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Golden Feelings

The Fucked Up Blues
Special People
Magic Station Wagon
No Money No Honey
Trouble All My Days
Bad Energy
Schmoozer
Heartland Feeling
Super Golden Black Sunchild
Soul Sucked Dry
Feelings
Gettin Home
Will I Be Ignored By The Lord
Bogus Soul
Totally Confused
Muthafukka
People Gettin' Busy

The Fucked Up Blues

I got the fucked up blues
I got the fucked up blues
lord what can you do
about the fuckin fucked up blues

well the beans have been baking
upon the camel's hump
like a voodoo curse
in an old lady's purse
confetti on my grave

I got the fucked up blues
I got the fucked up blues
lord what can you do
about the fuckin fucked up blues
about the fuckin fucked up blues

I woke up on the futon
and my boots were on fire

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Special People

special people all the time
special people on my mind
special people burnin' white
special people gettin' all uptight
special people kiss my soul
special people take control
special people lick the ground
special people run up and down
special people squeeze the breeze
special people slash their knees
special people soak up fire
special people climbin' higher
special people create belief
special people steal some beef
special people don't need your plans
special people got recycling cans
special people got songs to sing
special people are happening
special people stompin' fast
special people haulin' ass
special people are so sincere
special people got special beer
special people flick the grease
special people come in peace
special people will scrimp and save
special people will never bathe
special people in hot pursuit
special people got the boot
special people sleep in moss
special people got the sauce
special people open wide
special people ain't satisfied

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Magic Stationwagon

boney fingers out the slimey coffin
????
????
throw your inspiration in your stationwagon
?????????????intestine

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No Money No Honey

No money, no honey [x16]

One more time
Keep goin'
One more time

No money, no honey [x6]

What's your name?
My name's Ken.

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Trouble All My Days

...a story I wanna pass on to you that I think is...has meant a lot to me.
He said, "Ed, you have no control over the past. It's a canceled check.
You have no control over the future because you don't know
what's going to happen. Your maximum point of power is now!"

none-a that trouble...all my days
none-a that trouble...all my days

none-a that trouble...all my days
none-a that trouble...all my days
hey hey
hey hey hey hey!
hey hey hey hey!
hey hey hey hey!
hey hey hey heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy!

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Bad Energy

Talkin alotta shit...
Got alotta shit on my mind
Got some bad feelings on me
(mumble)
Fast, fast people
Comin to my house
Tellin me things that I already know
Some bad shit
Don't wanna touch it
It's like a big empty city
Full of toasters
Bad energy

(Background voice)
Hey, I know who you are, but you don't know me...hahaha!
Yea, yea, yea I know that I know that guy, man.
That's the guy man...hehehe!
I know that guy.
Yea, ??? you comin to me man, you talkin to me man
I make a problem for you, my friend...hahaha!
I know man, make a problem very quick...
Very quick

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Schmoozer

you been a talkin' now, you been a rockin' now
you been a guessin' now, you been undressin' now
you goin' up and down, you got a super sound
you got a lotta cow, stuck a shiny steak on me now

you been aduckin' down, you been a fuckin' round
you been aridin' now, you been decidin' now
you just a sucker clown, I'm just a fucker now
I got no money now, say that ain't funny now

yahooooo...oh yeah, country(?) now

you got a chicken now, you been a dickin' now
you wanna ditch me now, trackin' the kitchen now
all of the people now, crawlin' and creepin' now
if I can show you how, I think you BOGUS now!

now now...hey hey hey...come on!
come on!
come on!
come on!
come on (???)

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Heartland Feeling

[Female voice: I'm totally fucked up. I can barely speak. I'm totally fucked up.
They gave me so many drugs. But, uh...I'm gonna be here...

[Beck speaks]Alright, what we're talkin about here is...is kind of a...it's a heartland
feeling...like, uh, Mellencamp, you know, kind of a Mellen feeling. Ok, what you
gotta get together is a... some...a heartland folk singer. Uh, we're gonna need a real
quick... Uh, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seeger...that type of
feel. A Mellen feeling. You know, real, uh, powerful, approving music, uh...of a
heartland quality, uh, just powerful straight-forward music. And if you can't get just
the right type of feeling, find someone who will pass and change them.]

old man Johnson got his head in his hand
makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band
with hair all down in his eyes
and the microphone all covered with flies
when he gets done playin', goes back to his room
climbs in the bed in his cowboy boots
and he picks up a magazine, turns on the tv
lights a cigar as he's fallin' asleep

well he's only a person
who doesn't know shit
yea, nothin' happenin'
that's about it

yeeaaaahhh

well little rosanna came from texarkana
had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana
came into town not lookin' for much
well she found a hound dog and she named him Dutch
she got a job at the arcade takin' quarters
but she was never too good at takin' orders
so one night she stopped givin' out change
she kicked the boss in the shin and unplugged the games

she's only a person
who doesn't know shit
nothin' happenin'
that's about it
ooo ooo, yea yea yea

sam got canned at the cannery
she punched out the clock that night
his knuckle was bleeding as he walked home
he was cold and he had a headache
well his wife was cookin canned beans
he took out all the money out of his jeans
and he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
as his wife handed him a drink

