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Sleep Like a Baby
03:22
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I like the way the summer goes
But I hate the way our peach tree grows and grows
Let's do a date downtown tonight
It's just 45 minutes on our bikes
And if we ride the bikes around
As long as we can
Take 2 acetametaphines
And I know I will
Sleep like a baby!
I like to crack the back windows
And listen to the storm winds blow
But when the sirens scream outside
We take the kids and go for a ride
And take them to the Andress'
Down to the basement
And if we all survive the storms
I know I will
Sleep like a baby!
If I listen to Pink Moon
You that I will...
And if the sirens play in tune
You know that I will...
If the summer never ends
You know that I will...
When I forgive all my friends
You know that I will...
Sleep like a baby...
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L.A. Beach Club
03:22
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Go-go-go down to the water that is near your home
That's what we were told by some friends at the CB
We will meet you there with our towels in tow
Sand beneath our toes we call it "L.A. Beach Club"
We went down to the water
Down to the water
'Cause when our stomachs are in knots,
We go down to the beach
But then we hear the city sounds
And it disrupts our peace
(I know I know I heard...)
Somebody played Lou Bega on the radio
You know that songs so old but it's a good one for the summer
'Cause we've all got problems, but they're out on loan
Until we come back home from where my momma says I baptized myself
Down at the water
(Sing it) Down at the water
'Cause when our panties are in wads
We go down to the beach
When the boomers are in charge
And have plugged up all the pipe dreams
We learn to forget ourselves
Down at LA/BC
We take a dip in the river and come back home clean
Come back home clean...
The city's goin' crazy building bridges 'cross the river
Meanwhile we just chill on the beach...
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3. |
Life of a Salesman
03:22
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I drag my feet most days, dragging this vacuum
I have to bite my tongue
To keep from tellin' 'em that I can't stand this job
With every doorbell comes a flood of sweaty palms
Some folks can be so cold
Mean-mugging me like I left Gilbert Grape in the bathtub
I sit and sulk inside the coffee shop
Just to be near people and to hear them talk
And I look oustide, and in the parking lot
Saw two high school kids baking in a hot-box
So I left the coffee shop, walked across the lot
And I knocked on the window
They took a look around, rolled the window down
And said, "Man, what do you know?"
I asked them what they wanted to be when they grow up
They rolled their eyes at me and rolled the window back up
I just hoped their answer would be better than mine...
My boss, I nicknamed him "Mark Clark the Sales Shark"
He said he didn't care
If I interrupted Seventh Heaven just to make a sale
I knock on the door of a high school classmate
She saw my clipboard and
I didn't lie, I tried to smile, and said, "It pays the bills"
"My boss he said I got a quota to meet,
Better hit my numbers and hit the streets."
And I turn around, and sittin' at my feet,
A kid with sidewalk chalk drawing on the concrete
And he drew a pair of cops trading pistol shots
With some crooks in striped clothes
The kid looked up at me, and very politely said,
"Sir, what do you know?"
I asked him which he wanted to be when he grew up
he thought for just a second and said he didn't know yet
I just hoped his answer would be better than mine...
I took a piece of chalk and I
Put it in the pocket of my undershirt
I took a walk, and wrote:
"IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LIVIN' WHEN ALL YOU DO IS WORK"
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