01. maroon bible
02. lay low for the let down
03. disco: the secretaries blues
04. the rise and fall of our hero's reward
05. i ♥ john she ♥s paul
06. slo-mo for the masses
07. i've been broken (i've been fixed)
08. queen of the populists
09. shotgun dedication
10. rust with me
11. delta
12. dig the subatomic holdout #2








01. maroon bible, top?

its nine eighteen yeah its coffee colored evening
the headlights spin shadows on the ceiling
and i'm left here with the gideon bible
long strands of her hair trickle down the bed

in my soul there's a little alaska
its eighty below and its dropping

sweet ecclesiastes won't you preach to me
corner store assassin with the glock nineteen*
coffee makes my hand shake i'm a frightened boy
if i was jack the ripper would you still kiss me

she's smooth like the girl with the leather like binding
fall into the snow yeah you make a little angel
and i read straight through the book of revelation
saw the astronauts on tv jumpin' on the moon

and all the horses that i bet on
are lame and shot through the head

sweet ecclesiastes won't you preach to me
corner store assassin with the glock nineteen
coffee makes my hand shake i'm a frightened boy
if i was jack the ripper would you still kiss me




02. lay low for the letdown, top?

you looked like you were sleeping
waiting, days for the twenty two
come on, we'll grab a chariot
come on, we'll write a soundtrack
quater to two and night's ending
we need to stand where no romans dare to stand
shut up, you might sink ships
shut up, you'll lose your gold tooth

we'll testify and we'll declare
daydreams pile up on the interstate where
the arch there is still a square
and we'll if ya dare but please don't dare us

you said that you were loaded
i know because i think i was loaded too
come on, we'll wait the holidays
come on, we'll curse our weekdays
one dollar well sings the chorus
something a little little bigger than small
shut up, the kids make out
shut up, we'll watch the world spin
goddamn the commies where ever they are
we need someone to blame for closin' this bar
and the neon fades like a star
and we'll wish on that star our week goes faster

conversation ends and the drugs start to fade
on the palm desert strip martians parade
and they will attack
and we'll laugh

it's alright it's okay it don't matter today
it's all easy, everything's cool
it's okay it's alright it don't matter tonight
it's all easy




03. disco: the secretaries blues, top?

here there floats an island of saints
apprentice boys and girls say hi
to devils that waste their time
and they fall when shoes don't fit them so well
slip back pumps and lounges
it's where we go to cheer them on

riders on the right won't you help me
it's crowded and a bit too lonley
mirror balls and they're spinning
happy and ascending (yeah)

all these words that line the page
dye jobs fade the sun sets
that we rent when we get bored
with the pinstripe suits
degrees and men
and personel will wink
about lips and tigers in the past

riders on the right won't you help me
it's crowded and a bit too lonley
mirror balls and they're spinning
happy and ascending (yeah)

la da da da la da da da la da da
california

la da da da la la la la la da da
cul de sacs, but

la da da da la da da da la da da
see the records fall

la da da da la da da da la da da
titration

la da da da la da da da la da da
part of my skin
la da da da la la la la la da da

expiration
la da da da la la la la la da da

oh




04. the rise and fall of our hero's reward, top?

i heard your song
you sang your mom and dad went punk
they called you the unknown quotient or something close to that

now all the little boys write bad poems to their new loves
and they play all the songs on crappy old guitars

wanna be a rockstar ten times bigger than the sun**
wanna be a rockstar and make you all love me

they want your baby shoes in some podunk hardrock cafe
but that's okay its better than being tie dyed instead
copyright your name and blood shot eyes just the same
and those eyes look just like a map where everythings alright

i remember it was raining the day you died
i read the paper it was raining where you were too

wanna be a rockstar ten times bigger than the sun
wanna be a rockstar and you all love me




05. i ♥ john she ♥s paul, top?

hardcore and feelin retro
it feels so fake it faux so hollow
not better than the first time but better than the last
feelin sentimental
hey, oh let's go

mainstream stikes a pose
and infects the scene seems so unclean
viva mexi-japa-to get right back to your oh oh

words last like these songs
lodged in our heads so long, so long
yeah so long so long, so long

blast off corner new words
and say hands off this is our band
overdrive is slippin' and so is our grip
feelin sentimental
hey, oh let's go

save us we'll come and go like reunion tours stuck in ruins
islands in the desert we'll sink
but all we'll have to do is sit and wait
and words last like these songs
lodged in our heads so long, so long
yeah so long so long, so long




06. slo-mo for the masses, top?

lipstick stains and they're all in short hand
where everything's a quarter my heart
the cut leaves, rings, and the sunshine pours in
where you can mine the glass box until it breaks
broken hearts make a brand new tattoo
with a rose and a space that's just for you
not succeedin' but doin' just fine and
the more that i know the less i care




