1. |
Space
02:54
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everything that we know
that goes so slow
around the sun hasn't begun
to begin to fit in the microwave
someone's crunchin in a cave
oh what they've made
a travel agent to the stars
who can figure out how to make us g-g-go go go
in the blink of an eye
travelling faster than the speed of light
we'll be Alpha Centurions some night
you'll see interstellar flight in your lifetime
i hope we learn to breathe on other planets
i hope your kids are smarter than I
me me me and myself i believe we can do it
if you keep looking down you miss out on that sky
oh it won't be long you can hear this song
transmit through space on scalar waves
wave goodbye cuz you won't miss what's gone
you'll be swimming in the pools of the time tombs
yeah you never know who you'll run into
step one is steppin out into that big black beyond
burstin through the Oort cloud on a spaceship
there are billions and billions of other relationships
as yet not met but someday the scientists
you bet they'll get a better grip on it
i hope we learn to breathe on other planets
i hope your kids are smarter than I
me me me and myself i believe we can do it
if you keep looking down you miss out on that sky
i hope your kids get real into physics
and see life as it is not just all that exists not just this existence
but that wonderful bliss that will come when we kiss the stars
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2. |
Two Heads
02:03
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two heads of the same snake are headed for your waist
and how good do you think you'll taste?
just good enough for the next 4 next 4
we'll give em what for the next 4 next 4
you'll give what for the next 4 next 4
the guy next door has a shotgun oh my god!
I will build a home
not just another place to worry in
we got it all we got it all and we just don't
if i knew what to do would you tell me i'm wrong?
well could you pick me up then i will tag along
i love this song turn it up we will not be here for very long
well i would rather be wrong and have you hate me than be right
and have never said anything at all
yes i would rather be wrong and have you hate me than be right
and have never said anything at all
I will build a home
not just another place to worry in
we got it all we got it all and we just don't
if i knew what to do would you tell me i'm wrong?
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3. |
Samantha Foxx B.Y.G.P.
02:21
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we're gonna have the best backyard gymnastics party tonight
we can set it off this song's not that long
and our backbends and aerials look tight
we should call the neighbors and charge 2 bucks to watch
Julie don't go all soft we've worked too damn hard
we gonna pull up our matchin tube socks and throw on Samantha Foxx
and fuckin get it on!
I wanna have some fun
rock my body all night long
workin hard every day
i ain't stayin home no way
this is the night touch me touch me
i want to feel your body
heartbeat coursin through my veins
and those big city lights are callin out my name
heartbeat coursin through my veins
and those big city lights are callin out my name and my name is
S-S-S-S-Samantha Foxx
Olayaia la a laya LO! (opataricious)
Victor Olayaia a la a laya LO!
I can feel your heartbeat two steps to mine
i can feel your heartbeat in the conga line
back in the day Samantha Foxx had got it goin on
Jen Plecko do a back hand spring into Wax's lawn
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4. |
Jobs
02:40
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Well i've had a lot of jobs more than lots of folks
i can't stay in one place like a wheel's got spokes
so i hop from job to job just to get along
i even took some jobs on a dare
i'd show up late in my underwear
and then i'd quit, run home, and add it to the list in this song
(it's a long one!)
i've been a
dishwasher
blacktopper
road sweeper
bridge painter
bridge scraper
bus boy
lawn boy
ticket taker
tigger
waiter
expo
barback
and puppetteer
i've worked a soundboard
lightboard
inboard
outboard
jackhammer
steamroller
weed whacker
paint roller
leaf blower
spackle knife
a hammer
and a muddy bank
i've worked in car sales
door guy
copy boy
graphic design
a snow movin
leaf rakin
flyer handin
street playin
rockstar
carpenter
comedian
and unemployed (you get paid for that too?!)
i've been a tree trimmin
baby sittin
telemarket
ticket takin
character at theme parks
Prince John
Brer Fox
Safari guy
toy demonstrator
oysterman
and i even wrote obituaries for a while
i've also been a bartender
and i've managed a new york city nightclub (sounds nice?)
no
so if you think you hate your job
think of how i must've hated some of these
don't quit your job or the world might stop
if it was full of me
i've been all of these things and not yet have i found
one single thing that sticks (whatcha workin for?)
