1. |
Goodnight Las Vegas
01:41
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You never know what time it is in fabulous Las Vegas
Drinks forever and the finest foods and Casino mazes
But the sun has set on our time together and I must be going home
Good night, Las Vegas
The twinkling city lights are all dimming below us
The desert rolls by like an ocean as we fly away
It gets cold in the desert at night and the stars above amaze us
Good night, Las Vegas
The glitzy cars, sexual people
Ain't my idea of fun
There's a darkness behind this city
That should scare everyone
But I would stay another day, cept for home's where the love that stays is
Good night, Las Vegas
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2. |
State of the Union
02:43
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The next person caught conflating Jesus with nukes
Needs to rethink history and read some books
Nothing good ever comes from waging holy war
Just ask the Afghan people what they're dying for
We should be the nation of turn the other cheek
If you could fuckin hear your preachers preaching every week
"I was hungry you fed me I was thirsty you gave me drink"
I was a stranger, you built a wall and worshipped racist things
Jesus would be disappointed we turned out this way
Finding new ways to belittle and murder each and every day
Love thy neighbor as thou love thyself is what He said
Too bad we all hate ourselves and wish that we were dead
You say our motto is "In God We Trust"
Then why don't we let our battleships start to rust?
We don't have God's blessing, we fucked that up
When we shattered his commandments and danced in the dust
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3. |
Call Your Friends
02:27
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Jesus Christ don’t forget you’re only 24,
You’ve got your whole life ahead of you and there’s so much more
Than the anger and fury that you’ve stuffed between the sheets
And the hopeless demeanor you wear out in the streets
Don’t do it, put the bottle down, call your friends
It’s easy to forget about the fact that you matter
When you live by yourself and you’re mad as a hatter
About the way things are and your orientation
Getting spit on and chewed out by the king of this nation
Don’t do it, put the bottle down, call your friends
Lots of other folk got it bad as you
And they’re sitting there drinking about what to do
You’re in plenty fine company, just relax and take it easy
Take it from me
Yeah you gotta stop worrying about what other folks think
You’re gonna drive yourself crazy and crawl back in the drink
Like that time when you drank yourself into the hospital
Best you avoid that shit, addictions unstoppable
Don’t’ do it, put the bottle down, call your friends
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4. |
Out
03:20
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Being imprisoned by paradise, nowhere to go, I guess it’s nice
When things are easy and adequate, no reason to stop or quit
Fuck me I'm a damn disgrace, hold me close in your embrace
Guess it's time for me to start running
I'm finally close to making it, too bad I'm wired for breaking shit
Someone up there crossed my wires, and I can't stop to smell the fires
I set up to take out the trash, let it all just burn to ash
My apologies as I make my exit
I'm breaking out! Outside it's so beautiful
Like falling out of the sky, I don't ever wanna get off this high
Came for the day but stayed instead, spent the night naked in my bed
wasn't the plan but I guess it works, makes me feel like a useful jerk
Make you coffee you take it black, you know you aren't coming back
Gotta find a way to let me down easy
Jump the red line headed south, to wash the taste out of your mouth
You want me, want me no you don't; want to fuck me fuck me but you won't
I'm anxious when you make the call, no one there to catch my fall
Looks like I'm flying alone again tonight
I'm breaking out! Outside it's so beautiful
Like falling out of the sky, I don't ever wanna get off this high
And what could it all be for? But for the want of more more more?
Is this how we're meant to live? Is this how I want to live?
I’m breaking out
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5. |
Car Heat
02:51
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I listen to podcasts because I’m bad at feelings
I let the voices of strangers teach me about healing
And explain to me how they’ve lived longer on this earth than I have
I want someone who’ll look at me the way she looks at you
Her eyes adoring and proud of everything single thing you do
I’ve got about a blocks worth of warmth saved up in the car
Too bad the walk back to your place is a couple miles gone too far
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6. |
Drink Bleach
03:22
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Drinkin red wine all by myself
Breakin' promises I put on the shelf
None of my habits are that good for me
It's called a self-destructive tendency
My diet hinges on frozen food
It's like eating cancer but it sure tastes good
Nothing of substance goes inside of me
it's called a self-destructive tendency
What'll you do about it, what'll you do about it now?
Why don't you laugh about it and say we'll make it work somehow?
You don't like me or what's inside my head
but you can't say that because you need my bed
You wish you didn't want to sleep with me
it's called a self-destructive tendency
What'll you do about it, what'll you do about it now?
Why can't you laugh about it? I thought we'd make it work somehow?
Drink Bleach, bleach will clean up everything
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7. |
Ska Daddy
02:07
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I don’t make a lot of money but I got a lot of friends
Keep singing this song with good intentions
It shouldn’t matter what I wanna do with the cash I earn
No concern to you
I got a floor beneath my feet I stand on
A roof overhead
No leaks when I’m gone
A bed to rest my head at night
Simple things in life
I know I’ll be alright
I don’t like to argue
I don’t like to hate
My decisions are only for me to make
But I can’t pretend to understand why
You wanna run my life
Run my life!
