only the actual lyrics please.

[Tripp]

morten's site


 we'll sort this out elsewhere but here shall be the closest interpretations of the lyrix as possible

[Tripp]

SKIN MAN PALACE

(SNARE HIT)

I am, the Mambo King

wrapped tight in my tarantula skin
hoe down in a scrap yard    (close enough)
a cup of tea
for the ant-eater queen
I got skins to trade
I got skins to trade

dressed up for coon a  weasel for brim and peas
kimono
my dragon lady knows how to parlay voodoo for steam

and the mambo dance seduced the town
and the mambo dance seduced the town

well I am, the Mambo King

wrapped tight in my tarantula skin

liver-soaked choke hold
drink a vine or two today, I don't know
these are all the plans I've made, because,
I got skins to trade

a Muskrat tea (?) for five card stud
Kodiak claw for a licorice stalk
Camaro
my mascara
rickshaw sweet
take me where they play the mambo, thing


(bridge)
I am by myself
I can't get outside (?)
I am by myself
I can't get a sound (?)



and the mambo dance seduced the town

raised up like a welt on the skull of a mummy

[Tripp]

Holmes

I saw your picture,
 in a candle
yeah, you look like me

I saw your eyes, there
 on the table
yeah, you lie  like me

come to save me
think you can make me me
you better make your self

you want to save me
think you can save me
you better save yourself

goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you

here comes nature boy
 from the forest
I hear him calling you

I hear him howling
outside your window
like a black cat do

open your eyes
shut your mouth, boy
don't give me that shit

open your eyes
shut your mouth, boy
don't give me that shit

goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
goddamn you
God-damn your eyes.

get get get a bone
get get get a bone
get get get a bone
get get get a bone
get get get a bone
get get get a bone
get get get a bone

get get get a bone


get get get a bone  get a bone get get  GET OUT!

[Tripp]

Black Fuel Incinerator


black fuel incinerator
she's a hot rod, and I made her
she's a time bomb,
like a razor, cuts up the highway

black fuel incinerator
she's a one way elevator
she moves and I taste her
yeah, yeah, I taste her

feel my guts turning inside out
I'm travelling twice the speed of loud
I call the virgin saint
there's rattle-snakes coiled 'round my brakes

Black moon
over Ohio
we idle, watch the time go.
she moves, I resist her
she comes and I blister

I can't drive, cant drive
cant drive,
in this condition

can't drive, cant drive
can't drive,

Black fuel Incinerator
she's the hot rod, yeah I made her
she's a time bomb,
like a razor  she.. CUTS ME

Black fuel Incinerator
she's a one way elevator
well I made her, yeah I made her
well I made her, yeah I made her

feel my guts turning inside out
I'm travelling twice the speed of loud
I call the virgin saint
there's rattle-snakes coiled 'round my brakes

[Tripp]

Founder's Day Parade


If a trampoline
aimed towards the sun
could carry all my baggage
I'd be gone

Joke a lot
about my nerves
but things like that are easily disturbed

So I hustle up a pocket full of change
take a taxi to the range

meditate on Paris or Peru
I got nothing else to do


So if Christ was like a Dixie cup
used and thrown away
then what's the harm in testing fate

destroy the signs that read abandon hope
see the right ones get the rope

baptize all the sinners on founders day
at the founders day parade



So Go ahead see how long you'll last
just pay the piper what he asks

[Tripp]

Banjo


Bring me the glass full of spite full of malice
let me taste,
the bittersweet kiss
let me drown

Stoke up the fire
let me spit in its' eye
in the meantime,
 falling down drunk
I glance at the sky

and I think I love you
would you be my
 girl
and I think I love you
would you be my
 girl

Ride in the night spy your sweet smelling bride in the moonlight
a pleasant confection, for a sweet-tooth

Ride in the night spy your sweet waiting bride in her nightdress
your gone for a hours
I'll be back tonight

And I'll be your innocent victim
and I'll be the clouds in her sky
and I'll be the dark stranger comin' inside her tonight

And I'll be your love forsaken, coy and black as sin
And I'll be your everything, I'll be your anything
if you just let me in

And I'll be your Mexican torture
if you'll be my
 girl
I think I love you
would you be my
 girl
I think I love you
would you be my
 girl

flat on your back, baby that's a sweet girl like that
bring me whisky
comfort me not
come back no more

[Tripp]

Black Fuel Incinerator............Pat
HOLMES.............................Pat
BANJO................................Pat
MAPS OF THE SUN...............don watzka and dave myers
She Blows Static..................Shane Langseth
Contact Me Now..................Savannah
Skin Man Palace...................Boyd Knox
COVERED WITH FLIES..........Phred Touchette
FOUNDER'S DAY..................eric jones (i totally forgot until just now you guys were going to do this one. if you still want to, i'll tell him he has to do corolla hoist)
Bronze Cast.........................moetown
PARTING SHOT
SODA POP

