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Let's Have Fun

by The Invertebrates

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1.
Corporatized 03:32
Corporatized A 1922 ad for Jello showed a little girl sitting in her mother's lap, her face filled with terror, having just awoken from a bad dream She bares her commodified soul, REFRAIN: "A nightmare, mother! I was dreaming Jimi stole my Jello A 1922 ad from Paramount Studios documented the breakdown of parental know-how, and gives an insight into the ways in which youth served as a cover for the new authorities [2X] REFRAIN A 1929 ad for Quaker Oats pictured young James Folan who led his class and had good checkups, too In a letter written by his mother comes a formula for such success, our mornings are never too rushed to give Jimmy his Quaker Oats REFRAIN They're corporatized Rat eyes, rat eyes, rat eyes, rat eyes I was dreaming
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Spank That Honky To Death When you see that flash, and you feel that heat, and the blast knocks you right off your feet, as you suck in your very last breath you're gonna wish you'd spanked that honky to death Spank that honky to death [4X] Oh, they're just grown boys, and they play with toys, and they don't like girls, and they run the world (Those clones are all alike) Spank that honky to death [4X] Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear [repeats]
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Youth For Understanding Japan We are [3X] youth for understanding Japan We are youth for making five year plans We are youth for irrigating more land We are youth for understanding Japan Well I never really did care much for Japan I never did like kimonos, or straw mats on the floor, or sleeping in a paper room, or drinking all the tea in china Then one day my grandson came over, and he was wearing this T-shirt that said "Youth For Understanding Japan" on it, and I said, "Sonny boy, what the hell does that mean?", and he looked at me and he said, "Gramps, basically it means- We are youth for understanding Japan [repeats] How would you like to take a trip with me to Japan? [2X] We are [4X] youth for understanding Japan Standing Japan [repeats] The bus [8X] The bus is leaving in five minutes
4.
Damballa 03:40
Damballa (Dambala) Here come the loa [repeats] REFRAIN: Damballa, the good serpent of the sky [2X] Of the world before these troubles began He comes like a snake, and dives in the sea, but then he rise, the source of all wisdom REFRAIN Aida the rainbow arches 'cross the sky World inside a mirror, immortal reflections fly A-a-a-aida, A-a-a-aida REFRAIN He comes like a snake, arched in the path that the sun travels across the sky He is in love with the rainbow, and he can fly He is the maker of these waters, of these heavens which he dominates, and of the springs and of the rivers which his water nourishes REFRAIN Of the world after these troubles are gone Dive in the water Back of the mirror [4X]
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Mr. Indestructible There we were, snarled up in those danged lines Caught under the gunwales, and the canvas sail had built a space in the center, under the boat, but we couldn't get our heads up where there was air Also, shrouds had caught us so we couldn't swim to the outside [4X] There we were, fogged in at the airport Stuck waiting for hours When the fog cleared we looked at the runways where our planes were waiting for waves, but we couldn't get our motors started at all Somehow fog had fixed us so we couldn't start on a mission [4x] There we were, lights out in the cavern Rocks block up the exit, and the stalac-tites broke off so often they would surely block off our air So we sat right down and tried to think our way out, but someone started yelling and he wouldn't shut up about dying [2X] I'm gonna die You're gonna die We're all gonna die Wave bye-bye Come’ on back and see us you hear
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Guesthouse 04:55
Guesthouse He was haunted by an idea(l) [2X] But they asked him directly to begin to accommodate himself to the 20th century He was haunted by an idea(l) A real illumination never ends A real initiation never ends The Devil's masquerade [3X] Inkiness, spirit of abyss in his muddled mind A Xth degree impostor and the socialists were there He ran back to the guesthouse and yelled at the Devil's shade, "Give me coffee!" Demons drink from human skulls and souls are up for trade He was a member of the English race He was going all the way to Loch Ness With your opinions, with your opinions you might find an ancient bard He polluted it and died a horrible death He was haunted by an idea(l) The Devil's masquerade The Milky Way is a galaxy The planet Earth is Terra It's so late when many are slaves, or worship their Fuehrer
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Roundem Up 03:16
Roundem Up Please listen to me Save energy, conserve, be responsible please The din of the factory is growing It's waiting for you in the 25th century It's waiting for you in another age No more fuel, no more machinery No more construction, no more pollution, no more noise Be responsible please The next thing you know, this planet, the deadly wolves of breakdown I'm a devil right now I'm gonna wake up the past What is that? the desert? out there? Look at the sand [4X] Gaudeamus igitur juvenes dum sumus I'm gonna join a new tribe [2X] I'm gettin' tired of the same old knock-knock I'm gonna join a new tribe We're headed for the round up [repeats]
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Attila the Hun (The Pedestrian) He wasn't very pretty He wasn't very tall He had a greasy little moustache He had a thousand whores REFRAIN: He was Attila the Hun, Attila the Hun, the son of a gun, Attila the Hun, but where is he now? He killed a lot of Romans He should have killed 'em all He slaughtered people by the thousands He wanted all their gold REFRAIN He wasn't very gentle He wasn't very kind He took a deadly view of living He rode a lot of horse REFRAIN
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He's Back 03:05
He's Back Here he comes, he's back He's back again, he's back Here he comes, he's back But we must remember, the bandits of the present are different than the bandits of the past Here he comes, he's back [repeats] But we must remember the bandits of the past It would not be true to say that the prisons were born with the penal codes But we must remember, he's back Here he comes, he's back Anything that helps to tire the body helps to expel bad thoughts But we must remember, the bandits of the present are different than the bandits of the past
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Overexposed 03:38
Sound Collage
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Balkan Countries In all the Balkan countries the standard of living is pitifully low Bulgaria is almost entirely agricultural, and in Yugoslavia there are no free passes They had less production then there was in all of Germany during the last three years before the 2nd World War To attain so rapidly to predominance is beyond the ability of the Balkan farmers They need a world market for their output They want a world market for their output In all the Balkan countries they are learning how to fix TVs, stereos, radios, car (living for electronics), and in all the Balkan countries they are looking for a world market for their output, and in several other countries they are buying all the Balkan countries
12.
Overtime 06:43
Overtime REFRAIN: Overtime [3X] I've been working overtime All the time I'm working overtime Just set some leftovers on the stove and I'll heat 'em up when I get in I'll keep the TV on low, try hard not to wake ya, but it's gonna take 'bout an hour to unwind Now don't worry, all the bars be already closed by the time I'm getting off So, I'm coming straight home, and I promise I'll drive slow if it's wet REFRAIN (Kiss the kids for me) You know it ain't been easy We came down here all the way from Detroit, spent some time in Beaumont, and spent a whole year in Shreveport Now we're here in Houston and I got a good job The kids been in the same school for six months Ya know, I think if I can just put in a few months working these hours we'll put things together here REFRAIN (Gotta keep the car moving) Now I got two weeks of 7-12's looking me straight in the eye The man says I'll be sucking sludge out of a pit at the water plant, just off 225 'bout a mile up from Red Bluff 14 days of my lungs burning from ammonia fumes 4 AM, stuck on the graveyard shift The lifthose on the crane's busted and I'm sittin' here 3 hours in the smokestack wishin' I was home, asleep in the air conditioning REFRAIN (Just watch me work) I know how rough it's been for you, hon I know I've been gettin' to bed 'bout a half hour before you gotta get up and hustle the kids off to school, and that I've been doing it for months now, but we need the money, and I've been workin' hard I've been workin' for you and the kids I've been workin' hard for America, and you know, I believe that's important, too. REFRAIN
13.
Money 02:41
A traditional love song.

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released July 24, 2013

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