SPOON - A SERIES OF SNEAKS LYRICS
 
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30 GALLON TANK

it's unelectrical a bad sharing one
it's on american radio and dedicated c'mon!
so c'mon
action takes a back seat to abstraction
works you up and takes out the piss
this action could finally put out in our 30 gallon tank
going down on the century

 

ADVANCE CASSETTE

getting caught has made me think it over
and it told me that you're never coming back here again
we've been doing things the same way for so long
that it took me aback
and I don't think I'll ever hear that sad song again
don't tell me I've lost you
advance cassette
I just can't believe it
no don't say that I've lost you
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I just can't believe it
you'll know by the look on their faces when they pass you
you've been dropped off on the texas highway
I've been out here for so long that I'm not sure
how you wound me so tight
I'm afraid I won't ever hear that sad song again
so don't tell me I've lost you
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oh no I just can't believe in it
no don't say that I've lost you
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I just can't believe it

 

THE AGONY OF LAFFITE

all I ever asked of you is a copy of garage days and to tell me the truth
ain't no one watching you exit Ventura Highway
it's like I knew two of you man
the one before and after we shook hands
taking the calls but in all forgetting what's been said
and after dark in a cab in L.A. forget about the meter man these are salad days
comes on the radio comes on and what's being said
is you're no better than Sylvia
no better than sylvia
no better than sylvia
no better than sylvia
where you are and where you've been and where you've gone oh no
here's a mark he's a mark on the page
dishing out the wisdom of this reflexive age
dotting the eyes with an eye for defining what you were
so when you do that line tonight
remember that it came at a steep price
and keep telling yourself there's more to you than her
but you're no better than sylvia
no better than sylvia
no better than sylvia
no better than sylvia
where you gone where you been and where you gone oh no

 

 
CAR RADIO
 
car radio
that's what I got
voice of authority from here into empire state
car radio
car wash
fooling around just a minor on the interstate
car radio
all acting tough
I'm just a user I don't make any of this stuff

 

CHLOROFORM

I never thought you'd go so far chloroform
I never thought you'd go so far oh no
she's out cold now
I'm so alone now take that back please stephanie black
and don't be so torn by chloroform
 
 
THE GUESTLIST / THE EXECUTION

reach for a drink when you're in cola land
it may be just what you need but it's never enough
and now we're sending out but it's never enough
it's just the last time you'll get the truth in
I'm on the guest list / the execution.

 

JUNE'S FOREIGN SPELL

distracted by each career milestone
though they're all in his hands
he set up his best ones for weeks
and the questions all get answered before they're asked to him
tells you sit right back
he's talking through his teeth
and I don't believe the things he'll say but
I'll call him up and give him flack
and it's sad but true the sounds that don't come back
and I can see him tap producer fix his lines
and that makes me feel like a rat
I feel like a rat
so I'd like you to set it straight now on this one
all fixed up now for june's foreign spell
all sad 'bout it now june's bitter soil again
oh no can't take this another year
drop two steps back and take the place of who that came before now

 

METAL DETEKTOR

metal detektor ringing as I'm walking through the door
with every chance I take I can feel it start to break
to start to break some more
it's going down some more
I'm going to break the bank of texas and walk out
it's a lie no more
all through with playing the wall
I'm going to break the bank of dakota and walk right back out
it's going down some more
not going to fake it no more
 just going to break the bank of texas and walk right out and
make the sound of getting kicked when you're down
I'm going to break the heart of chicago and walk right back out
metal detektor ringing as I walk on through the door
metal detektor ringing as I'm walking through the door

 

METAL SCHOOL

I packed all my things in a nylon bag
I kept my eyes open wide
and got out the day the stock went black
what was so alluring has now faded
and just stylistic and jaded
but I'm just glad to get out of there for metal school
if I could take back what we both assumed
would you spin it back to me on the lazy sue?
we could exist to be where we found it
and just wrap our fingers around it
that's why I'm going to give it all up
put all that back and enroll in metal school

 

THE MINOR TOUGH

I want to settle this bet and I don't want your shoulder instead
the minor tough's walking past again
a pure extension yeah
reach in your pocket and pull out the pantleg of hate
reach in your pocket and pull out the pantleg of hate
the hardcore will tell me not to say so
but now Keora where did your sadness go
you know I would go try and get through to you
if you weren't down at the back room
they're standing up the block and down the street
and they'll be out all night yeah
as I'm out in the car it comes to me
they're breaking up inside

 
NO YOU'RE NOT

go knock them dead okay kid
I'm not a man, at least not yet
I'm not a man just a pillar of salt on the ground
tell us your name that's what they say
I ain't got a name just a current address and I said
know what you know
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be so cold
 
so now the pissoff's taking hold
and you can tell they're all looking at you
feel so inert it starts to hurt
so that's your name and I tell myself
don't say that you're coming cause no you're not
don't say that you're coming cause no you're not
don't say that you're pleased with me cause no you're not
don't say you're going back cause no you're not

 

QUINCY PUNK EPISODE

molly said she ought to leave you in the ground
when they see you hanging down from on the ceiling
I've got a feeling
that there's no one if you could speak would believe you
i-n-t-h-e-g-r-o-u-n-d ground

 

RESERVATIONS

he couldn't answer my reservations
he couldn't answer and I
one little answer
a cheap little answer
would have meant so much I
some kind of response now
some cheap little answer would have meant it to me
and she's never been in the places she oughtta
but that doesn't stop her being around
and she's never been the places that she oughtta
she's just a miner's daughter
she's been around but she's never made it and
she's been around but she's never one to give you reservations
she's so realized yet uncalculated all the time

 

STARING AT THE BOARD

what you knew of me was sad and deformed
operator I'm baked and I'm
boy you better take a look in that box because
sitting on them couches
sitting on them floors
well it's better that that's done and now you're gone
and the one with you the first
is the one you feel the worst about
that's why I'm out in central station and I'm staring at the board
I'm staring at the board at central station one more time

 

UTILITARIAN

catacomb catacomb be my security
count it off count it off be my big sister
I walked for forty-six blocks
you've been putting it off but come on
I've got meat in my arms
I've got steel in my teeth so come on
making out taking out
it's utilitarian
heartache adulate
the utilitarian
oh yeah we're in love with this perverted world so come on
when I walk down the steps I'm just halfway across the world