1. |
Reporting Live!
02:47
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everybody go and grab your drinks now
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think the world's really okay
you haven't been watchin' the news
tune your radios and televisions
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think that everything is okay
you haven't been watching the news
we got arsonists
and killer kids
kidnappings
rape in school
we got bombs and guns
they're loads of fun
beheading
and murder, too!
everybody go and grab your drinks now
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think the world's really okay
you haven't been watchin' the news
tune your radios and televisions
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think that everything is okay
you haven't been watching the news
we got drones and theft
there's so much death
ODs and prescription drugs
and all the politics
we're sick of all this shit
but it's the news we love!
everybody go and grab your drinks now
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think the world's really okay
you haven't been watchin' the news
tune your radios and televisions
you haven't any time to lose
and if you think that everything is okay
you haven't been watching the news
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2. |
Like Humans Do
02:46
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Jimmy jacked his father's gun
because he wasn't cool
and shot up all the bullies
making trouble at the school
now everybody's talkin' 'bout
what's wrong and what is right
while Jimmy's in a jumpsuit
facing 25 to life
Jennifer was sixteen
when she started having kids
she's older now and lies about
who the father is
Jeremy's in jail again
for pawning stolen shit
remember back
he was a bit different
it's honest, sad
it's awful truth
and coming to
a town near you
because we do
just like humans do
Peter's pickin' pockets
when he snagged a little bag
and Paul is always itchin' asking
where there's more of that
stealing things
from wheels to rings
oh! anything will do
it came as no surprise
they lost a finger or two...
Monica was super smart
always top notch grades
now she's out and hooking
off of OBT these days
Marty likes to party
always did and always will
it's no surprise
we found him stuffed with pills
it's honest, sad
it's awful truth
and coming to
a town near you
because we do
just like humans do
Benny was a simple boy
always had his head held high
he never touched a gun or drug
but he was still the first to die
and Georgie boy was having fun
til cancer spread to both his lungs
and Tony thought how he was tough
until God took his only son
it's honest, sad
it's awful truth
and coming to
a town near you
because we do
just like humans do
pick up the phone
put on the news
we're coming to
a town near you!
because we do
just like humans do
it's honest, sad
it's awful truth
and coming to
a town near you
because we do
just like humans do
pick up the phone!
knot up the noose!
we're fucking up
a town near you!
because we do
just like humans do
oh yeah we do
just like humans do
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3. |
Time To Live
03:16
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if I could travel in time
I'd drink liquor in the twenties
I'd bootleg some booze
to make money like Gatsby
the thirties would fall
and I'd always be depressed
living on government
water and bread
I'd drag through the forties
might be rather boring
but join in the worldwide
innocence mourning
the fifties would come
and I'd be on a bus
when this women won't giver her seat
up
if I could travel in time
I'd sing peace in the sixties
I'd hitchhike on highways
and drop acid with the hippies
the seventies would burn
with a heroin addiction
I might not meet thirty
but it'd be an adventure
I'd dance in the eighties
do coke at the rock show
there's sure as hell no avoiding
that hair manifesto
the nineties I'd be
on prescribed ecstasy
living a century of dream
I'll never be
what they expect me to be
and I'm not sorry
then if I was a Christian
I'd beg for forgiveness
always avoiding some fiery darkness
I could practice Islam
give praise to Mohammed
memorize the Quran
always be praying to Allah
I could be a Jew
and I'd find the real Jesus
I'd grow out some curls
like my fellow Hebrews
I could be a Hindu
re-live a million lives
but I still would not once get it right
but I'm still a kid
in the midst of my twenties
my country's at war
weaponizing economies
and all these nosy people
all in everybody's business
restricting our views
with their bills and their protest
see who gives a shit!
if you want to get married
regardless of sex
that shouldn't matter to anybody
we lose all the money
they waste fighting against drugs
cuz we always find ways 'round your laws!
oh yeah I'll never be
what they expect me to be
and I'm not sorry
I won't ever be sorry
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4. |
We're Not Dead... Yet!
