1. |
In Line to Die
03:16
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I don’t feel too far from alone as I go
I feel the crowd moving all as one
Ain’t no room to swing your tail anywhere
I feel the crowd moving all as one
in line to die x4
I feel the pulse of fear at the gate
I can do nothing
All the mud cakes in the rain
I see a truck pull in
in line to die x4
They drop the ramp and open the gate
Force us through like a fluid
Strangers on the interstate
Guess our fate and keep moving
in line to die x4
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2. |
Stud Song
02:57
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Hey father time
Won’t you resign
See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving
Life’s just too good to die
Well this ain’t my first farm
I used to live up the road
Then one day a trailer came
Turned out I’d been sold
On that fateful ride
I was afraid for my hide
I didn’t know heaven’s gate
Was only two miles away
Hey father time
Won’t you resign?
See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving
Life’s just too good to die
When we pulled into a pasture
Things started looking better
Before my eyes under clear blue skies
A field full of fine heifers
Now they feed me all I want
And they take me into town
And introduce me to the ladies
In the counties all around
Hey father time
Won’t you resign?
See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving
Life’s just too good to die
But not everything’s that great
I ain’t never known a child
As long as there’s grain guess I can’t complain
I’ll be here for a while
Hey father time
Won’t you resign?
See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving
Life’s just too good to die
See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving
Life’s just too good to die
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3. |
Free
04:24
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I was grazing out in pasture
Near the tree line
When I saw something moving
A shadow caught my eye
I’d heard tell
That there are some like us
Beyond the fences
And there she was
Free
Looking right at me
Free
Looking right at me
Well something I’ve been thinking
Ever since that night
Is the only thing between us
Is the fence line
I told the others
But they think I’m mad
Fences protect us
And farmers keep us fed
We’re free
What more do you need?
Free
What more do you need?
They told me I wouldn’t make it
They said it can’t be done
They said that I’m too heavy
Can’t live on the run
Well I cut my legs up
But I made it over
I made it a few miles
Before I fell over
I’m free
Finally free
Free
Finally free
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4. |
The Greener Pasture
04:04
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The greener pasture is also fenced in
The fuller trough has an asterisk
Rotate the herd every few days
Or is it every few years
We’ve got their tags on our ears
Standing in shit crying bovine tears
Won’t go hungry on the farmer’s grain
McDonald touched the bailiff’s bible with an invisible hand
He gave the judge a wink and sat in the witness stand
He said nothing’s out of sight nothing’s out of mind
Farm and factories of mine you’ll find
Abide by each law that applies
I’m god-fearing and lawful you can’t vilify me
I know the law I wrote it to a T
You can’t vilify me
I’m on the ALEC, I fund a PAC
I make ties to get mine from whatever candidate leads
I’m playing for keeps
But here I’m caught between memory and the yet to be I have yet to see a single thing to stop the world from spinning
Won’t go hungry on the farmer’s grain
Doe in the eyes
Dough in the mind
As you recline
Get stabbed from behind
Fenced in but fed
Select who survives
Stomach space for everything
Wars prisons refugees
Hey I can’t get away from this fate
Every day the promise of a difference gate
Hey I can’t get away from this fate
Every day the promise of a different gate
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5. |
Whole World
03:28
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I’ve got the whole world in my hand
I’ve got no plans as I scroll and scan
Waiting for the page to load as my connection slows
There are screens even in my dreams
I’ll bet they’re in heaven wager anything
There are screens even in my dreams
What’s there to say that ain’t yet been typed
If the pen is a blade, the thumb’s a butter knife
I’ll skip the essay expose for memes and videos of dogs doing human things
Who could’ve seen in who could’ve known
We’d have wifi in hell when bell made the phone
Who could’ve seen in, who could’ve known
I’ve got the whole world in my hand
Not that I own it, it’s on a payment plan
They said this screen is best:
Wide enough to monitor my debt
They give me all the data that I need
So I can’t mind if they mine mine for free
They give me all the data that I need
I’ve got the whole world in my hand
I’ve got no plans as I scroll and scan
Waiting for the page to load as my connection slows
There are screens even in my dreams
I’ll bet they’re in heaven wager anything
There are screens even in my dreams
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6. |
Fun Yet
02:02
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I eat from the screen a bottomless feed
But it ain’t enough to satisfy me
Entertained ‘bout the same as chain smoking Jane
Pulling slots in a Reno casino
Are we having fun yet?