i am a jack of all trades
if your trade is legit
it's no wonder why i quit
i've been all of these things and not yet have i found
one single thing that sticks
i am a jack of all trades
if your trade's eatin shit
it's no wonder why i quit
quit doin that
and if there's something i can't do
that just means i ain't done it yet
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5. |
Amy
03:30
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i bring to the table the angel cloaked in black
his scythe cuts the meat about an inch from my back
that's why i don't make new friends
and how i end up alone
cuz i won't let death follow you home you sweet girl
no you're too cute to end up a big pile of bones just yet
no i won't let death follow you home
everywhere we went last night
i was so glad you couldn't see
ol death in the rearview spittin out his flamin teeth
and i think you threw him off when your eyes lit with hope
and that's when i almost about choked you sweet girl
there are bigger and better fish in the sea than me
lord please, get this angel the hell away from me
i watched the news the next day
and everywhere we had been
betwixt the fire and flames was cardinal sin
well a school bus burnt down
and some girl she shot her man
i cannot outrun death's cold bony hands young one
turn and run, run as fast as you can from me
Amy
lord get this angel the hell up away from me
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6. |
SHYSHAXX
03:58
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Whittaker's Forest just south of the Hills
grew a flower that smelled quite strange
the ranger recoiled as he smelled its musk
he said it must be spaghetti and change
of vermicelli Montecello the wizard had had his fill
so they packed up their backpacks and headed North
to the food court inside Hills
he'll have the chickenparmajean claude Van Damme
I got the Dr. Philharmonic in the palm of my hand
the food and ale were served with disgust
as the wizard discussed his plan
red ranger would morph inter-dimensionally
and the wizard would use his bare hands
all the townsfolk spoke of Shyshaxx
the white cave cat who was half bat
he had a laser roar and the door to his cave
was only guarded by their children's graves
you be my Phillip Michael Thomas the train
I got that MegloDon Johnson spell on my brain
are you nuts? yeah
Red blipped in at the mouth of the cave
as the wizard unfurled the plan they had made
Red teleport to the back of the cat
Wizard magic missile attack
but they never saw the laser roar coming
as the wizard became a big ol pile of bones
red ranger had a choice as he heard a voice
it said "who dares disturb my home?"
it was Shyshaxx the white cave cat, he's half bat
SHYSHAXX he's half cave cat
SHYSHAXX he's half cave bat
SHYSHAXX 1/3 all that
As toxoplasmaghondi took over the rangers mind
Shyshaxx slunk closer beaming with big cat pride
just then the ranger thought he overheard
the wizard's last incantation
but he took the vowels out of the words, he said
did you get your backpack?
did you get your backpack?
did you get your backpack?
well go get it then
DJGTCHRBCKPCK? well go get it then
Shyshaxx's whole head exploded
DJGTCHRBCKPCK?
he must've been allergic
DJGTCHRBCKPCK? well go get it!
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1 2 3 4 5 6
7 years before that purple alien arrived
Sheb Wooley stepped inside a soundbooth
and proceeded to get eaten alive
the distant drums were droning
Private Wilhelm started groaning
the gators had him half way gone
if not the arrows from that tribe
the angels we record on high
they sing their one-horned lullaby
for Private Wilhelm's one good eye
he's turning purple
say goodbye
the cat is out of the brand new bag
the cat is out of the brand new bag
hot pants make you sure of yourself
when you walk like you got only rendering left
so brother if you think you're losing that wav file, then don't
cuz the sound guy from Young Guns II
he's gotta do what he's gotta do to achieve what he wants
and what he wants is....
Hit me!
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8. |
Free and Easy
04:23
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Our backyard
looks like Hiroshima at night
and there's ants living in the kitchen
tap dancin over plates that i just wiped
that's alright
livin free and easy
we don't pay no rent
because our landlord died last year
we're constantly living in fear
is that a staple gun i hear?
hell no! it's night
they don't work at night right?
right
nice!
livin free and easy
the stars that shine
over Leticoe to protect it so is a
motion detected light i know that someday babe
i'm gonna shoot it with a bb maybe tonight
we'll set off fireworks from the porch
fuck that! let's light em off indoors
that's how i like em anymore
roman candles off the front door
livin free and easy
oh our neighbor gets so mad
and you would think old grandma's nice
but i have called DSS twice
those kids are skatin on thin ice
i hope they're alright
if you do that again Adian I'll kill you!
livin free and easy
someday i believe i'll get a blank bust of Cleopatra see
and paint it exactly how i perceive Earl's would've been
2312 i will miss you
livin free and easy
oh our hill it's really steep
and in the winter you will slide
into a ravine and you will die
or you might hit a quarterpipe
that says fuck off and die
fuck off and die
fuck off and die
livin free ain't easy
oh i set booby traps
i put a mousetrap in a hat
they stole my mannequin's FBI badge
i hope those thieves come back
and when they grab the cap
snap
crap
that's right jack!