I’ve got the money that I need to buy another drink
And nobody’s gonna tell me to stop and to think
About the years and the days They all fade away
So I’m gonna keep on living for today
My floor beneath me is sturdy and beefy
I’ve got all the room needed to appease me
My fridge is full of beer and whiskey
I live my life any way that I please
I don’t like to argue
I don’t like to hate
My choice is my own and my own to make
But I won’t sit by never let you try
To run my life
Run my life!
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8. |
North Halsted
01:32
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Roaming around the streets of Chicago town
I never thought I’d see a girl like this
I take her back home with me
Say I don’t wanna move to fast
But then we take some shots of whiskey
Leaving those thoughts in the past
I like the way she moves around me
But I can’t feel any empathy
As matter of fact I now wish she would leave
Please just let me breathe
Because I’m so sick of it all
Please just let me bleed
Because I’m so sick of it all
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9. |
Girl from Indonesia
02:08
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Thirteen years all down the drain
I never thought I’d go insane
Another child to my name
And now he’s fucking cheating on me with some girl from Indonesia
Never thought I’d call it quits
But I don’t wanna live like this
Cyber sex was on his list
Instead of dealing with our issues
Wishing I had amnesia
I could change my name to make sure this doesn’t happen again
Another login to K-I-K
Hope I don’t see the woman
1, 2, 3, 4!
Breaking up family today
One small kid, one on the way
What will mom and dad be saying
When they find out he cheated on me
Packing up my bags, I’ll see ya
Maybe in a year or three
This will all make sense to me
I won’t accept apology
Because he fucking cheated on me
With some girl from Indonesia
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10. |
Rat Tail Mullet
01:41
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Well say my name and we’re gone tonight
I’m six drinks down and I feel uptight
I’m never gonna know what went down alright?
(Dragged across the concrete)
Oh no! It’s happened again
I’ll never escape from the path I’m in
I wanna start a fight but I’ll never win
(Never shake my hand again)
You talked to me for so long
How could I have known you’d go wrong
Stay at home. It’s where you belong
(Ten out of ten agree)
Oh no! It’s going down again
You’ll never escape from the mess you’re in
You wanna start a war but you know I’ll win
(Never show your face again)
You might as well have a rat tail mullet
To hide your face and skull in public
Step outside and try you might
To avoid my sight
You might as well have a rat tail mullet
Disguised like a sullen puppet
Stay outdoors and try to fight
I’ll meet you in the dark outside
I’ll meet you in the dark of night
No light
I met her by the ocean
The waves crashed on the beach
He made such a commotion
I turned the other cheek
I wanted to be easy
I wanted to be sweet
Second chances make no sense
Now I’m in disbelief
Take a pill
Swallow it down
Turn your back
Now he’s messing around
I know you can’t believe he’d do this
Guilty he’ll be found
(Oh)
You talked to me all night long
I could never know you’d go wrong
Stay away. It’s where you belong
(Everyone would agree)
Oh no! It’s going down again
You’ll never escape from the mess you’re in
You wanna start a fight but you know I’ll win
(Never show your face again)
You might as well have a rat tail mullet
To hide your face and skull in public
Step outside and try you might
To avoid my sight
You might as well have a rat tail mullet
Disguised as a reject muppet
Stay outdoors and try to fight
I’ll meet you in the dark outside
I’ll meet you in the dark of night
No light
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11. |
DooWop (Fuck You)
03:10
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You fell into my life like a bolt out of the blue
Unexpected, like a gunshot on a Sunday afternoon
And proceeded to pull me into your snare
Where you chopped my heart into lil pieces without a care
So I say fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
That night when you called me I didn't know what to say
Oh when you told me that you’d gone away
But now I’ve had some time to gather myself
And tell you how I feel about being put on your shelf
I don’t need you to love me
I know that time is gone
I just wish that I knew it
Before I’d been strung along
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12. |
And Your Mix CDs
03:01
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I finally tossed your mix CDs
I found them when I was moving
They were alphabetical under the Z section
as they were unpublished, uncredited, unlicensed, illegal
like the way we used to love each other
I finally tossed your mix CDs
took me long enough, like fuck
They survived 5 exes, two moves, several reorganizations,
and a lot of existential dread, but I really don't want you back
I finally tossed your mix CDs, the same day I donated your flannel
to the Goodwill, so it could live again
and give someone else hope that maybe it'll work out
when a cute girl leaves a shirt at your place
I finally tossed your mix CDs
and I'm not gonna wish I had em back
They were kind and patient and sometimes stumbled
into horny messes that made me smile and still do
because I loved you, once.
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Robot Civil War Chicago, Illinois
Proletaribots raising their voices in song against the capitalist machines.
Mech, Dan, and Brian speak on behalf of the robots
for booking: robotcivilwar@gmail.com
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