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The Seasonal Allergy Blues
I was walking down the street
when I started to sneeze
It’s my allergies
I said hey baby, you got hay fever
this season’s a bust
with all the pollen and dust
I said hey baby, you got hay fever
take some Claritin and get better again
I was laying in bed with a stuffed up head
I was all alone so I got on the phone
I called the doctor up, I said doctor what…
can i do to breathe? Can you please help me…
with my allergies?
He said sinus rinse is the best defense
so rinse twice a day and that shit’ll go away
I can’t sing this song
my voice sounds wrong
I got too much cheese in my naval cavities
So for your sinus rinse you take a bottle like this
add a little saline and then proceed to squeeze
now you’re gonna get wet
but when you’re done with that
all the snot’ll be gone and you can sing this song
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Riding A Tortoise
03:38
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Deadhead vs Radiohead
04:02
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keep on truckin’ let’s go
its time to go to the show
drop some tabs of LSD
and lets see what we can see
we’ll hitchhike on the highway
someone’s stopping, its our lucky day
we all jump in, the driver’s hip
But he says were in for a real bad trip
he looks a lot like Jerry
but he’s dressed up like a genie
He wants to grant us each a wish
asks us if we like a band called phissssshhhhh
My girls in the back feeling car sick
she rolls down the window and starts to yak
it smells something awful on the driver’s side
he says you should be grateful that I gave you a ride
He starts driving a little too fast
Can you slow down a bit I try to ask
He says the car’s alignment is on a tilt
So I just suck it up and put on my seatbelt
we drive around awhile like were lost
my girls’ passed out, her cookies tossed
next thing I know, its evening
that’s when i get a bad feeling
I check the map app on my phone
but my cell plan don’t let me roam
The driver says, man just go with the flow
and that’s when he turns on the radio
he pulls over and starts to park
says his name is thom yorke
wants to confess a secret to me
removes his face reveals circuitry
I freak out - is this the end?
relax he says I wanna be your friend
I’m a robot you see from the future
I nod and say ok, computer
Can I upload you to my CPU?
that way I can better get to know you
But I just sit there
I don’t know what to do
that’s when he reaches out to touch me
His fingers are full of electricity
I feel the current going through my skin
I’m pretty sure he’s made his way in
that’s when I feel my consciousness slip
he wasn’t kidding this is a real bad trip
I stare up into his mechanical eye
unable to move or even ask why
he just keeps probing inside my head
And all I wanted to do was see the Grateful Dead
Next thing I know, I’m awake
Im on the side of the road doing a double take
my girl is gone and so is the car
no telling where they went or even how far
I feel like I have a major hangover
my hitchhiking days are certainly over
so I start walking down the road a bit
but I don’t get far before I have to sit
Now I know what you’re thinking
and what you’ll probably say
It’s just the drugs that got me this way
But that aint it, I know what went down
And now I get a little nervous
whenever machines are around
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Jack's Got Attitude
03:36
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Look at Jack go
he’s on the playground
he’s not gonna let no
saggy diaper slow him down
he’s gonna do everything
the big kids do
he’s gonna show them
that he can do it too
look at him climb
look at him run
he’s got a few scrapes and bruises
but he’s having fun
he likes to play rough
just look at him move
he don’t take no guff
he’s got attitude
he’s got a big brother
his name is Milo
he looks after him
and shows him the ropes
they play together
being superheroes
but even superheroes
have to throw down some blows
He runs up to
two little girls
one’s got pigtails
the other’s got curls
he says; “ you Mickey Mouse!
You’re on fire!”
It’s just a game he plays
but don’t ask him why-a
she says: “you’re mean.
You’re being real rude!”
But Jack’s not mean
he’s just got a little attitude.
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Thunder Rd.
05:55
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Thunder Rd.
I was in my cadillac on an existential journey
Looking for a place I heard about in a song
The place was called Thunder Road
So there I was driving with the top down
wind in my hair, looking at the map
Looking for this place called Thunder Road
And all I saw in front of me was an endless horizon
Long story short, I was lost. Diving down Route 66
I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere
So I pulled over to a gas station asked the owner where I was
He kinda looked at me funny and said Where you going?
I said I’m looking for a place in a song called Thunder Road
The fella looked at me and said, isn’t that a Will Oldham song?
Well, no actually, he did a cover of it. And in fact
I kinda like that one better.
But this here song was written by Bruce Springsteen, The Boss.
I don’t have a boss. I’m an independent contractor.
Own and perate this here gas station. Handed down from my daddy.
Had it for some fifty some-odd years.
Mostly truckers come through. The occasional tourist.
And people who get lost, such as yourself.
So, getting back to my predicament, any idea where this Thunder Road might be?
The fella just looked at me and said, seeing as how we’re in a desert
we don’t get much rain. We don’t get much thunder either.
So there I was, lost. No way to get back home or get to Thunder Road.
Where are you Thunder road?
I hear you calling me... Thunder Road.
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Sonic Tooth
04:45
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Sonic Tooth
I had this really bad toothache
so I went to see the dentist
he looked at it and said that
the metal fillings in my teeth
can sometimes act like an antennae
and pick up certain frequencies
he gave me some painkillers
and sent me on my way
there was nothing he could do
I got a sonic tooth
vibrating in the root
I hear a frequency
I think it’s talking to me
So there I was lying in bed
hearing this voice inside my head
it was speaking strange poetry
like the kind you hear
from the new york art scene
I couldn’t shake it or sleep
so I took a walk
ended up down at this club where
a band was playing loud feedback
and super-sounding riffs
I stood there listening for a while
grooving on the music
its sonic waves of distortion
penetrating my bones
the singer’s voice, inside my head
inside my tooth
the whole band was there
Lee Renaldo, Steve Shelley,
Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordon
she looked down at me and said,
here’s a quarter…
go put it in a washing machine
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8. |
An Ode to Kim Gordon
02:40
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An Ode To Kim Gordon
Been listening to a lot of Sonic Youth
Love that band, They totally rock.
If I sing like this and sound like
Kim Gordon - does that mean I’m a girl?
I think she’s cool. She totally rocks.
I wish I could be in a band with her
and then we could have babies together
and I could be Thurston Moore the 2nd.
That would be awesome.
But i don’t think Kim Gordon would
go for it. She propbably thinks I’m
just some sort of perv without an
original idea in my body.
Just been listening to too much
Sonic Youth I guess. Just doing the
copycat thing. Oh well. This songs
for you Kim. Kim Gordon, a super hot
chick who rocks so hard.
Just thinkin of you...
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Hey Jimi, where you going with that bug spray in your hand?
Gonna kill me a fly buzzing around in the sky.
Somebody left the door open
And now we got some flies inside
Gonna kill me a fly buzzing around in the sky.
Saw my old lady swatting at the air with her other hand
So I got some bug repellant
comes in an aerosol can
Gonna kill that fly, gonna make him die
With that bug spray in my hand
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