[Tripp]

Bronze Cast


Cool jerk
no particular slogan
signs off from the bottomless pit
where everyone's going

still saying nothing

it's because of a sunburn
damn straight my cellophane case
take my match stick
yeah, I know  some things go up quick

I'm gonna drive to the edge of the earth
listen for whispers
positions that leak
600 degrees
out their windows

yeah, somewhere out there, is the mountains of Jare with a statue
she's cast all in bronze, with one outstretched arm
the angle is perfect to hang your coat on



If I fall asleep
then photograph me
photograph me

ask the bearded lady
which way to the River Hades
give the dog a biscuit


Cold jerk
no particular slogan
signs off from the bottomless pit
where nobody's's going

yes I'm still at large from the cause of the sunburn
you see my cellophane case
is glued to a place
the skin of the city with my smiling DNA

go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive


...
close enough

[Moetown]

I thought he was saying "Helluva time."

[Tripp]

She Blows Blasts of Static

hey
baby
I want to be your. . .  friend

can I touch your wedding dress
the way it's supposed to be
head to  floor
divided by
the thing she wore

disgust me
when you say,
you don't trust me
look betrayed
and I'm bored
I stumble on
still 16 34 42 oh

one thing I know for sure now
she blows blasts of static
one thing I'll never know now
is how to make things right

So blow a kiss now
taste of blood comes first
from a casing worn soon gets beneath
the well that's formed

corrupt me
that's it babe, well
I must be
a head once shaved
now adorned
with strands of gold
pressed it's brow against your soul

One thing I know for sure now
She blows blasts of static
One thing I'll never know now
It's how to get things right

give it away
give it away
give it away
give it away

[Tripp]

Parting Shot


A parting shot for now
a left across the chin
I'll meet you at the table
to find out what you are made of
when you make up your mind
to stay
out of trouble

a drunken toast to shame
left out out in the rain
I'll  meet you at the corner
and find out what your made of
when you make up you're mind

thats good
thats good
thats good
thats good

a calling card from Spain
a Latin wink and shoulder
I'll meet you at the corner
I'll find out what your made of
to make up your mind
to wake up
now I lay
me down to sleep
I pray the lord
my soul to keep
if I should die
before I wake
pray the lord
my soul don't take

thats good
thats good
thats good
thats good
thats good
thats good
thats good

[Tripp]

Contact Me Now


While working on this line
it came across my mind
to turn this song around
and make it sound more like it came from me

While digging in the yard
I found this good luck charm
and I'm thinking that it came from you
'cause no one ever visits me
unless I'm just a total wreck

Contact me now
anyway you want  to
contact me now
anyway you want to

You know, I read about the car park investigation
and the rumors that you were never found
and the presence of things no one can explain
and the way the whole fucking place shut down

See today, is Tuesday, the fourth of November
two weeks since you were last in my life
I wanna know, where did you go
and did you disappear into the light

While staring at the phone
I pictured you at home
bored out of your mind
with nothing more to do than
picture me calling you

contact me now
so, contact me now
contact me now
contact me now
contact me now

any way you want to

any way you want to

any way you want to

any way you want to

any way you want to

[Tripp]

Soda Pop
( sung by dave )

I'm going down
down to the bottom
the bottom of you

I'm going to drop
get myself together

I'm going down
down to the bottom

POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP

Here's my chance to figure out
what it feels like
got a bottle rocket
aimed right at your socket
it's just the sound of my voice
as it rages deep inside your guts
here's to the both of us

I'm going down
down to the bottom
the bottom of you

I'm going to drop
get myself together

I'm going down
down to the bottom

POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP
POP-POP-SODA POP

[Jeff]

The guitar part that starts with "You know, I read about the car park investigation" has always kicked my ass. That one yours, Tripp?

[Tripp]

Bronze Cast
( sung by dave )

Cool jerk no particular slogan
signs off from the bottomless pit
where everyone's going
still saying nothing
it's because of a sunburn
damn straight my cellophane case
take my match stick
yeah, I know some things go up quick
I was dragged to the edge of the earth
listen for whispers
positions that leak 600 degrees out their windows
yeah, somewhere out there, is the mountains of Jare with a statue
she's cast all in bronze, with one outstretched arm
the angle is perfect to hang your coat on
If I fall asleep
don't photograph me, photograph me
ask the bearded lady
which way to the River Hades
if is dark in the stair
something that Huh
Cold jerk
no particular slogan
signs off of the bottomless pit
where nobodies going
yes I'm still at large from the cause of the sunburn
you see my cellophane case
is glued to a place
the skin of the city with my smiling DNA

go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive
go ahead and drive