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Lunatic Hayride

by The Angri-Lahs

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1.
Standing Up 03:48
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Tomorrow I’ll start hanging my pants in the closet Today I’ll just be locking these words up in a drawer Maybe I’ll just fall asleep & not have to think about it Maybe somehow we’ve won this private little war If we only ever followed our heart we’d be lost without it If we emulate the victim in distress what have we won Any opinion may be valid up until you feel the need to shout it Third brother of a father who never did want a son If I’ve learned one thing for certain it’s that everybody’s got a story to tell If you don’t want to know it just move along, it isn’t something that we’re trying to sell All of your politics and your get-rich-quicks ain’t gonna help you once the power is cut Once history has proven herself through with you we’ll have to bury all of you standing up Now we all get along pretty well if you think about it Until the finger-pointing starts & everybody is throwing stones We’ve got hatred enough to last a lifetime, you continue to spout it Through our tv screens, our laptops, and our cell phones You know we all fall down every once in a while, what matters is the way you try to get up Will you make yourself taller standing on someone’s back & grinding their face into the mud Because we all really are each other even when we want to rip out each other’s hearts And still there’s only so much room on the planet
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Runaround 03:39
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These days you’d better have a head on your shoulders These days it really pays not to speak your mind You could say she was an avid student of the human condition So for her that everything was always gonna be fine How much is it worth to you this fancy tissue paper? What is the exchange rate on your soul? How much is it again? How much is it again? How much is it again? How much is it again? What did they expect after twenty years of giving her the runaround Now she’s carrying a gun around Life is too cheap these days, all we can hear are tiny buzzing sounds She’s gonna wear the crown Get the party down Carrying a gun around I’ve taken beatings before but never one I couldn’t even see coming I never tried to abandon something I had made How much is it again? How much is it again? How much is it again? How much is it again? What did they expect after twenty years of giving her the runaround Now she’s carrying a gun around Life is too cheap these days, all we can hear are tiny buzzing sounds She’s gonna wear the crown Get the party down Carrying a gun around Now you keep on dropping hints, how you’re endlessly enthusiastic For what tomorrow will bring, the day after that You know that I...I’ve got to confess that I still just can’t see How to ameliorate it at all, this weight on our shoulders is making us crawl Without it we could be so fantastic and real Ensuring no one again ever has to kneel We all own it all, there’s really nothing to steal The wealth of the world is available when We learn to stop seeing each other as “them” Just different factors in an equation The variables are limitless How aren’t you getting this? Why aren’t you getting this? Running around Running around Running around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around until we’re screaming out
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Kind of People 04:03
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I wonder if she ever wonders what I’m doing now Does she drive to work with tears on her face To face the emptiest face A kind of echo in an overcrowded room Which now sits vacant at best Was there a child inside and did he wonder Who we were and what we have become He’ll toss a coin then crawl into his closet We are the kind of people you were never warned about Or ever looked into the eye We are the kind of people you just never heard about I see you’re starting to wonder Tobacco stains my windows to blur I’d try to clean them but I’m tired as hell Is what we make here on Earth When we start worrying about tomorrow Seems as if we all have parts to play Although I’m skeptical & often doubt it Listening to every word you say But what am I supposed to do about it We are the kind of people that you never learned about There’s nothing new beneath the sky We are the kind of people you should be concerned about Because we know the wheel of time It keeps on turning and it’s coming right back around Feel safe if you like, it won’t be too very long now What you may see as just a limiting belief Is more a safety net in case you get your claws stuck inside of me I’ve lived in sin, now I’m living with regret You’re skipping merrily along & treating people as pets There is a place you’ve never been, in fact you couldn’t conceive Until your eyes adjust you’ll never know the tapestry we weave We are the kind of people you should spread the word about When you fall back into the line We are the kind of people you just act absurd about I guess we’ll see you around sometime We are kind of people
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Siren Sounds 03:52
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Sure, it feels good to have purpose But lately I admit I’ve been in doubt She said hey listen, we deserve this Don’t lose your faith...don’t freak out Of control may be the answer No siren songs keep me sedate So what do you think of your chances Against voices in my head telling me how to hate Ain’t never had the ear of Jesus Too poor and dirty for his kind Too intimate with diseases Far too loose with what is mine Got no time to wait for a savior Right here and now I’lll make my stand You never get what you pay for Something you never seemed able to understand Looking for the strength in my weakness Maybe a good stout cudgel in my hand Say I’m getting too big for my breeches Somewhere in between monster and man You’re pulling out your old disguises I’m stubbing out my cigarette Nefarious enterprises In which you take over anything that you can get What are we going to do now? What are we going to do now? What are we going to do now? Without the cold, cold comfort of these siren sounds
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Higher Me 02:41
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I know you never did quite master patience (among all the other skills that you lack) If you was to ask me, which you never would, I could tell you how to get your life back Citing facts about damage to your cochlea, it really isn’t gonna hold up here The damage done to the kid inside is so much deeper than whatever trauma that you may have taken to your ears Take your time Play for keeps Bare in mind Honey, talk is so cheap I know you have a hard time making changes altering the course of what is your life And you really are impressive in the things that you do, I’m not your father, mother, sister, brother, husband, or wife I’m only trying to help if you’d but let me, I could show you my credentials I guess The only wisdom I’ve got to share is try to be more aware, the signs you follow may be pointing over a cliff Free your mind Save your tears Look inside And strangle all your fears Take your time Learn to cheat Take a ride Remember talk is so cheap
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John's Dog 03:47
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Yesterday I walked by the place the General Motors auto plant once had been The very same ones who swore up & down that our folks would have futures Without a change of expression they stole those dreams back again Concrete jungle atmosphere outside Are your ears prepared to drink in a couple dozen brand new lies? Even our children see right through the things that you say Well fuck the future, man, how are we going to get by today? But we are probably the ones To turn this lunatic hayride around We started swinging before we even hit the ground We might be the ones Yesterday we took another hill with only 37 men and women killed You know the suits back home, they consider it a fair exchange Another footnote in the abattoir of history But we are probably the ones To grin and watch it all come crashing to the ground Bare our teeth and laugh at the frightened scurrying of the crowds We might just be the ones We are probably the ones To gain a new perspective on our lives But will we loosen our grip upon the reins or simply watch as all hope dies? We’ve got to be the ones
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Traditions 02:14
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Christa has gone feral again Janet’s on the floor Caroline sits & calls for help It doesn’t do much good anymore Alice is just as sweet as pie n To Don who sits & drools Willie is so far gone now He thinks his feces is a stool Anna has been singing opera today The past-time of a fool Clyde says hi as I walk by He seems to think we’re back at school Marianne has skin like paper, but Anita’s got her beat LaJean once wore a back brace. Now she’s strapped into her seat All things considered, I guess we’re doing pretty well Except for Bonnie and Marie, we haven’t seen them since they fell At the end of the day, I know it could be so much worse than this Back when my grandmother was at Evergreen she used to stink like week-old piss There used to be an Ina But now Salmon Jack is here Roberta will take anything She’s been that way all year As long as Linda has her lemonade I can go and do my job This order is for Andrea That order is for Bob Joe says he hates tomatoes But compliments my work Luis can’t help but yell at Haley I guess he’s just a jerk! Like I said...all things considered, we’re really doing pretty well It isn’t half as fun as cocaine was but at least this isn’t Hell If you think about it, we still know how to shuck and jive All your accomplishments boil down to this No one gets out of here alive

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released April 15, 2023

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