livin free ain't easy
the stars that shine
over Leticoe to protect it so is a
motion detected light i know that someday BAE
i'm gonna shoot it with my crossbow maybe tonight
we'll sit outside with gun in hand
find out who's been taggin up my van
Futur15 you're a little man
you got my twice!
that's enough alright? Jesus Christ
livin free ain't easy
don't you get stressed out about shit you cannot control
sometimes you're the china not the bull
dozer outside diggin that hole
you'll be alright
you're doin just fine
livin free and easy
and i know it makes you wanna roll up
into a big old ball
and die
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9. |
Emotional Mess
01:38
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every girl i've ever met
she's an emotional mess
emotional mess
every girl i've ever met
she's an emotional mess
emotional mess
every girl in this room
Va-va-va-va-va BOOM!
"how ya feel about this dress?"
i'm emotional
i'm emotional
every girl i've ever met
she's an emotional mess
emotional mess
whoa! emotional mess
emotional mess emotional mess
whoa! emotional mess
emotional mess emotional mess
no guy i met ever got upset if i didn't have an opinion about his clothes
every girl i ever met you bet she got wet in the face, why? no one knows
every girl i've ever met
she's an emotional mess
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10. |
Consensual Abduction
02:04
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you probably look great tonight
and i'm stuck down here on Earth
doin a lousy 64 thousand miles an hour
and i know you've been talkin to me through my mp3 player
with those LL Cool J songs
yeah you're out there girl
if that's you sayin i won't find you attractive
cuz you're an extra terrestrial
i'm here to tell you
if you can love me like that?
i ain't gonna let a little tentacle get in the way
uh uh
it's not an abuduction
if it's consensual
a star seduction?
yeah, you bet we will
write this down
40.423605 (cmon i'm barely alive)
,-79.973193 (i bought flares and i'll be standin outside)
you gotta let me know when you're coming though
cuz i don't know when the last time you price checked flares
in the boat section was but they are not exactly cheap
i promise you this though
i'll buy enough to light up a giant landing strip
you just give me an hour head's up
and you'll see me
just zip on over and turn on the tractor beam girl
and let's get this party started
two different worlds
becoming one
walkin like a panther
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11. |
Fruit
04:09
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The banana tree
well it's gonna die in there
let's say we bust it out
let's say we leave somewhere
where we can grow this thing
maybe a monster too
or will there be all fruit
enough for me and you
girl i like fruit, do you?
johnny appleseed was reckless
when he stayed a day too long
when he got back to his orchard
ol nancy tanyhill was gone
i can't stay for certian
popular to contrary belief
oh his apples weren't for eatin nope
they were for makin liquor drinks
he never married in his whole entire seed sowin life
cuz they said that when he died
he'd be rewarded with two wives
and dead in the sand's better
than two in the hand wether
you do just what you set out to do
i'll be boo hoo
i just can't take it
that's how they make it
the bartender shakes it
with forbidden fruit
and what lurks at the bottom
drink's up if ya gottem
there's no goin back once you tip the canoe
unless you've got a little bit of orange juice
with champagne
that is how you make a terrific mimosa
grab on to your sweetheart and pull them much closer
cmon!
grab your sweetheart and pull them much closer
and raise your mimosa
this song is a toast to fruit
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12. |
The Rum Drinkin' Song
02:51
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I've seen hobbits stand taller than Andre the Giant
I've fought beard men and crew men when they were defiant
I've seen wamp rats and swamp rats that come to your knee
but nothin can hinder me way through the sea
If the river don't kill me
i'll sail to the harbor
if the whisky don't kill me i'll drink till i die
if the missus don't kill me i'll live til tomorrow
if the whisky don't kill me i'll live till i die
if the Kraken don't sink us we'll stay top the water
if the galleons attack us they'll be cannon fodder
if the pirates engage us they'll swing from a tree
we'll send em all down to the depths of the sea
If the river don't kill me
i'll sail to the harbor
if the whisky don't kill me i'll drink till i die
if the missus don't kill me i'll live til tomorrow
if the whisky don't kill me i'll live till i die
under the sea
the sun shines up at me
it's easy to be
floating and free
If the river don't kill me
i'll sail to the harbor
if the whisky don't kill me i'll drink till i die
if the missus don't kill me i'll live til tomorrow
if the whisky don't kill me i'll live till i die
i'm sailin the oceans to finish my story
i'm hopin for greatness but don't need the glory
and when we drop anchor on that final shore
i promise my dear they won't hurt you no more
and if me own crewmen don't kill me while sleeping
they'll raise up a whisky and drink till we die
when you're on my mind dear you're never alone here
let's pick up a whisky and live till we
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