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My Black Bloc Baby
03:30
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I got a black bloc baby
and you know she loves me right
I got a black bloc baby
and she knows how to love me right
she ain’t slowed down since
I picked her up from jail last night
she wears a black balaklava under-
neath a black beret
yeah there’s a black balaklava under-
neath that black beret
and you don’t hear her coming
till the minute she’s slippin’ away
she likes to read to me
Kropotkin and Bakunin in bed
yeah she does, she reads to me
Kropotkin and Bakunin in bed
in her Guy de Bord neglige
the spectacle gets to my head
my baby don’t like fighting
she wants everyone to just get along
my baby don’t like fighting
she thinks everyone should just get along
but she says you can’t put out a fire
with kind words and a song
no you won’t change change a fascist
with logic or reason or sense
you won’t change a fascist
with logic or reason or sense
so just pull down your mask but
don’t become what you’re fighting against
from Seattle to Berlin
she’s been teargassed she’s been maced
from Seattle to Berlin
she’s seen teargas she’s seen mace
so watch out little Pepe
my baby’s gonna bust your face
my black bloc baby drives me
crazy and she keeps me sane
my black bloc baby drives me
crazy and she keeps me sane
I love my baby like
a brick loves a window pane
yeah I love my baby like
a brick loves a window pane
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2. |
Cynical
04:06
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well, you think you know about me
people talk trash as they will
I live inside a wine jar
where I deface dollar bills
you prob'ly heard about me
with my lantern at high-noon
I was searching for an honest man
I guess I come too soon
there's some folks seem to think
I got some wisdom I can teach
but most these fools see me as
a mad dog off the leash
but I don't growl much
and I hardly ever bite
and I can read your thoughts
when the wind is right
and if I don't like what someone's
got to say
I just start barking 'till they
go away....
...I guess that makes me cynical....
...I'm just cynical....
well, I don't race with the rats
I don't worship the machine
I don't carry a spade or sword
I keep these hands clean
if you wanna chat about it we can
grab a beer somewhere
I usually got a couple bucks
after busking in the square
see I'm not antisocial and
I'm not opposed to fun, and
I ain't tryin' to be rude but could'ja
please step out my sun
I don't care much for money
I don't fancy trendy clothes
I don't want what I don't need and
I don't need one of those
I eat when I'm hungry and
I drink when I'm dry
if you think there's a better after-life
just go on ahead and die...
...I guess that does sound cynical....
I'm just cynical....
everything I own I carry
in this leather pouch
and I only need to crash
a couple-three nights on your couch
see I live free of all hope and fear
like the pigeons out on your stoop
you'll understand me better
once you try my lentil soup
no, I don't want any hang-ups
I want the tyrants out my head
when someone tried to steal my guitar
I gave it them instead
I still vote for Kucinich
every couple years or so
I wrote his name inside a heart
in a phone booth just an hour ago
it's not like I don't understand
real change starts from within
I want your revolution too
just wake me when it begins...
...my friends know I'm just cynical....
...I'm just cynical....
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3. |
We Come In Peace
03:29
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they came from a system
in the distant Plieades
they arrived on a cloudless day
with barely any breeze
as their spaceship finally landed
and the people gathered ‘round
I wondered what they’d look like
and how would they sound?
’we come in peace’
was the first thing that they said
‘we come in peace’
we all heard them in our head, they said
‘we’ve journeyed lightyears just
to make sure you exist
we’d like to know you better so
let’s start by making a list, ‘cause
we come in peace
we come in peace’
at first we all wondered
why they traveled all this way
did they have something to show us?
something mystical to say?
would we finally learn the truth about
just what we’re living for?
with their space-age weapons
could we finally end all war?
‘we come in peace’
they’d say with a smile
‘we come in peace
and we plan to stay a while!
we’d like to teach you lessons
that you can’t learn on your own
we’ve brought you bigger TVs and
and even smarter phone, ‘cause
we come in peace, yeah
we come in peace...'
‘we come in peace’
why would they lie?
