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Is This a Joke?

by Hold on Photon

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1.
One is always A little more than the other (de)pends on the angle and time of day When you were little They called you a monkey And I was ridiculed just the same Found each other in the jungle you asked if I knew how to play We were not a beautiful couple But it felt just right to say Let's be ugly together hold my hand you goofy freak Let's be ugly together And it won't matter what anyone else thinks Every night on the tv those pretty people sell us things It must be easier to lie to yourself With magic lights and editing Let's be ugly together hold my hand you goofy freak Let's be ugly together an atrocious love That's you and me We'll get older and uglier that's a solid guarantee love ain't always pretty but it's just about all you need so let's be ugly together hold my hand you goofy freak let's be ugly together and it won't matter what anyone else thinks
2.
I try to keep myself entertained Gotta a new toy now But it's all the same No matter what I get into There's nothing Like sweet little dreams of you My life's an accretion Of accidents and snacks The moments that make sense never really last But I keep this dumb belief That one day it all just clicks Used to have a remote But I don't know where it is Think i'll just go back through My sweet little dreams of you sweet little dreams of you I'll never be self sufficient I can barely tie my shoes but hard times can't last forever And we'll make it through Long as I've got as long as I've got long as I've got my sweet little dreams of you
3.
-1-1-1h3-1h3p1----------1--------- -3-3----------3p2p1h2h3-3-1-2-3--- -2-2--------------------2-------- 0------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Dm / Gm Dm / A / Ab / G / F / Dm Bb / F / Bb / F Bb / F / A~~ Dm Well he made quite a livin sellin coffins Gm and he felt bad about it but not too often Dm people say hello then adios A Ab G F Dm Oh oh oh wooden kimono Dm with a nice long list of previous ailments Gm no one was surpised he was gone Dm what they didn't expect so nobody thought to check A Ab G F Dm was the receipt, on the sale, of his home Dm she had loooong legs and a short temper Gm tunnel vision and bedroom eyes Dm said the nastiest things in the nicest way~~ A Ab G F Dm her first hello his last goodbye Bb F (tap) Well life is good and that is fine Bb F But I need a better reason to stay in line Bb Well here's one for the money F A Ab G F Dm Two for the show..oh oh oh wooden kimono ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -3p2p0------------------------ ------3p2p0-----------3-5b-5*-- -----------3p2p0-3/5-5--------- ------------------------------ Bb F Well life is good and that is~~ fine Bb F But I need a better reason to stay in line Bb Well here's one with the money F A Ab G F Dm she didn't know...oh oh oh wooden kimono Dm Kept a zip drive in his pocket Gm With a map to a link that showed Dm how he hid all those explosives A Ab G F Dm underneath that velvet fold Bb F right when the house went up Bb F it began to rain Bb F A Ab G F Dm timing, oh timing, timing is everything
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All We Get 02:24
D G D D G D D/ C G D /C G D / c g D a7 ~~ la da da da da Some poor guy gets killed out on the freeway We complain about how we're late for work People all got problems But maybe the mistake Is everyone thinks theirs are The worst in the world Legally No one gives a rip Luckily We are fine with this Something needs to happen Cause something needs to happen By the time we notice we're already old you should write your theory on a little napkin put it in your pocket to save for your nose We keep hopin We keep having dreams The world will make sense Despite everything Doing all that we can just to fill a moment anything can happen but what can be done time's a mountain lion and we're a meat parade you and me and that guy out here in the sun It will hit you Like a ton of bricks Here for a moment and that is all we get that is all we get Some poor guy gets killed out on the freeway We all bitch about how we're late for work
5.
Cupcake catie Cupcake catie Cupcake catie Sweet as she can be She's got too much money too much money too much money To be seen with me Aww Cupcake catie Cupcake catie Cupcake catie Maybe she ain't so sweet She likes conversation She's a conversator I try to conversate her She won't listen to me well let's see (Chuck Berry Solo) Aww Cupcake catie Cupcake catie Cupcake catie You old bag of fleas
6.
She met a man through work She thought it might work out What she didn't know He never shut his mouth He talked about the loans He talked about amounts He talked about the crap on the news that no one cares about Will they make it nobody knows he bought her a sandwich We'll see how it goes Danny's got a new one it don't make no difference to me Soon as he starts talkin They find a reason to leave but this one won't be till he's six feet below she's got a plan for that insurance money we'll see how it goes He takes his vitamins She drinks to excess they're both losing themselves With this time and age mess where accidents happen even if some are provoked today's another short story we'll see how it goes
7.
Right when you walk in I'm amused Who is that goofy man You're standin next to He must have money He must be funny He's funny lookin That's the truth I wanna know how can a guy like that do so well Without a gun to your back Or some kind of magic spell where he paid to have his heart broke Are we all on tv Is this a joke I need the details How someone like you awoke In the light of the morning next to that monkey lookin dope He must be hunnngry or know how to cook maybe a ghostwriter for one of those best selling books how does it work he must know how to dance without some secret moves he ain't got a chinaman's chance la ta da la da da la da ta da da etc... COME ON NOW.. (SOLO) Every story has a place I was workin up front and said How can I help you today Butterflies in my throat when you said I'll have a sweet tea And my brother Your brother? Yes, my brother Will have A coke
8.
all I wanna do is knock her down Sweep her feet lay her on the ground Gonna sneak up on her And smack her good She says I'd better not But that usually means I should Whenever we start to fight If I can lay her out we'll usually be alright It's obvious there's nothin she can do When her eyes are closed they can't be cruel I'm gonna smack my baby gonna knock her down I'm gonna smack my baby knock her out right now Now how in the hell can you talk like this Well, she really deserves one on the lips Now that I got your attention Guess there's no more pretending I'm gonna smack my baby I'm gonna knock her down knock her out right now I'm gonna smack my baby with a kiss.
9.
Melt 04:09
save some money save some grief don't believe everything you think our universe far as we can see is written in invisible ink and it melts melts into make believe There's no shortage of good days But good lives are hard to come by Best thing, best thing your brain does Is convince you that it's right all the time all the time we need just to melt melt into make believe nobody lives in a linear fashion somedays I'm six years old just tryin to go somewhere kickin' the can down the road comic tragic magic it is all these things and it melts melts into make believe
10.
A D A A D A D Bm A E D A D A D A E A It's not important that anybody knows who you are It's not important that anybody cares It's not important that anybody has the time as long as you do It's not important that anybody notice the stars it's not important that anybody sees that far it's not important that anybody ever try as long as you do Only takes a second to learn yourself the lesson of a lifetime Don't get too worn out when there's no shadow on the doubt because you'll be fine you'll be fine It's not important that anything could be a lie and there's often no way to prove otherwise far as we know the world is a finite slide and we're along for the ride SOLO It only takes a second to learn yourself the lesson of a lifetime Don't get too worn out when there's no shadow on the doubt because you'll be fine you'll be fine think back on how things were for you... in 17-hundred and 42... that's what it will be like... when it's over

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released August 15, 2014

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Hold on Photon Helena, Alabama

Sean Glass is a lawnchair balloonist and live action lunatic from Helena, AL. His style draws deeply from blues, folk, science and existentialism. Check out the official site for more info. Or not. It's amazing you even read this.

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