03:43
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I'm scared about the future
but I try to pretend
that I will be okay
though I know I might end up dead
(well) worse than that
I could be alone
I could lose all my friends
to city lights
and drunken nights
and the party just began
(well) I think that I would be alright
if I got some confidence
still my hands shake in worry's wake
and smoke fills up my head
I release and I am drawn to
so many different things
where the conclusion isn't certain
and I bought too many drinks
and we will sing, sing, sing
for all the love and all the loss
and all the times that brought us here
against our will and at what cost
still we drink, drink, drink
to prove that we endured much worse
and to remember that tomorrow
we'll be so much happier
and so that leaves us with tonight
I mean it's now that we are living
should be having myself the greatest time
not wandering in my pity
and I learned a couple things
after listening to fun.
Nate reminded me of Jesus
for forgiving everyone
we all been duped
we all been swindled
we have lost and we have won
we all have fought with all our friends
we've all been cheated on
so here's a cheers to all us humans
who are really quite the same
and the biggest fucking difference
is the difference of our name
and we will sing, sing, sing
for all the love and all the loss
and all the times that brought us here
against our will and at what cost
still we drink, drink, drink
to prove that we endured much worse
and to remember that tomorrow
we'll be so much happier
and we will sing, sing, sing
for all the love and all the loss
and all the times that brought us here
against our will and at what cost
still we drink, drink, drink
to prove that we endured much worse
and to remember that tonight
I'll be so
much
fucking
happier
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5. |
Last Night
02:49
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last night I drank rum til I got sick
she told me I was throwing up
but I don't remember it
and the stains still soak my shirt
God damn I feel like shit
by now I thought I'd learn...
I woke up on the couch to open cans
stale liquid spilling o'er the brim
oh, lord! we'll never stand a chance
and you hooked up with my ex
it's not the first, it's not the last
it's not the worst, it's not the best
so
I'm stuck in circles
I'm chasing suns
I'm gauging life
by the drugs I've done
I might be happy
til I'm bored again
and I scrape that baggy dry
by five AM
tomorrow I've got to be functioning
I got work at ten AM
and I've a million words to read
so I slither and I slug
I just wish it all would stop
because today has been too long
my body aches
and my arms and legs are sore
I keep on nodding off
and I cannot take much more
then day fades into night
I think I'm ready for a beer
I swear I'll have just one or two--
right?!
I'm twisting circles
like bottle caps
every swig I take
brings different consciousness
I'm always thirsty and I never dread
until the morning sun is shining on my head
my memories are multi-colored blurs
I swear I didn't do that
but now I'm not so sure
and the world spins in my head
I'm not asking for your sympathy
and I've learned not to beg
to be another man
I'll never dream to be
I'm gonna live my life
in its absurdity
I know that half the things
I tend to always do
I didn't choose myself
I've only grown into
and so for every flaw
in all of you I see
I know that you make up
for every flaw you find
in me
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6. |
Thank You
03:59
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I wish I was on a sinking ship
a mammoth like the Titanic
so that maybe my death
would hold some historic importance
oh! and maybe then
someone might know just where I've been
cuz I'm losing my relationships
to lack of communication
yeah, it's pretty bland of me
to speak of life like this
but when your friends aren't all your friends
they're just after something they can't get
it gets a little dull
pointless drama
pointless pull
man I made so many memories
to smash them like the sea does to a ship
sometimes I wish I was someone else
a man of God, a man of wealth
but I don't think I could face myself
knowing that I'd never felt
the wrath and plight of life
the thrills of barely getting by
counting dollars at a time
resorting to the cheapest wine
where we could drink the night away
and wait for all our bothers to come haunt us in the morning
but then night will roll right round and we will sing
the path we travel is far better than
the destination
it doesn't matter where I get
it only matters who I go with
so with my few and honest friends
an empty box
and empty bottles
we will endure every bottom
we'll enjoy the lives we live
til death
oh yeah I could wish
a million things
that never will come true
so instead of faith in faithless things
I've all my faith in all of you
so when it feels like you are going nowhere
quicker than you would have liked
just pick up your telephone--
and we can get FUCKED UP tonight!
we'll dream of where we've been
let those stories bring us up again
I'll cherish all the things we've done
I swear I won't forget you when you're gone
the path we travel is far better than
the destination
it doesn't matter where I get
it only matters who I go with
so with my few and honest friends
an empty box
and empty bottles
we will endure every bottom
we'll enjoy the lives we live
til death
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