07. i've been broken (i've been fixed), top?

everything works for you and i'm achin'
these planes are an ocean and that's where we grieve
where we drown yeah, yeah
open the turnstyles and we're racin'
a bit like a drama in a fold church hill downs
place your bets yeah, yeah
spend our time shadowboxin'

hoping for a knockout
king of the ring is silly but
new loves unite, praise that you're okay
we hit a low like the titanic
some kind of affair she's already gone
sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala

indian princess was a blockbuster
she dances the waltz at her father's country club
the southern boys yeah, yeah
everyone waits for you and mint juleps
the dancefloor's an ocean and that's where we drown
debutantes yeah, yeah

spend our time shadowboxin'

hoping for a knockout
king of the ring is silly but
new loves unite, praise that you're okay
we hit a low like the titanic
some kind of affair she's already gone
sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala
who sings la la lala lala





08. queen of the populists, top?

i left my heart in kansas
its the second biggest ball of twine
quantrill *** is bound to catch us
come on kids we can still succeed
and it'll be alright, it'll be just fine
you don't have to rush take your time

so bored we race tornadoes
eatin' lies where the summer ends
so flat it's bound to pass us
triple crowns and the hollow springs
and it'll be alright, it'll be just fine
you don't have to rush take your time

can't have this town
stick 'em up we're comin' 'round
midwestern bound
we kinda wanna yeah, we kinda wanna
we don't wanna

it'll be alright, it'll be just fine
you don't have to rush take your time
can't have this town
stick 'em up we're comin' 'round
midwestern bound
we kinda wanna yeah, we kinda wanna
we don't wanna




09. shotgun dedication, top?

where's my shotgun?
but oh, it sure is fun
when your war joke's a bore
and everything's been done

count me out forget my head
count me out forget my head
count me out then i'll know right away

eyes are blasse
amputation is passe like the rain
but you're weak
and there's nothin' new to say

count me out forget my head
count me out forget my head
count me out then i'll know right away




10. rust with me, top?

got a song prettier than your girlfriend
i got a song yeah its cooler than you
you're just so hip you open the gate to heaven
bein' cool is that all that you do?

you're waitin' for somethin'
what it is well you don't know but
you say that you wan't it real bad
and that's all you're really sure of

you got first dibs on second hand clothin'
seven inches yeah it gets so hard
keepin' up with the kitchbock fortunes
all you do is play the thrift store blues

and i'm waitin' for somethin'
what it is well i don't know but
i know that i want it real bad
and that's all i'm really sure of

i'm just a clown, come laugh at me
yeah just hang around
let me rust with you (wahh aaoh)
hey meet up and give me your smile
just for a little while (go go go go)




11. delta, top?

being young's romantic
the tourists smile and say cheese
it's sad when you're just a postcard
dolores has got us off alive
frozen we last forever
got shakespeare in the personals
our palms read fragile lifelines
that stretch a hundred miles or more

and hey love don't you think about me sometimes
think about you way more than i'd like
and hey love don't you think about me sometimes
think about you way more than i'd like
hey big eyes, got such a keen

try to fall for strangers
try to fall for strangers

from all of my friends, all of my friends

try to fall for strangers (tried so hard)
try to fall for strangers

kiss just like a car crash
it's where the air breathes easier
you missed the whole first chapter
the stories were etched in the cement
pullin' out the compass
we're right back where we started from
it's any consolation, remeber we're fucked up together so far

and hey love don't you think about me sometimes
think about you way more than i'd like
and hey love don't you think about me sometimes
think about you way more than i'd like
hey keen eyes, you got such big eyes

try to fall for strangers
tried so hard for strangers

all of my friends, all of my friends

try to fall for strangers
try to fall for strangers




12. dig the subatomic holdout #2, top?

(come on)

i swear in the dark where she's romancin'
past the line where they're wall dancin'
and the skin she sheds won't lie awake
she won't lie awake
roses are redder than the dirt that sparkles in her hair

rum shots with the star leather prom princess
dots her i's with hearts and sunkisses
frozen smiles and she won't lie awake
she won't lie awake
violets are bluer than the bruises she holds out in her hand

i wanna be right now
say don't mind
save your prayers for the poor blind
'cause i dont care about your catechisms
and your hatred is a precious
kind of fool in the middle of the day
and you might as well stay a long time

(nah nah)








* matt knows his guns, thanks kid!
** sarah believes he is actually saying 'son' in reference to jesus and the beatles
*** nicole knows her history: william quantrill led a guerrilla attack on lawrence, kansas, in 1863. he was a confederate sympathizer who led raids on anti-slavery towns in missouri and kansas before and during the civil war, top?