Cheap Extensions
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The Application
04:36
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I filled out the application to be a human being,
she put it on the stack with all the others, i walked out onto the street
and I lit my telephone
and answered my cigarettes
and started to weep
cause I heard a joke
and I hope my papers go through
I hope to hear from you soon....
I filled out the application to be her man
I signed my name so hard, I nearly broke my hand
and I lit my telephone
and answered my cigarettes
and started to laugh,
cause I saw something sad
and I hope my papers go through
I hope to hear from you soon...
I filled out the application to be released,
I won't say it's been a drag, but I'm looking forward (can't you see?)
cause I'm sick of answering my cigarettes and eating my telephone
and I'm sick of these weird tears, from my ears...
and I hope my papers go through
I hope to hear from you soon
...please don't write in red ink on my application honey baby....
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Tina, I saw you at the grocery store
buying something for your hair....
I'm not going anywhere, let me follow your hair
going anywhere, i love your hair, I’ll follow you anywhere
I’m not going anywhere, let me follow your hair, I love the strange things that you do to your hair, I’ll follow you anywhere...
brown and blond, and long and straight, loop and bend and made to blend
oh I love your cheap extensions
Tina, I am poor and you're a church, please feed me
let's get drunk in the basement...
just give me one more day that's a nice extension...
brown and blonde and long and straight, loop and bend and made to blend, I love your cheap extensions...
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The Secluded Estate
01:43
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to the estate we must go
all the women that I've ever known
are livin there
and I'm scared
but I must go though
I don't know why
three weeks and I still can't get in
I been livin in the woods behind the fence
in a tent
and I can see them
smokin by the pool
it's so cruel
oh I feel just like a fool
... I met a jinn jengu melamine
horns and wings and leaves for eyes
I shared my beans as we sat in the rain
and I told her about the estate
'burn it down burn it down'
she said
and then she touched my head
and I saw colors in my eyes
and a light shining through my mind
and I walked inside
and I said hello
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Terry had eyes of electric blue
sang 'bird on a wire' but couldn't recall the tune
told me he loved me
as we pasted up pictures of our guru
I meditated on the letter 'OHM'
I'm so happy in my new home
Dreama left her suitcase
on the train she took to Bombay
Swami Barunda had sent her away
in her suitcase was a poem she wrote about the Northern Lights
I meditated on the letter OHM
I'm so happy in my new home...
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She is leaving, for the mountains
and no one knows why
and what will she hang onto?
and what will she leave behind?
I don't know her too well
but it's not hard to tell
she's a very private girl
there is her car, let us look inside
taped up boxed and a few unpaid fines
I don't know her too well...
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Maya cashier she is a bubble blonde
always meeting mr. wrong
Pam in the office with a pencil mustache
always short on cash
she is a real dreamer
wonders if the world is real
William in produce can tell her
he knows a thing or two,
about everything and what to do
it's a natural health food store
and you enter through a mystical door
Isaiah is a very funny man
with beads in his hair
he is very clean
likes everything
Paul in shipping tells jokes
wonders if Liz still likes him
William in produce can tell him
he knows a thing or two
about everything and what to do
it's a natural health food store
and you enter through a mystical door
Erin earth girl, knows about the sun and the moon
what kind of herb, and what kind of stretch, you need to heel your mood
Shannon who outworks everyone, but always messes shit up
Why is she so terrible with all the customers?
William in produce can tell us, he knows a thing or two...
about everything and what to do....
it's a natural health food store
and you enter through a mystical door
Dialogue scene- curtain rises on man in bar, talking to a woman, or, is it a dog (perhaps?):
Man- well there was one scene that I was proud of.... yeah it was, I, the character, me, was looking into his... uh... glass of beer and he sees you in it, swimming. A little miniature you, swimming in his beer. And he says, staring at his beer, "I missed you. I wish we were walking around... I wish we were talking about whatever- things that we used to talk about... I just wish we were doing something right now..."
Dog - (barks)
Man - really? but I thought, I thought, I never heard from you again...
Dog - (barks)
Man - then why did you go?
Dog - (whines)
Man - what? ...what do you? .... well i'm gonna swallow you,
Dog - (whines)
Man - and then it goes, and then it pans, and it goes into this other scene that felt much more artificial
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Blot Out the Sun
02:34
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Henry was walking down the street
the sun was shinin the scene was gay
then he received a special message
and he started screamin in pain
Henry had a lovely gal
she gave him love everyday
then she heard his screams
and she ran screamin away
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Baby Jokin
02:13
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heavy times, heavy feelings
I feel so light with you
I said I gotta go, I said I need to be alone
I was only jokin...
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Icelene's Loss
03:00
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Icelene, she's staring right down the chute
and the pins are alive they have red bowties
just like an old cartoon
now my head is going to burst
just watching her hurts
and the pressure that she's under
gonna make my heart jerk
Icelene, she just needs
a break or two, to see her through
to see her through
now there's been alot of talk
on the TV and the magazines
about Icelene, and her strange family
but icelene has stood tall
despite it all
and the fact that so many people want to see her fall
Icelene, she just needs a break or two , to see her through, to see her through...
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10. |
Secret Plot
03:12
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I went down to the meeting
to see who I could be
when it was my turn to speak
I said everything
everything the world is doin to me
there was a girl she was wearing glasses
she was talking about the classes
she said we're gonna fuck up all the cops
shake the money from the top
I liked her yeah, but we didn't really get along
oh city infamous and cruel
most people wanna love but they can't seem to
love is a dog, a freak all alone
I went down to the meeting
to see who I could be...
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Sonny & The Sunsets San Francisco, California
Sonny & the Sunsets are a beautiful west coast thing. Birthed from the sand, the surf, and twilight campfires down in Ocean Beach, Sonny & the Sunsets’ busted beach-pop songs spark recollections of doo wop's otherworldly despair, a dose of goofball humor from the Michael Hurley school, and positive possibilities exuded by Jonathan Richman. ... more
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