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Monkey Boy Meets the Corn God

by New House

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Out Cold 04:42
Alright, then It's time for you and me To settle this thing Once and for all Dios a mano Mano a mano Dios a hombre Mano a mano You just gonna sit there? Are you gonna say anything? I can't even tell There's total blankness in your eyes Look straight down to the bottom And don't think there's anything there You gonna say anything? Or are you just gonna sit there? Well, go ahead, and be that way then I alone make you my concern Never far from where I can turn Send your agents of compromise I can stand the horror of your eyes There's an angel in cold suspense Took communion from hard cement There's a garden hidden by a fence State your terms let's end this argument Because I have a soul How do you know that I have a soul? How can you tell that I have a soul? When I feel like hell
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God is wasted God is gray God is banking on a better day God is thinking that God's alright God never runs out of time God is a rocket God's on fire Counting the days 'til he retires God is wisdom God is grace God is inventing a better race God takes the cake it tastes divine God is a crow on a power line God is blank, yeah God is white God is a spectator tonite
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Everything breaks and I get delivered Everything shakes and I get the sliver Everything tastes just like chopped liver Everything breaks and I get delivered All right, etc. If you take the hand of faith tonite You better have an air-tight alibi Because the game is rigged it's do or die Turn your cards face up and kill the light For the big score For the big score For the big score, big score wrong or right Take your chances, dig 'em, it's do or die For the big score For the big score
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The peso weighs heavy against the dollar It's visa that's spoken here It's cold but the priest turns down his collar There are no confessions to hear Hide the silver from the yankees Don't cast your pearls before swine You order a cerveza but they bring you a beer It's the language of the conquerors that bends God's ear There's only English spoken here Try to hide away until everything's gone Queda quieta prieta Pronto va a pasar bien They're dancing on the heads of angels But the angels know where they've been If they keep knocking on the heads of angels They better take care that the angels let them Order a cerveza, etc. There's plenty to see here amigo Another show at 9 Don't mind the cripple he just lives here Don't let it spoil a good time Hide the silver, etc. I don't want your sister so you call me a queer You traded Zapata for Britney Spears There's only English spoken here Try to hide away, etc.
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Naked 02:23
Traffic slows down for a dog on the road and I see it Tried to turn left but a cop's in the way so I beat it I know something that shows when I fake it Ear-splitting back-slapping knock-at-the-door so I get it I'm naked I'm naked I'm naked I'm naked and alone Coffee's gone cold that I got at the store so I drink it Six month lease on the bottom floor so I break it You can't go through life without killing an insect Blood's on the bone but you can't take it home so you leave it I'm naked, etc. Shot down after I was told to fly so I hoof it Can't spend time with my old friend so I see ya Sure it hurts but it's always getting better Closing the gap but I'm not getting nearer to it, ha ha I'm naked, etc.
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Roads leading somewhere Away from this town Signs facing backwards You don't hear a sound Left on a corner As he speeds away A look in the mirror Says you're here to stay When I could speak Of the things I hold dear No need for reminder No falling on deaf ears Made up our homes With what you left behind Borders and foundries Abandoned mines Gone away It's all a waste You can't stand your ground When it's giving away Turning a page On a wreck of a year No free love utopia No golden-hair nymph Leading an army Of deserters on parade Storming the casement On a one-man crusade Gone away It's all a waste The dreams that you're chasing Are giving away Gone away It's all a waste You can't stand your ground When it's giving away
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Malvado 02:53
Amigo, do you believe that a man is capable Of anything he can hold in his heart, in his hands? Do you believe that you can know what's in a man's heart When the shadow of doubt crosses over his eyes? Amigo, do you believe I'm a good man or a bad? Do you believe that I can gut you right where you stand? Well, believe it Believe it because worse I have done Malvado, etc. Detendras It's not because I like you or you show me respect It's not because I mind cleaning up another mess See, power is a drug with a mind all its own It really starts to work when you leave it all alone There's no way I'm ever going to give it up This time the flame is coming to the moth But I'd like to think that I can just say no So before I change my mind take these keys and go Malvado, etc. Detendras
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The hammer is yammering Find me some pattern So I fired him against the wall The hole I keep fixing's Got the ladder to bitching Next time he's going to fall Because it's never as good as it was before Make up the bed then sleep on the floor I'm telling you friend he's man overboard I'm running through the yard Staring back at Mark The dogs are barking The neighbors are talking The gates are locked This banded impression Has led to a session That's left on the cutting-room floor These words I keep stealing They keep me from spieling It's all been done before It's never as good as it was before Invited me in then you locked the door I'm telling you friend he's man overboard I'm running through the yard Staring back at Mark The dogs are barking The neighbors are coughing The gates are locked The dance of the drunken munecas An offering to the sea Maybe it was a vacation Or an offer of amnesty It's never as good as it was before Watching the front While you rob the store I'm telling you friend he's man overboard Well, I'm running through the yard Staring back at Mark The dogs are barking The neighbors are laughing The gates are locked
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Something 02:53
Of all the stupid ideas This has got to be the worst I'm a broken wagon wheel Driven by a teamster's thirst I will be invited I will be exposed I won't blame this father's daughter For tearing down this road Because I don't know No, I don't know Say a prayer in my direction Burn the candles low I want to be remembered By something I don't own I don't know, etc. An eden sea A need in green What God has spoken over I am not the answer I am just for show If there's truth behind the fashion That's something we can know But the wonder of it is That I don't wonder at all I don't know, etc.
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On the great highway I'm driving hard today I'm going far away It's hard to say I can't keep away From the great highway There's a price you pay For living every day You find a name to say And a part to play To keep from running away To the great highway On the great highway Point it straight down the lane The faces blur and fade I'm one wreck away I can't keep awake On the great highway
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Monkey boy's busy He's making a scratch He's eking a living Off a junkie's back It's a dangerous occupation Because he doesn't believe There's anything wrong With a junkie's needs So it's off to Mexico Gonna see what they know This sorry spectacle Is way too slow There's going to be a hot time In the old town tonite When the monkey boy monkey boy Meets the corn god Tonite There's a reason The good die young And some mothers Eat their kids Cemeteries filled With good conversation It's only marriage That kills So it's off to Mexico, etc. A cloud of dust A pale sunrise A blue Ford In front of a church Angry voices Come from inside Someone's got No business in here Yeah, I can take a hint Man, it's way too tight Hand 'em over here Let's get it right You can't be slow, lord Don't you know When the monkey boy monkey boy Meets the corn god Tonite

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Recorded, arranged, mixed and produced by Clarke Rigsby (Tempest Recording, Tempe AZ) and New House

Additional recording by Craig Poole (Flo Recordings, Salt Lake City UT) and Mark Wheaton (Catasonic Studios, Los Angeles CA)

Mastered by Nathan James (The Vault Mastering Studios, Inc., Phoenix AZ)

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released September 20, 2016

Modern Myth Productions, L.C.
Post Office Box 58084
Salt Lake City UT 84158 USA

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