1.I'm Impressed
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
And I find that my head's nodding yes
Though my legs are not following
I'm inspired by events
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla pounds his desk
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
Through generalissimo's request
On the one hand he'll
Give you five good reasons to follow him
On the other hand
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
By that Godzilla's flaming breath
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the tornado from the west crushes buildings
And I find that my head's nodding yes
Though my legs are not following
I'm inspired by events
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
I'm impressed
On the one hand he'll
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
And I find that my head's nodding yes
And I find that my head's nodding yes
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
2.Take Out the Trash
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
And once you get him out,
tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Put that cat in the bin!
You had him figured out a while ago
And I know it's not exactly breaking news
But it's all been a little like a trial for you
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash？
And once you get him out tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Why not give him the slip？
Get the crooked straight
Right! It's just plain that he's just making it up,
And he's still got you coming back for more.
Why you never ever think of breaking it up,
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash？
And once you get him out
tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Why not give him the slip？
Get the crooked straight
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
But some boys are the same and it's Thursday now
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
But some boys are the same and it's Thursday now
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
And once you get him out, tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Put that cat in the bin!
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Ah, come on, Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Girl! Why not give him the slip？
Get the crooked straight
Get the go-getter good and gone
You had him figured out a while ago
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Girl! Why not give him the slip？
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Right! It's just plain that he's just making it up,
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
Girl! Why not take out the trash？
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash？
3.Upside Down Frown
4.Climbing the Walls
I was grinding my teeth
Don't call me back, I won't get the door
Got to focus on the job
I was grinding my teeth
I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Too much junk, too much junk
Can we please clear out this house？
In the trunk, in the trunk
And then we'll take it all to the dump
Then we won't need the car
'Cause we'll stay where we are
I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
I was grinding my teeth
I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
The deep end, the deep end
People talk a lot, but they don't know
They pretend, they pretend
Now I misunderstood,
Thought the wall was just good
I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls
I got tired of pacing the floor
I can't talk, I got to go
I got tired of pacing the floor
Too much junk, too much junk
The deep end, the deep end
Now I misunderstood,
I was grinding my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
5.Careful What You Pack
The known, the unknown, and the under-known
Look at what she found
Digging all around
By the goldfish pond
She's gonna get in trouble now
Shaking up the bees, swinging from that tree
Doesn't understand
It's a new year
Careful what you pack
There's no going back
She's lost from the beginning
She thinks she's smart; she's just curious
She thinks she's alone
Doesn't even know someone's watching her
She's gonna get in trouble now
Waving from the shore, never knew before
Doesn't understand
It's a new year
Careful what you pack
There's no going back
She's lost from the beginning
Careful what you pack
There's no going back
She's lost from the beginning
She's the new girl
The known, the unknown, and the under-known
It's a new year
It's a new year
She thinks she's smart; she's just curious
Careful what you pack
6.The Cap'm
Do you think there's somebody out there
Someone else who's better than the one you've got？
When I talk you keep looking away from me
Because you probably think that I'm high on pot
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
You say it's such a joke
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Unless you drive a boat
Well, I don't
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
Go ahead and mess with me
Sit beside me at the helm
Yeah, this is what I call the helm
Did you say what I think you just said
My hat looks good on me？
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Unless you drive a boat
Well, I don't
I don't
I don't
I don't
Did you say what I think you just said
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
I don't
Do you think there's somebody out there
When I talk you keep looking away from me
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Sit beside me at the helm
7.With The Dark
She's in love
With her broken heart
She's in love
With the dark
She's in love
With her broken heart
I'm getting tired of all my nautical dreams
I'm getting tired of all my nautical themes
Busting my pirate hump
Rocking my peg leg stump
My mind naturally turns to taxidermy
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
We're taking over
I looked around
And you looked around
And soon we were there
Leading the charge of the wrong
Of the wrong
Of the wrong
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
We're taking over
Back in command of the out of control
All over town
Putting them all in the ground
In the ground
In the ground
No more sunlight, please
No more sunlight, please
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
She's in love
