey - oh! and if we get the heave-ho keep her steady as she goes and come on down into the engine room, hey - oh! eyes dialed on the meters fingers handling the levers seems we're man-machine men but what seems like just ain't right in fact we're conducting our own symphony improvising in the engine room, hey - oh! in the engine room, hey - oh! and when it feels smooth in the engine room you know she's running true in the engine room, hey - oh! and to the troops in the trench let me let you use my wrench and come on down into the engine room, hey - oh! deny us, you can hide us pretend we're not there, we don't care tough cuz if the feel feels real then we'll take it on the chin but we're taking no guff! no way, not in the engine room, hey - oh! in the engine room, hey - oh! and if I get the heave-ho keep her steady as she goes keep her steady as she goes steady as she goes |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
two streams, one dream
intertwined inbetween bending, blending, never ending gonna love that girl the rest of my life gonna make her my navy wife love that girl the rest of my life gonna make her my navy wife help the hon, find her morning sun feel her breath catch her breath look boy you married the navy, it's your life can't make that lady your navy wife married once, can't marry twice can't make that lady your navy wife here's a whisper I'm your motor purr spirit bird |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
unit man
hey, that's you, man happenin' the way you make it spin said you had to poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke stoke and poke poke and stoke your own hope, fireman hurley fireman hurley rope trick man I'm your left hand man swing that stick boot that kick said you had to poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke stoke and poke poke and stoke your own hope, fireman hurley fireman hurley sailin' all these years through the joys and tears still cracks me up when you call me chowder pump said you had to poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke your own hope poke and stoke stoke and poke poke and stoke your own hope, fireman hurley fireman hurley |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
I'm pedro bound, it's a sailor's town
got my orders and lighted out when I got down to pedro town got me a bike to have a look around went south on pacific 'till I hit land's end starboard on shepard down to point fermin heard the yammerin' parrots I call the loudmen crack of dawn with an orange sun eye gifts flowin', one after one paseo del mar was my peddlin' path checked royal palms heard the ocean laugh at the trailer park turned 'round and came back watched catalina as east I rode saw sunken city and the cliffs all throwed then cabrillo beach to the end of the pier to what was fort mac now a marina's here 22nd to canetti's down to warehouse one fishing fleet, tug fleet, fireboat house vincent thomas bridge all stretched out a local 13 longie shook me a hook 'membered bloody thursday and the lives it took he's a longshoreman a pedro man I'm pedro bound, this sailor's town think I've found my home town pedro now forever bound |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
member you meetin' me?
jumped right out that tree had the carlin wired boy, how that spiel inspired knocked me out, I was slayed changed forever from that day sang me some creedance songs I was your bassman from then on I'm a lucky man to know that man a hell of a man the boilerman boy, oh boy, oh boilerman boil, boil, boil over boilerman together with you I think I can make it we sure had curious minds discussin' all the time outsiders lookin' in wonderin' what, why and when? who were the frauds, who held the purse? what was our labor worth? well, you worked that six-string strong filled our engine room with song I'm a lucky man to know that man a hell of a man the boilerman boy, oh boy, oh boilerman boil, boil, boil over boilerman together with you I think I can make it history, facts and names we'd set it up just like a chess game reinact the puzzle parallel our struggle burst out loud with belly laughs live each day like it was our last with you here I had no fear made all my reasons clear I'm a lucky man to know that man a hell of a man the boilerman boy, oh boy, oh boilerman boil, boil, boil over boilerman together with you I think we can... I love you, man |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
on the bridge in command stands the old man
all our wills bound up in his hands hardly see him but we feel him even down here and a thread though our heads has us all ears no one never ever says old man to the old man no one never, never ever says old man to the old man to the old man, the old man he makes just the slightest kind of motion then there's a turn on the wheel by the coxswain and a blast on the pipe by the boson as the bow of the boat plows the ocean no one never ever says old man to the old man no one never, never ever says old man to the old man to the old man, the old man "mr. handley, would you defend a man you knew was guilty"? "mr. watt, I'm not going to answer that but I will say this: maybe it's more a question of how much guilty and how much innocent" yo ho, oh yo, yo ee oh oh yo, yo oh ho an eye at the top of the pyramid focused on the place where it's all hid the undertow flow of the current rushing all through me as I learn it no one never ever says old man to the old man no one never, never ever says old man to the old man to the old man, the old man for everything revealed, something's concealed and for everything concealed, something's revealed yo ho, oh yo, yo ee oh oh yo, yo oh ho yo ho, oh yo, yo ee oh oh yo, yo oh ho |
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from Mike Watt - CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM (1997)
the unforgiving sea
tore you from me left me here pullin' shore duty your body gone but your spirit bird's still sailing on shore duty sure, I'm a lucky man but how I miss you, man all alone and pulling shore duty seems there's always more duty maybe that's the beauty |
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