1. |
Cataract Showdown
00:45
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Cataracts ail me in my old age
I thought I saw you drowning in the water
But there’s not a drop not an aqueduct
So get some shade from the inferno
When I was young I used to claim
I wanted no wife I wanted no children
But as I die in mid-July
My burning eyes see what I couldn’t
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2. |
Damo's Ode
02:13
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Fell in love with a boy back when I was 30 and he was 28 and from out of state
Yeah fuck the States I mean he was from another place he had lots of tattoos one was of a kangaroo
Said his name was Damo and my eyes were pretty but they’re just gray and bloodshot and darting
Damo, I love you
His hair was blonde he was a con man he sold timeshares by the beach somewhere up in Queensland
But we lived in Adelaide where I got some accolades I found The Story of the Kelly Gang and used a lotta Aussie slang
Recovered those lost reels in the arvo by a bottle-o gave them a squiz and went back to me boyfriend
Damo, I love you
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3. |
Talons
01:51
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He met you
On the 31st
The sky was crimson
The day it felt cursed
Talked about everything from blood to birds
Wingspan and talons and how it hurt
Scotch tape won’t fix you
Lucifer picks you
He’s not real
Or at least he is dead
But he’s built a nest
Right inside your skull
Shake him out and crack the eggs
Baby satans down your legs
Fuck the flock it’s raining shit
Clean your windshield save the world
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4. |
She is Hers
01:58
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Wonder way out west
Chrysanthemum on her chest
From Roswell is a pretty gal
She’s a phenom she’s a pal
Period she punctuates
With her fav feline roommate
Hand me a butterfly
I think you’re a desert sky
From Roswell is a pretty girl
Used to dance ya used to twirl
Pass her a guitar along
With a pick she’ll play this song
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5. |
T or C
00:59
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Some may say it's a shame that we ever even spoke
And some would be me down in T or C you hated your fucking world
When we embraced I burned down the place for I'm engulfed in flames
But you're not to blame and nor am I it's all just on Satan
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6. |
Notes of Fahey
01:41
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Feeling I get when we’re apart
Is almost as bad as when we’re together
The knot it my stomach gnaws inside
I’m thinking that it’s alive
Notes of Fahey warned me
This was all a fantasy
The knot turns into a creature
Guess I’ll be an English teacher
What do we do with our worthless time
It ain’t much but suppose it’s mine
Notes of Fahey warned me
This was all a fantasy
the creature has chewed on out
Thanks for all your precious doubt
Now it attacks with fear
Goodbye so long my dear
Notes of Fahey warned me
This was all a fantasy
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7. |
Raton Automaton
00:32
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Turn into a man of metal
Your spine is made of gears
Limb-lengthen so you can dunk
Break a leg you are a punk
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8. |
Scar Lover's Sequel
01:02
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Sitting in the fire the flames begin to hurt
So do the cuts and scrapes and bruises all over
She self harms and her arms are a labyrinth
Out of the psych ward and into the mountains
I met her at the crest at 2 in the morning
I asked her how she was she said batshit crazy
Her last friend died from a fistful of fentanyl
So even though I can’t move things aren’t bad at all
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9. |
Ate
01:29
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The first was a crazy
and I ain’t crying
The second got me drunk
Or I did it to myself
The third was nice
But died in a plane crash
The fourth was cruel
Told me I was a toolbox
The fifth was the one
And that thought was the problem
The sixth changed things
But just for one night
The seventh’s real chill
We talk sometimes
But you’re number eight
So let’s be mates
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10. |
Crying Wolf Again
01:11
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Shepherd boy
Got a bite
Screams and stomps
But won't fight
Crying wolf again
Big bad scare
I know you care
Big bad scare
When isn't there
Crying wolf again
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11. |
Visit
01:11
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It’s really fucked up when the dead show up and say hi in your dreams
They drive all the way from death to see you your tears come down in streams
They speak and smile and sing and stagger and shake like they’re sick
And when you wake up and try to go back nothing’ll do the trick
You’re gone away
Woke up crying today
Nothing I do
Will ever bring you back
One last time I’ll say goodbye while I can
I won’t ever get to see you again
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12. |
Loss
02:52
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Whisper into my ear
Says you have no pulse
You were a gladiator
No man was greater
I can still hear your laugh
Echoes through the terminal
Can’t miss your flight
There is no afterlife
You were Buzz Lightyear
I’m the worrying cowboy
The newspaper stack
Says we want you back
No more race cars
Last lap for a favorite cat
Kept a wad of cash
Now you’re just ash
I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
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13. |
Coming Clean
01:42
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Well I’m a big-lying two-timing son of a bitch
You ain’t even seen the worst of it
Went into a bank and they told me son
You're flat broke unless you got a gun
At the bar I got me an open tab
And I ain’t paying till I get grabbed
The women and men and enbys
Put me in quite the frenzy
I’m big-lying two-timing
Fence-climbing fake-dying
Petty-criming cheap-rhyming
son of a Jewess
In counties across the southwest
many Marshalls made slick arrests
But I always manage to slip on by
I’m a shapeshifting quick-drifting sort of a guy
So baby if I hurt you I wantchu to know
I’m just one of those big bozos
And should you put a bounty on my head
There’s no one I’d rather have make me dead
Yeah I’m big-lying two-timing
Fence-climbing fake-dying
Petty-criming cheap-rhyming
son of a great mom
Ooh-Ooh (4x)
When the night comes to a close
I got lots of people lots of folks
Valley cares for me like a nursery
Ramble from cowboy bar to grandma’s chicken soup
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Cactus Warmuth Albuquerque, New Mexico
A roadrunnerologist by trade, Cactus Warmuth has recorded numerous sides for the Spaghetti West label on 78 rpm records (all
of which are rumored to have been destroyed). Here are there digital transfers.
See reviews:
alibi.com/music/58470/Sonic-Reducer-Blitzar-Peaceful-Dissident-Cactus.html
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