Wasting away the best of our days
Are we having fun yet?
I’m sorry to say that I can’t count the days
That I’ve piled up and wasted by now
Scrolling away with my phone in my face
About as happy as a grazing cow
Are we having fun yet?
Wasting away the best of our days
Are we having fun yet?
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7. |
John Wayne
03:32
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I can think of things a hundred different ways
I can visit every city in every state
But I still don’t know how to make anything change
I ain’t got the patience for patience
When it feels too much like complacence
I’ve been having that american feeling
Like I’ve always gotta be leaving
Keeps sending me reeling
Bruce and John Wayne only believe in a beat down
At least one of their fathers owned this whole town
Always looking at all his property like that’s how it ought to be
Always looking down at poverty like it’s a novelty
The world’s full of strangers to that old lone ranger
So I’m trying to get off of that cowboy shit oooh
I can think of things a hundred different ways
I can visit every city in every state
But I still don’t know how to make anything change
I ain’t got the patience for patience
When it feels too much like complacence
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8. |
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Come by
See me sometime
In the moonlight
See me sometime
I wake up and I’m all alone
Put my head down and I’m sucked into my phone
My bank called and I’m gnawed to the bone
And I
Can’t lie
It’d be nice
If you’d come by
See me sometime
In the moonlight
Didn’t end right
I wake up and I’m all alone
Put my head down and I’m sucked into my phone
My bank called and I’m gnawed to the bone
Hey we both know
It would be so good
And I
Can’t lie
It’d be nice
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9. |
Ones and Ohs
02:48
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I should treat my phone
More like a landline
Only pick it up when it rings
Set it down, turn the volume loud
All these vibrations are incantations
Got me singing lamentations can’t you see
Well as good as I look in a suit
And as much as I read and write
I don’t really come across in black and white
You’ll never know in 1s and 0s
You’ll never know in ones and ohs
I’ve been spending a lot of time alone
In my own prison largely self-imposed
My jail cell follows wherever I go
It guzzles gas and shakes and sixty or so
You’ll never know out on the road
You’ll never know out on the road
I should start doing cardio
And stop smoking so carelessly
See I’ve got this earthquake heartache
But maybe it would only make the richter rate increase
I’ll never know if I don’t
I’ll never know if I don’t
I’ve seen things from sea to shining sea
Chain link and tragedy
And I could as easily intervene
As I could in a dream that I had with my arms underneath me
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10. |
Don't Eat Their Feed
02:48
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I got on social media today
I searched your name
But nowhere I looked
Could I find your page
Couldn’t see your face
I got your number I could call
Call me weak
But I only wanted a peek at your wall
Maybe you left and logged out for good
Aways said you would
You said their screens won’t fulfill your needs
Don’t eat their feed
I got your number I could call
Call me weak
But I only wanted a peek at your wall
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11. |
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Ain’t a damn day goes by
I don’t think in fear of future times
Nothing says I’m safe tonight
But a holy bible and my forty-five
My whole life this day
Ain’t mine no way
Things of faith, things of law
Fences, ranchers, and cattle prods
Daily test our might
Fortune favors a ruthless kind
My whole life this day
Ain’t mine no way
My knees can kneel no longer
Nor can they hold me up
I’ve heard all these calls to action
But I’ve been stricken numb
My whole life this day
Ain’t mine no way
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12. |
Loading Page
03:26
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My life’s a loading page
The wheel turns and the bar stays in the same place
Ain’t no signal coming thru
I ain’t got a clue
There’s a screen between me and you
Well I’m above ground, more lost than found
I question everything without making a sound
And thru the window I think I could see inside
But instead I just see myself and what lies behind
My life’s a loading page
The wheel turns and the bar stays in the same place
Ain’t no signal coming thru
I ain’t got a clue
There’s a screen between me and you
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