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Shelves
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Platter, belt, tone arm, dust cover, speed
45, 78, and 33
Rotation, rotation, location, location
My bedroom, my own private listening station
Dust it off, put it on, let the record spin
Listen for the scratches and the pops that lie within
From A side to B side don’t think twice, it’s all right
The albums go all night, my setup: my bedside
I ordered the import direct from Japan
It’s black and white splatter and 180gram
Hand-numbered with Sharpie out of 700
Mail-order exclusive you know that I bought it
They’re growing and growing, I’ve run out of shelves
But I’ll keep this going as I trade and sell
I’ll always hang on to the ones of importance
The first one I bought is still happily stored in my shelves
Acid Mothers, Acme, Aesop, Against Me!
Baroness, Beastie Boys, Blue Nile, David Bowie
Cave In, Ceremony, Code Orange, Coltrane
Darkness, Death Cab, Devo, Don Cab
Eno, Excel, Fatboy, Falco
Glassjaw, Green Jelly, Harvey Milk, Hold Steady
Iceburn, Indecision, Joe Jackson, Janis Joplin
Killer Mike, Kittyhawk, Kozelek, Kvelertak
12, 10, 7, are the inches that they go
The interims are rare, but they’re cool to find to show
There’s hardcore and post-punk and disco and prog rock
And lo-fi and synth-funk and jangle and hip hop
You always gotta shop at the independent stores
Before Urban Outfitters closes all their doors
Chicago’s got Reckless and Hip Cat and Laurie’s
And more shops all hidden in corners or backstreets
To find missing pieces of your favorite bands
And see them and hold them in impassioned hands
Then spin them and put them into the right section
As one by one they will complete your collection
The vinyl is one thing, the songs something else
Combination of music you love and the smell
Of the jacket, the sleeve and the record itself
As the spines all line up and they read A to Z on my shelves
Little Women, Liturgy, Matmos, Ministry
New Order, NOFX, 108, One Last Wish
Pelican, Iggy Pop, R.E.M., Rorschach
Self Defense, Shamen, Sinatra, Slapshot
Sonic Youth, Style Council, Talking Heads, Devin Townsend
U2, UFO, Vapors, Violent Femmes
Witchdoctor, Wombats, XBXRX
Neil Young, Yello, Yaz, Mindwarp Zodiac
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Nails Rip
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Shadows
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Cuban Cigars
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Spades
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Life, Revisited
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Homeless On The Moon
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Kindlon Rip
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Motherfucker
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Circa '48
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Punk Kid (Live 2014)
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Piece of masters, casting art
The only lasting part as there's casting dark
Got a plaster brain and a flickering spark
And a shotgun blast to a bastard heart
Not a bastard son, I'm not a bastard, son,
I'm the master one at masking fun
Revel in the acid of the past undone
Unravel certain secrets of the only one
Who can understand the space in my hands
Walk across this land with my eyesight banned
From the crushes, luscious, lustful ran
Dom acts of loneliness, I can't
Relive any of 'em, go into the future
Get these feelings that I'm ever so used to
Psychic scars and mental bruises
Get into another sitch like this, I'll lose it
Life of love has left me useless
Too bad, I got no excuses
Dug my holes myself to prove this
Wasted admiration's bullshit
Oh look who's in love again
It's just that little psycho kid
Who has some problems in his head
And all he wants is a girlfriend
Now it's not key to his survival
It's just a weapon against his rival
Sir Dick Depression turned his life out
From the inside, yeah what's to do now?
Can't mope, the hurt was not on purpose
Cope with penned down personal verses
Inspiration from the wordsmith
Who had it much worse, Mr. Curtis
And the lonely sing
And the broken sing
And the aching sing
Love will tear us apart but it won't put an end to my bastard heart
So let love tear me in two
Giving easy access to my heart, pull it through
Maybe then you'll see what I've tried to do
Over and over again, it is true
That I care too much, that I love too much
That I get too attached and I yearn to touch
That I try too hard, that I try to start
Something that will never happen, play the part
Of the man on wire, of the man on fire
I've been breaking down and I'm goddamn tired
Of this goddamn world, of this goddamn place
It's a motherfucking good goddamn disgrace
So let God damn me in my home
And make me feel not so alone
With a knick-knack, paddywhack, nurse's on the phone
Hit me with a little bit of stockholm syndrome
Don't give me a cure
I'm sick of everything, I'm sure
A click of a gun and I'm out the door
Send me back to the golden days of yore
Where everything was simple, all directness
No analyzation, don't connect this
To that or anything about my weakness
Fuck that, I can't comprehend this
I'm going out my mind
God knows this ain't the final time
I trod along, you think I'm fine
But I am on the other side
Of the spectrum, can't you see it
Wish I could up and delete it
All my thoughts and all my feelings
My own psychoses, I find sickening
And the lonely sing
And the broken sing
And the aching sing
Love will tear us apart but it won't put an end to my bastard heart
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Do a barrel roll through the window, snatching up all I can hold
The money, possessions of someone that I don't even know
Clothes are jet black, gotta watch my back
Better hope no one come out their bedroom for a snack
Just your average little town home, keeping it on the down low
The most innocent family got the most unwelcome "Hello"
Got my knapsack, strapped upon my back
Better hope nobody is watching me through the cracks
Of their bedroom doors, these creaky floors
Are the cog in the operation of these moral wars
A streetlight shines through the silk white blinds
As I'm subjecting the emptiness to my dumbass crimes
Up and down my arms, I'm sweating hard
Because I'm trying not to trip and trip the house alarm
If I had one wish it'd be to get out of this
Because I'm pretty sure the neighbors are starting to get suspicious
Now I am bolting down the manor, listening to the clatter
Of my newfound items shaking in my personal container
Feeling the backlash from stealing the stacked cash
It's getting close to morning so I gotta act fast
Looking in all directions, feeling out all the tension
Trying to figure out if there's a method to my madness
Feel my heart stop every time I see a cop
Everything moves in slow motion I feel like I wanna drop
All the things I stole, this small-town home
Is gonna wake up in shock and grab the telephone
Dial 911, our stuff is gone
"Well did you see the guy who did it?" Nah, he's on the run
"Our team is on our way, be calm, stay safe
We're gonna catch the fucker if it takes all day."
My heartbeat speeds, it's time to leave
And get rid of every single track that leads to crime to me
Standing in the pig pen, right next to some big men
Presented as misfit toys to the undeserving victims
Children are so sad, as their mom and dad
Call out the little rascal who broke in and left jack
Looking at all the suspects, focusing on their faces
Examining the body type that might've pulled and made it
Into the window, and spilt glass on the floor
The most unpleasant lightbulb went off in the skull
Of the patriarch, he made his mark
Directly between my eyes with a stare so dark
The officer asked "are you sure?"
The father nodded and the policeman opened the door
Asked the rest to leave, except for me
And put my hands in silver cuffs and said I'd never be free
Until I did my time, all 25
Maybe then I'll learn my lesson or even better I'll die
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L. Mounts Chicago, Illinois
Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.
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