I'm getting tired of all my nautical dreams
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
I looked around
Back in command of the out of control
8.The Shadow Government
Realized something had changed
Looked in the sky
Saw with my eye
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Where's the shadow government？
It's a bad, bad world
Sifting through the confetti,
I picked up my broken phone
Looked in the crack
Somebody waved back
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Where's the shadow government？
It's a bad, bad world
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps (Here comes)
Up the library steps (the Humvee)
Up the library steps (the Humvee)
Crawling out of the flophouse,
I saw the mayor stealing my junk
I doth protest, citizen's arrest
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Where's the shadow government？
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad
Sifting through the confetti,
Up the library steps
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Where's the shadow government when you need it？
Crawling out of the flophouse,
9.Bee of the Bird of the Moth
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
You can't walk, you can't ramble 'cause you're gonna have to
scramble
Catbug is a cat, but he's got bugness in his veins
Manhouse lives within himself with thoughtful human brains
Neither one is equal to the challenge of the freak we'll call
Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment
It's addressed to the bottom of the sea
Send a tangerine-colored nuclear submarine
Windshield wiper washer fluid spraying in the air
Head lice under hats lie in the headlights everywhere
Subatomic waves to the underwater caves
And the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
Protozoa, snakes, and horses have enlisted in the forces
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
All are irresistibly directed by the section of a hypnotizing
tractor beam presenting a prediction
Of the sleep of reason corporation in association
With the bee of the bird of the moth
Everyone is crying at the dread hypnotic flying
Catbug is a cat, but he's got bugness in his veins
Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
And the moth defeats the mouse and man
Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment
Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
Windshield wiper washer fluid spraying in the air
10.Withered Hope
Very Sad Sack is a sad bag
Very, very sad
Withered Hope says she is his friend to the end,
Today Withered Hope saw the Very Sad Sack
And she tried not to meet his eyes
And he cut out a paper heart, pinned it to his arm
Gave her everything he was holding in his head
Withered Hope, I'm in love with you
Want to live with you, Withered Hope
Are you going to say to me this can never be？
Sad Sack
Withered Hope says she has a soul mate
Living in a city in another state
But the soul mate thinks about a picture in a book of a
beautiful crook
And the picture of the crook in the book is in love with the
brand new motorbike
But the motorbike doesn't like crooks,
Sad Sack, I'm in love with you
Want to live with you, Sad Sack
Are you going to say to me this can never be？
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
Today Withered Hope saw the Very Sad Sack
Sad Sack, I'm in love with you
Withered Hope says she has a soul mate
Withered Hope, I'm in love with you
Withered Hope says she is his friend to the end,
Very Sad Sack is a sad bag
11.Contrecoup
When my head was hit
You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
When my head was hit
I bounced away from it
Or as someone who is craniosophic would say,
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
'Cause the first one woke my feelings for you
But the contrecoup made my words untrue
Which is to say, how it goes
Cached in terms no one knows
And as if the choice were slim
You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
Though the impulse is strong, the connection is weak
And I know what to say, but forgot how to speak
When it made me limerent
Which is to say, how it goes
You know what's wrong with me
You know what's wrong with me
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup, on the rebound
12.Feign Amnesia
Now I know just what to do
Feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Not much quiet about reinvention
Why have settled for stuff that is half-new？
Like a volume beyond comprehension
If the bass won't get you,
I'll look busy just for you
And feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
Hers are the brains
Floating on an upstream train
Hers are the brains
We were standing outside a sidewalk
With that crazy guy dancing behind us
With our forced smiles and all of the laughter
Now I know just what to do
Feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
I'll look busy just for you
And feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
We were standing outside a sidewalk
Now I know just what to do
I'll look busy just for you
Now I know just what to do
Not much quiet about reinvention
Hers are the brains
I'll look busy just for you
13.The Mesopotamians
We've been driving around
From one end of this town to the other and back
But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
We're the Mesopotamians
Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
We're the Mesopotamians
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
And making cracks in the ground
But there's nowhere else to stand
In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of
our band)
As the Mesopotamians
This is my last stick of gum
I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
Hey, Ashurbanipal,
I'm a Mesopotamian
We're the Mesopotamians
'Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
I thought you crashed your car'
'No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass
guitar
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We're the Mesopotamians
Hey, Ashurbanipal,
We're the Mesopotamians
We're the Mesopotamians
Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
This is my last stick of gum
We're the Mesopotamians
'Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
We're the Mesopotamians
As the Mesopotamians
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