he was only a person
who didn't know shit
nothin' happenin'
that's about it

oh yeah
wooo ooo ooo

smiley was lookin' for handouts
sleepin' in an abandoned lighthouse
down at the mini-mall shakin' his hat
washin' windows with his bare hand
he found a sports car with the keys
in the ignition it just seemed so easy
he took a joyride, drove it into a hedge
came out with the steering wheel wrapped around his head

well he's only a person
who doesn't know shit
nothin' happenin'
that's about it

ooo ooo yea

well janie was born in a small town
everybody just standin' around
they had bingo games and the raffle
everybody chewin' tobacco
well she grew up kinda restless
all her boyfriends wanted to be dentists
well, she got a job at the truck stop
and she got old fast and never did what she wanted

she's only a person
who doesn't know shit
nothin' happenin'
that's about it

yea yea yea....oh yea, etc.

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Super Golden Black (Sunchild)

bless the scepter
the genius too
shit the eagle
don't be cruel
my little sunchild
my blinding sun
stab my power
with everyone
supergolden black sunchild

slice the mango
the drooling fool
flare the nostril
feeling cool
sweating in the meadow of fate
scratch me gently
burning flame
supergolden black sunchild

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Soul Sucked Dry

my soul's suckin dry
my soul's been sucked dry
emptiness surrounds me
bitterness crowns me
emptiness surrounds me
bitterness crowns me
with my soul sucked dry
oh, my soul's suckin' dry

famine in my head (??)
my soul's suckin dry
emptiness surrounds me
bitterness crowns me

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Feelings

she is gettin flaky
doesn't wanna take me
she's a special lady
gonna shake and bake me
---
feelings, i have so many feelings
and i know that i'm dealing
i'm dealing with all these feelings
feelings--oh, feelings
lord, i have so many feelings
and i know that i'm dealing
i'm dealing with all these feelings
i'm feeling all of these feelings
lord, i know that i'm healing
i'm trying to feel all of my feelings
feelings that make me feel
that there's something more to be real
lord, i'm dealing with these feelings
feelings feelings feelings
oh no no, all of these feelings
when everything is turning
turning into my feelings
and i know that something is feeling
all of my feelings

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Gettin' Home

tell my baby I'm gettin' home now
tell my baby I'm gettin' home
she don't need me
I don't need me
who's gonna need me?

someone's cryin', somone's changin'
someone's stayin' just the same
she don't live here
I don't live here
who's gonna live here?

tell my baby I'm gettin' home now
tell my baby I'm gettin' home
she doesn't need me
I don't need me
who's gonna need me?

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Will I Be Ignored by the Lord?

when I was born, lot's of people sayin' I looked like a dead man
but to them there was no kindness
and so I came into the world with my hands in my jacket
made a whole lotta racket
couldn't speak, but I could beat on a stick

oh, when that aeroplane comes with the Lord
will I be ignored
will I be ignored by the Lord
will I be ignored

there was a woman, she looked on me sweetly
I needed her life to be with mine
but never will they meet
no, never will they see
these two vines will twist away, away
will I be ignored by the Lord
will I be ignored by the Lord, by the Lord
what for? I may travel on one leg
my breakfast will be unpaid
and the flapjacks will flap back off the ceiling onto my head
will I be ignored
will I be ignored by the Lord
will I be ignored

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Bogus Soul

Fuckin on my...
Fuckin on my floor
Fuckin off
Fuckin talkin to me
Fuckin talkin to me...ohhhh
And i won't (?)
And i tell how the people
They want my soul
They wanna touch me with my finger
Oh, they feel...oooohhhhh
I wanna think (?)
I wanna feel
I don't got no tail (???)
I rock n roll
My rack n roll (?)
I've got the soul
I've got the soul
????, etc.

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Totally Confused

I'm totally confused...by you
I'm totally confused...by you

Ten foot man, makin my lunch
You'll never understand I want you so much

And I never never want it
And I never never want it
And I never never want it
And I never never want it

I'm totally confused...by you
I'm totally confused...by you

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Muthafukka

???
leading letter
???
come on my man [?]
hello scumbag [?]
homey don't play that shit
playin' this shit ???
oh, come on baby [?]

hey, mr. asshole, what's your big hassle
sitting in your castle, judging everyone
you're acting like it's chill
when the deal's getting ill
why don't you break your face on my head?

everyone's out to get you, motherfucker [x4]

trying to annoy ya, total paranoia
everything I do is to try to fuck you up
screw chum chewin' [?]
the house of spasm [?]
trucks drove on the situation, dude [?]

everyone's out to get you, motherfucker [x4]
[various moans, uhs and stuff like that]
everyone's out to get you, motherfucker [x3]

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People Gettin' Busy

walk to the bridge, stand like a fridge
empty and cold, burnin' a light bulb

outside (???)

right now
get down
right now
people gettin' busy
right now
get down
right now
people gettin' busy

aw yeah...people gettin' so busy...aw yeah yeah

the man gave me a ticket
when I tried to kick it
breathin' on my biscuit
kissin' my finger
car alarm is goin'
saxophone is blowin'
baby I been throwin' (?)
at the dancin' children
everything's so phony
if you wanna phone me
you can be my homey
give me some sympathy

right now
get down
right now
people getttin' busy
right now
get down
right now
people gettin' busy

gettin busy....

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