‘we come in peace’
you know I even saw one cry
maybe they’ve run out of something
they need back at home
not sure what that means for us but
it proves we’re not alone
‘we come in peace’
‘we come in peace’...
they got science, they got culture
they got different kinds of math
they got a twisted sense of humor—
kinda scary when they laugh
but they only want to help us
become better than we are
if we just do what they say
we’ll live forever in the stars
‘we come in peace’
I believe them when they say
‘we come in peace’
wouldn’t matter anyway, they say
‘we know that you’ll adjust to your
new roles in a while
so get in line and climb aboard
and don’t forget to smile
'we come in peace
you must believe us
we come in peace
just like Columbus!
we come in peace
it’s exploration, nothing more
we come in peace
just like the conquistadors!'
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4. |
So Gitmo
04:45
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baby your shit's so gitmo, got me going
I just don't know where
you pull that hood over my head and
you tell me not to be scared
oh when I say 'gitmo' I mean phat like cool
as in orange is the brand-new black
bad is good and only squares do what they should
I'm talking more hip than a heart-attack
but with your love's location undisclosed
just where I stand only Dick Cheney knows
baby your shit's so gitmo, got to
get me some of that right away
must of been all that time alone
I forgot what I was just gonna say
you see I spent some years in a little room
in the Caribbean sea
I didn't get much news of the world back then
and the world got none from me
but now in spite of your enhanced techniques
I haven't uttered a goddamn word of sense in weeks
baby your moves are extra-judicial
like you're seven steps in advance
it looks like you're trying to rig the game
but honey all I want to do is dance
and I might be forgiven
you know I just might not be alone
for having conflicted emotions
when you demand 'where's the microphone?’
but your extraordinary rendition
of ‘Feelings' just confirmed my suspicion
baby your love transcends the law
I'm reminded of it every day
first you're keeping track of everyplace I go
now you're writing down the things I say
all my friends say I should feel fortunate
to have a lover so clearly concerned
but I feel just like that frog in the water
it’s gettin' warmer but I'll never learn
but if there's one known known that's for sure
whatever you do just don't call it torture
baby your offenses charm my resistance
come sun rain snow or hail
maybe I wouldn't act so sullen
if you'd just let me read my mail
now I'm jumpy every time the phone rings
might be my lawyer, could be my mom
either one just as like to paint me
carrying roses or a bomb
but I'm just trying to let my mind float
with my limbs restrained and this tube down my throat
baby your shit's so gitmo
got to quit this place as fast as I run
I know you're not really listening when
I keep on telling you that I'm not the one
so maybe we just go our separate ways
let the lawyers bury the past
‘cause I cannot escape the certainty
a love-affair like ours just won't last
so consider me deaf dumb and mute
oh and thanks again for letting me keep the jumpsuit
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5. |
As Of Tomorrow
03:47
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as of tomorrow it's a brand-new me
you'll all figure out eventually
come hell or high water I'm bound to be free
but as for this evening I got nowhere to be
as of tomorrow I'm not paying the rent
just me and the dogs, gonna pitch us a tent
with my memories scattered and my youth misspent
but tonight it all hinges on your consent
as of tomorrow I'm not picking no fights
not gonna drink till it's all just a green hazy light
not gonna chase every hot piece of tail in sight
no those are all things I'm gonna get to tonight
you see the past never leaves and the present won't stay
how come I just discovered this today?
that's why tomorrow I'm just running away
as of tomorrow I'm becoming a mime
those glass walls around me will be all in your mind
it's all just a prelude to my life of crime
but if you still want to talk well tonight would be fine
by this time tomorrow I'll be two weeks gone
you'll be looking at your watch wond'ring what's going on
the neighbors will swear they saw me mowing the lawn
but if you're out tonight I'll be dancing till dawn
as of tomorrow I'm not making no sense
with my mind mis en abyme if you'll pardon my french
I'm not offering thanks nor recompense
but tonight you'll get a kick if you're still on the fence
my future's been waiting since the day I was born
but it was just yesterday I was informed
that's why tomorrow I'll be gone in the morn
as of tomorrow it's a brand-new me
no matter where you're looking somewhere else I will be
I'll be changing my legal name to Mister E.
but for one last night, babe, you'll get what you see
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