1.
It Would Mortify You
2. Rotten In Denmark
3. Sucked In By The Sin
4.
Tidal
5. Breaking From The Bullet
6. Boxing
7. Bombed & Blue
8.
Man Or Monkey
9. Crocodile
IT WOULD MORTIFY YOU Hey punk,
do you have some change I can borrow?
I know about today, but I don't know
about tomorrow If you were to hear what they're saying behind your back
It would mortify you, it would mortify you ROTTEN IN DENMARK In
high school she used to be the top motivator
Did splits for kicks with dudes
who looked like Refrigerator Perry
In high school she used to be the top educator
Was an odd mix with the team like Tony Montana in Tucumcari
In high school
she used to be the # 1 believer Taught us tricks that she learned from Saturday
Night Fever At Eton she fancied herself the top Terminator,
Watched Weird
Science and dug Arnold Schwarzenegger
At Eton she used did the Hammer dance
and caused a ruckus
Had a bodyguard who looked like B.A. Barracus
Watched
The Breakfast Club and she dug the tube
She watched Nick at Night and dug
Les Nessman's attitude
It's always rock solid when you're hangin' with the
rock n' rollers She went through a goth phase
Went through a punk phase
Went through a year-long, nihilist dark age
She's trying to tame the snake
She's trimming up the Eden
She's falling in the pool for some revival-style
healing It's always liberating when you're hanging with the liberators
It's always frustrating when you're hanging with the frustrators
It's always
penetrating when you're hanging with the penetrators
It's always enervating
when you're hanging with the enervators
It's always inspirational to hang
with the instigators She went to a private school
Then to a public school
Captain Joe rocked the boat
She took a dip in the pool SUCKED IN BY
THE SIN He said it's coming back again
He said it's coming back again
I treated the body like a temple
Till I got sucked up by the sin I'm
sucking it in again
I'm sucking it in again Diet coke and cigarettes
I feel my heart making death threats Sugar snacks and pizza pets
Oh, damn
those temptations Look at all you people dancing
You get sucked in by
the sin Next weekend you'll be doing this again
Getting sucked in by the
sin TIDAL If you don't like the front you should move to the back
And we'll provide the beat that makes the booty go bap
You got to be a sucker
from the get go
You're like the hushpuppy placin' bets, bro J-j-j-jump
on the floor when you go for the wind
In the back of the house in the mouth
of bind
The cause, the effect, the direction for the blind
Who need to
come with me in a serious time When you pack the attack in the rack of my
mind
When go for the flow, we will roll out behind
With the modal jazz
hollerin' tonight
A chance to trip the fantastic light BREAKING FROM
THE BULLET You drove it like Evel Keneivel
And said you liked the
mullet
I drove north just to console it
In its breaking like a bullet
But you said Johnny doesn't like me
And it's causing pain and misery
And he
says these to things to Danny
That fester and start to scare me
When
you needle like that, you dare me
And the snare drum always ensnares me
I wrote everybody off, even the men of the cloth
It got sweaty and hot, the
rock mosh was like broth
Well, why do I care to reprimand Johnny
When
he's damaging my rep with Danny?
If Danny is a loony and Johnny is a drunk
Then it doesn't really matter what's in the trunk
So it's the same as the
high school reunion
Getting your ass whooped might be loony fun
There
was never a thing for you to fear
Because at least you conquered the tears
BOXING I stared at the pictures
I was hung up on the glow
Felt like a raging bull
Playin' piano like Fats Domino 100 push-ups on
the basement floor
Play that piano for a few hours more Boxing, yes, we're
boxing
Get fit, here you go
Let's swing a few punches
Let's swing
a few more
Stick 'em up
Man, stick 'em up
I'll play the piano
Like I'm boxing
Yes, like I'm boxing BOMBED & BLUE He was
bombed out as hell
She was protected so well
She was cold in the dark
He was hot in the light
Chinese food troubles her mind
Chow Mien makes
him unwind
She's a fatalist
He's an optimist
She's a pugilist
He's a conformist
He likes frat-funk
She likes the Hold Steady
She
wants to jump in the deep
He says I'm not ready
He mows the lawn
She lets it grow
He loves Key West,
She loves the snow
She slept
with 7guys
He slept with 30 girls
She's a career artist
He's a weekend
artist
He votes red
She votes blue
She rides the bus
He drives
an SUV
Her father's from Omaha
His father's from Carson City
He avoids
her eyes
She stares deeply MAN OR MONKEY He was ambitious,
he was unrestrained
He wanted to mix Tchaikovsky with Singin' In the Rain
To mix Bob Dylan with Ode to Joy
To mix Phil Spector with Mannish Boy
Monkey, monkey
Are you a man or a monkey? You want to burn the wildest
doughnut in the Hamptons
You want to spend two whole years camping
You're
aligned with P. Diddy and his thugs
You're celebrated and maligned, but who's
got the drugs? Monkey, monkey
Are you a man or a monkey? You love
rock and you love to scream
And you love the gleam of a potent dream
So,
don't let the shower spoil the funk
You've got the greasy blue junk in the
trunk Monkey, monkey
Are you a man or a monkey? CROCODILE
Andy Riggs had it big
Because he swung a big twig
Amongst the Big Mac,
Kit Kat,
And Muskrat hip Saw him at the Crocodile,
We got buck wild,
And stayed drunk for a while
But then the smile left his lips This
wasn't directed at me
We were drinking green tea
As the drummer from
A famous band walked by
They went to trio from quintet
When they
played with us, you bet
They said they weren't done yet
Their poster in
the bathroom caught my eye I told this to Riggs
And he didn't understand,
He had a collared shirt on,
I had a rum n' coke in my hand I went
to pay for the drinks
But I couldn't find my debit card
I'd left it at
in a downtown bar
Because I got too drunk, as evidenced by my forehead scar
So I told him that though I was afraid
Of not achieving my potential,
I was too far-gone to go straight, to sell real estate,
Besides, what
more could a few coins in my purse really do? He said, "My purse is an expression
of values
Like my SUV, come in and ride with me, you'll see
That what
I do is what I am,
What I wear and drive is me!" "And there's no reason
you should feel
Any pressure to compete"
I said, "I know, but if that
were the case,
Why would I respect doctors and lawyers?" "They are the
people who studied harder than I did,
I never wanted to be either of those
things as a kid
I wanted to be rock star and rock hard and go far
And
I rarely looked twice at a brand new car" "Am I wrong for not caring about
the couch I own?
I fixed the place up, now I leave it alone
Last night,
Riggs, I went to a five-star restaurant,
Then headed to the rock club for
another quick jaunt" "And it didn't feel good; the food was too rich,
I should have eaten at Taco Bell if I wanted to get a fix
I get confused,
but there's one thing I know well:
That I can always depend on the idea of
rocking well" | 
