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MEDIOCRITY Festering in festung America, contemplating destruction As far as fun goes, I seek character building corruption Eyes attracted by a watch of time It's on my hands I can't shake it Sinking feeling it's a stinking crime I got something to make, I go and break it It's just the rising tid eof mediocrity Coming up the back of my throat Out damn spot can't stop this rot In the sea the shit will float Some say kids need to pray, just force it into their hands Why waste cash to teach them to think They'll take some uppers and forget what you said Teach them enough to throw a brick And let them find themselves a job Listen to words of some civic leaders They know what it takes to make a brainless mob And it's the rising tide of mediocrity Decadence somes naturally, skyscrapers tumble and fall Debris in the street says it all Debris in the street says it all Go to the doorknob it comes off in your hand You're stuck inside with the rest Now we build to fall apart And the repairman can't pass a reading test The simple things are all hard now The simple skills are all lost You can still pay to get the best, thoug But the best ain't worth the cost And it's the rising tide of mediocrity Decadence comes naturally, skyscrapers tumble and fall Debris in the street says it all Debris in the street says it all It's just the rising tide of mediocrity Just a sign of the times Wild animals roaming thru the city The good is gone, now there's nothing left but crime CURLING I gotta gotta go CURLING on a Saturday night CURLING it'll be alright CURLING it's on channel 9 CURLING you play it on the ice Tell your mom, bring your dad It'll be the best time they ever had Play the game that's as great as its name You play it on the ice without any skates Tell your mom, bring your dad... I gotta gotta go... CURLING Here I go, push off baby and don't be slow Don't push too hard and slip and fall on the ice With 44 pounds of fun sliding down the ice CHORUS Tell your mom, bring your dad on around We'll throw a few ends, it won't take long We got some sweepers who are throwing on down 44 punds and it's coming around Tell your mom, bring your dad... CHORUS Tell your mom, bring your dad It'll be the best time they ever had We'll play the game that's as great as its name You play it on the ice without any skates Tell your mom, bring your dad... I gotta gotta go... |
SUN GOES DOWN Why should one freeze to death Why should the cold still our breath You'd think by now that they'd have enough sense Not to stay outside Pay the gas and pay the rent And pay to keep them at your throat THey're at your throat, your tender throat Walking down the main drag Of this living breathing stalag And everday's just like the rest Seeing the world au natural Warts on skin and scabs on warts And the more I see the more it hurts It hurts it hurts So why should I care if the sun falls down If the sun never shined on me I stare down streets I'll never walk down Is it life is it the world or is it me? The noise on the streets is one big pain Like a gall digging down into your brain It's just so hard to stay alive And stay that way until you die Until you die, until you die ON THE WATERFRONT Out on the beach Watching the manowar bob on the surf Like Burt Lancaster drowning And schools of fish getting their brains dashed out On concrete breakers, eyes like buttons Float in the surf being tossed about By the rising tide that drowns the screams out And when I turn away I want to ride the crest Just once before I die I need to ride the crest The spray in my face and the hollow in my chest But it's such a test So many high and dry, alone in the dunes Try to imagine, life hidden by the waves But monochrome eyes are too weak to picture Beyond the horizon vast jungles lie And all that entails, this makes me wonder Does green make a pretty picture? Chorus A bird in the sky, same bird underfoot Scared to watch it fly, glad to see it off Places I have been, don't wanna see 'em again Like being young again But now I got better things to worry and fret about Like getting the lead out Chorus |