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Lately, I've been feeling small
But I feel a whole lot cuter
When I play computer
I have a little room in my house
it has a chair and a desk
it's where I get on the Internet
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Inherit the Earth
01:40
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I thought that you'd like to know that you don't have to rush around
There's no resource scarcity for time is unbound
You have enough time
But fucked are the wage earners
For they shall inherit the earth
Blessed are the time keepers
For they shall inherit the earth
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I Deserve a Treat
00:27
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I deserve a treat
I deserve a little treat
I’ve been good all day
And now I’m gonna get my way
Gonna get a little taste
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Every Day
01:50
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Every day before I start my work I
Meditate on a pillow on the floor
And I don’t learn a damn thing
But boy I do feel comfy
Then I remember money
Which buys all of this luxury
So then I return to working
Return to my body aching
And then the sun is setting
And soon a new day breaking
Every day
Every other day
It’s the another day
It’s the same day
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Turkey Sandwich
01:07
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At 12 a clock I’ll go downstairs
And make myself a turkey sandwich
If there’s no turkey in the fridge
I’ll make myself a tuna sandwich
If we're all out of tuna cans
I’ll drive to Whole Foods for some pizza
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6. |
Too Many Bowls
02:17
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After the party
I search around
for some taxonomy
To quell this chaos
Of dinnerware
from several grandmas
I'm confined to the finitude
of our cabinets
Activated in my twilight need
For the housing
Of every kitchen thing
And the impossibility
Of order
All that we’re sharing in the material parts of domesticating
Shopping and nesting never stabilized like I was expecting
Can you help me take all our things and
melt them back to clay
I’ll light the fire if you place the
flowers in the vase
It's no phoenix, no regeneration
Just one last big bang
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7. |
Your Home is Your Office
01:07
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Oh, look there's a meeting at 7:30
Guess I'm taking the video call from bed
I hope my camera's actually off
Or I'm showing my tits to the Dublin office
The foxes have their holes, and the birds have their nests
but there's no rest
when your home is your office
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Mom and dad bought a desktop computer
Did they know then that I would spend my whole life at it
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Inexhaustible Charm
01:17
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I didn't know how to spend my life with all it's inexhaustible charm
So I cut it down to 9 to 5
And now my day's aren't half as long
That’s how I keep from my young wasting my youth
The mountains are calling and I’m at home
With headphones to block their siren drone
If I can make hay while my mind is dumb
When I get old I can have that fun
That’s how I keep from my young wasting my youth
The wisdom of age will pudding up the proof
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Here comes the weekend
Here comes the weekend
There it goes
Here comes the weekend
Here comes the weekend
There it goes
I did things my way
and wasted my Saturday
Here comes the weekend
There it goes again
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Oh my god I'm writing songs about work
Oh my god I'm off the clock
So why am I writing songs about my job
Oh my god I'm writing songs
Oh my god I'm writing songs about work
Oh my god I'm off the clock
So why am I writing songs about my job
Oh my god
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I'm eating a candy bar
On my homemade zafu
Right beside my office desk
I'm making a cup of tea
Using the French press
My youngest brother gave to me
I'm reaching enlightenment
Don't you try to stop me if you
know what's good
for you
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13. |
Back Pain (Again)
01:59
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Back pain, again, my guess, from surfin
Clickin around hunkered down by the chains I forged online
Vibin here with Marley
(Dreadful apparition)
girded to these LEDs
(I wear the chain I forged in life)
Two good men of business
(Mankind was my business)
Held back by our bodies
(Captive, bound, and double-ironned)
Back pain, again, my guess, from surfin
Clickin around hunkered down by the chains
I forged online
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Survivin'
01:09
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Some days you’re making moves
And some days the earth is shaking you
Some days you’re 30 and flirty
And some days you’re just surviving
One day you’ll wake up
And everyone you know is dying
And you’ll wonder
Is this what all that surviving was for?
Survivin
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Full Color Book of Cats
01:37
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You've got a full color book of cats
High resolution, hard cover back
One long drive in the mini van
Your brother pulls it from your lap
Ripping your favorite page in half
Dividing tabbies, blue and black
“Arg,” you say
It's not that I dislike you,
I just do not like you
near me
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16. |
Wasting Away
01:52
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Wasting away
Like how grandma gave the word
Agreed to swallow up the earth
With two big thumbs up
To a hospital nurse
Wasting away
I couldn't stop it if I wanted
But if I could reverse
I'd make one call to the past
Before dad said "she's goin’ fast"
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Wasting away, but so many small things haven't faded
Day after day, I take an after work walk as if it were fated
And month after month, I do it takes to pay rent
As I'm
Wasting away
Sitting down again all day
Thinking of the soil
And the warm sunshine
From my florescent light
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17. |
We Sat Down All Day
01:22
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We sat down all day
We sat down all day
We sat down all day
This is what they would have wanted
This was is what they fought and died in in wars for
To sit down all day
This is what our parents wanted
This is what our ancestors worked hard for
To sit down all day
Am I disrespecting them
If I stand instead of sit
Am I disrespecting them
I don't wanna sit all day
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We went to Target
to get out of the house
to walk the isles
and feel a connection
The feeling was mutual
Nobody was shopping
When the city of Oakland
closed all public parks
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The last message you sent to me
Was to say grandpa Jim passed away in his sleep
And if I wanted some of his things you could ship them while you were still in Albuquerque
True to your word
after a couple of weeks
a brown box showed up with a hat inside
and a graphic tee
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Company Vacation Oakland, California
Company Vacation is songwriter Kyle Benson in Oakland, CA.
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Full Color Book of Cats
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The beat is so catchy and the lyrics like magic. Can't get enough!!!
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Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery.
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