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Rise of the CryptoCretins
Dunderheads in the distance
joystick idiots plotting their coup.
Dunderheads in the distance
ideological apes taking over the zoo.
Dunderheads in the distance
radicalized tools plotting their coup.
Dunderheads in the distance
educated fools taking over the zoo.
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Preacherpreneur
02:40
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The Candy-ankle Holler
02:31
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The Candy-ankle Holler
Got pussy in de road, but de road been bought
Joel Cooper wit a stick in his hand got caught
Dead Mama say she know he gotta git his fun
Dead Prophet say listen here, son
You got a sticket indie widder
A lickety-split
You got a sticket indie widder
ever chance you git
Buxtabeto in de rain wit de dam sore throat
Shootin' down de River Styx in a stewpot boat
Ain't no mercy in heck, I know I'm a goner
When a voice in de river say, “Son,
You got a sticket indie widder
What you gotta pray
You want a sticket indie widder
any which-a-way
Dead sister in de room wit de red television
Brother know what she want, but he rather go fishin'
And she nekkid on de bed and de temperation hot
And de sister say brother you got
to go sticket indie widder
A lickety-split
You need a sticket indie widder
any chance you git
Dead pussy in de road, but de pussy done rot
Joel Cooper's in de jailhouse and me I got me
dese sisters on de bed for to tend my swellin'
While a voice in de skulls be tellin'
me to sticket indie widder
any kinda way
I got a sticket indie widder
all I ever pray
we got a sticket indie widder
'til de widder split
we got a sticket indie widder
any chance we git
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Skunk Eye Spar
05:22
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Skunk Eye Spar
The tiki gods of the Tiki Gods
were spotted out behind
the little shanty tarpaulin
of a little land-locked bar
where strangers of the universe
are widely-known to find
their sips of solace in crazed cups
in a spot called Skunk Eye Spar
There's Tiger Lily at a low settee
with her chubby Chinese chums.
They're flirting with the spider monkey
who tends to tend the bar.
The kahuna from the basement
carves the teeth away from gums
of the skulls they leave upon the floor
of rugged Skunk Eye Spar.
NightHawk and the Vaginauts
are haggling for their custom
in the shadow of a bamboo go-down
behind a cliff of vines.
The grotesquerie of mugs that haunt
the fringes of the dive
monitor their odds
for any luck between the lines.
Foolbert Hic-Pipkin drinks
his beans from a can, then
tosses the empty vessel
back into the lonely sea of stars,
and joins the rumbling mumbling
of the life assembled there
for some unforgettable taste of beauty
from inside those ugly jars.
The White Devil is holed up there
and he'll never get too far
from the bleary scowls and robotic owls
of this long-forgotten bar.
White Devil is holed up there
'cause he knows he won't get far
past the reprobates he cultivates
in Skunk Eye Spar...
...where you can hear the oceanic echo of outer space...
Popeye and B'wana Don
were here when things were newer:
before the fall, before the wall,
before the inner scar.
Jimgrim and Chullunder Ghose
mapped the span of tomorrow
from that table in the corner, there,
converging from afar.
The tiki gods of the tiki gods
are hovering out behind
the little ratty tarpaulin
of a tiny land-locked bar
where the loners of the universe
are sometimes said to find
a sip of solace with the crazed mugs
of Skunk Eye Spar.
The White Devil is holed up there
and he'll never get too far
from the furtive scowls and alien owls
of his long-forgotten bar.
White Devil is holed up there
'cause he knows he won't get far
past the reprobates they cultivate
down in Skunk Eye Spar.
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Chimp with Ray Gun
03:09
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The Magnificent Seven
11:28
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Titan It Up!
02:49
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Eastern Star
10:09
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Eastern Star
In character lies destiny
and mine is all the more
illumined by the lantern lights
that brought me to your door.
Where kindred spirits stumble
to be the beacons that they are,
and completion lies so near
and still so far...
I climbed this hill
of my own free will
and the order of the eastern star.
Through character lies destiny
and mine is all the more
illuminated by the light
that brought you to my door.
Where kindred spirits stagger
to be the beacons that we are,
and completion lies so near
and still so far...
I walk this life
for you, my wife,
by the order of the eastern star
I taste you in my breathing
in the vapors of our days.
I revel in my burning
admiration of your ways.
Auspicious are the emblems
of all the loveliness we make,
and back to you they'll guide me to
if I die before I wake...
and I'll remember...
If character is destiny,
then mine is all the more
illumined by the lantern lights
that lead me to your door.
Where kindred spirits struggle
to be the beacons that they are,
and completion lies so near
but still so far.
I give this life
to you, my wife
for the order of the eastern star...
you will remember...
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Chicharron
04:12
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Axis Mundi
05:22
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Cryptic Lament
03:46
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Scruncheon
03:16
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Tony Arnold Florida
Art Rock.
Psychedelic Progressive.
Soundscapes.
Instrumental.
Rustic Funk.
Space Exotica.
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