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Trauma
04:48
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They ripped me away from Sesame Street down in Omaha - I don't remember nothing after that - My girlfriend she abandoned me in kindergarten - My torso burst with poison in the night - I stumbled home with unforecasted women - I grumbled at the young one but she missed it - He flicked me with his cigarette butt out the window - I dialed 911 and hung them up - She poked me in the eyeball with a trundle - The babysitter had to take me home - The stupid kid’s big Brother came looking for his Matchbox car - While I was whittling a stick - I told you ‘bout the field with the hollow tree - You know the place, the pictures in the sky you see - The girl next door lived in a secret magazine shop - She had a catfish in her dirty swimming pool
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Animals
03:47
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Starlings are my religion - Floppy airplanes in my vision - The jellyfish has no brain - Looks like we're just the same - I talked to God and They said animals are better
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Normal
05:20
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Smile for the photo, everything's informal - We're already here, this is normal - When was the last time I kept a journal - Drop what you're waiting for, this is normal - Up at 5am, this is normal - Taking a nap, this is normal - Falling asleep, this is normal – Dream about your dead friends, this is normal - Grind your teeth all day, this is normal - Cry seven times a week, this is normal
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Bird Pecking
04:23
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I'm a bird pecking at my reflecting - My mission is over so careful what you wish for - Summer is over - I don't want to die
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Real Eyes
04:00
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Some days morning feels chronic - Some afternoons I never recover - I can see the trees and the birds through the window - Seasonal misery prevents close encounters - Some evenings I pretend my own importance - Some nights results are unsatisfactory - I never dream unless something's gone wrong again - I never laugh anymore - What can I say to make you understand - This is never getting better - This is never gonna change - It has always been this way - It feels worse now that you've noticed - There really is no escape - It's too late to even bother – Real eyes
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Struggle
04:30
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You treat me like a bitter narcotic - You left me because I asked too much - I meant it when I claimed my devotion - I need you like it's never again - I want you - I want you to struggle
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Calvin
04:56
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Dear Chainsaw Tim - Send me a non-existent swirly thing- I wanna ride to the edge of the earth - In the Datsun Death 2000 - Dear Lewis Christ - We need some liquid razor blades - Liquor store drive-thru, write that check - Cemetery dead ahead - I miss you Calvin - Dear Iggy Johnson Bowie - Pop me one in the you-know-where - You're still the master of the anti-thing - Come out of your basement, come out of your closet - Bounce like a bunny and don't be slow, this is how the flowers grow
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Hopeless
03:20
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I know why you'e doing it - Because you always get away with it - I know why I'm feeling down - Once again you threw me down – Hopeless - You tricked me like the rest of them - Now this is my nightmare until the end - Dump my body by the side of the road - I can hear you laughing as you reload
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F.Y.V.M.
05:05
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Fuck you very much for the southern strategy - For the war on drugs - For the homeless epidemic - Military Industrial Complex - For ignoring AIDS - For Willie Horton - For arming the terrorists - Father/Son tag-team new Vietnam - For Cheney and Rumsfeld - For Mission Accomplished - For ignoring Katrina - For financial collapse - For mocking the disabled - For your dangerous cult - For the bleach and horse pills - For encouraging insurrection - I am not a crook - Facts are stubborn things -Read my lips - Fool me once - Grab 'em by the pussy
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Today
05:52
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feel so good about today - I hope it does not go away - You never see the cannonball - Until it hits you at nightfall - Chemicals are in my favor today - For now at least, bank holiday - I always hear the sonic boom - Too late to save the engine room - And when someone who gave you doubts comes around and clears them out - Well, is there anything better than that? - Tuesday November 9th was a magical day - My heart skipped a beat down the fairway - Tied my shoes with some brand new laces – And all the cynics had smiling faces - I said, "Hey Bobby, we might get outta here someday" - He just rolled his eyes and hid himself away - But then he doubled back and shouted HOORAY! - I just knew there was something about today
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Russ Stedman Sioux Falls, South Dakota
"Mr. Stedman's music is both goofy and intelligent, a rare blend indeed. Wildly inventive and fun. Yet ANOTHER example of the value of 'home-tapers'. " - Baby Sue Music Review
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