1. |
Cancer Boy Becomes a Man
01:18
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They can't believe how young she was
I can't believe how short it took
(But) I will not play the cancer card
I will not play my cancer card
I'll shave my head out of sympathy
Cause I know what it did to me (x2)
This I.V.'s got nothing for me
I drank it down Iii my heart gave out
This I.V.'s got nothing for me
I drank it down til my head gave out
Pull it out
I'll shave my head out of sympathy
Cause I know what it did to me (x2)
I can't believe how young I was
I can't believe how strong (long?) she stayed
I can't believe how young we were
I can't believe how sick I got
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2. |
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It's such an ugly word, I said
Sounds just like it means
It's such a brutal sound, my friend
Tear it at the seams
Rip it, bleed it, can't conceive (of?) it (x3)
It strains and moves so quickly
It makes an ultra-sound
The proof is on the page, my friend
And it's growing pound by pound by pound
Rip it, bleed it, can't conceive (of?) it (x3)
3 to 2 to 1
I'll make her see
3 to 2 to 1
I'll make her believe
It's not the life for me (x3)
It's not the life for him
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3. |
Dead Weight
01:24
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Looking down
Throw it out
Search the ground
for a sign of doubt
The fever it leaves me
The nurses they need me
Dead weight (x4)
The temperature's falling
The doctor's are calling me
Wish you were with me
to aid and assist me
Dead weight (x4)
The charts that we're writing
Can't stop the fighting now
(Yeah, I know what you wrote)
So don't read it back to me
Cause I heard it all before (x2)
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4. |
Benefits Package
00:53
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Bourgeois motherfucker
We got something to say
Revolution may come tomorrow
But revenge it comes today
With heavy feet and wooden shoes
We'll make an offer they can't refuse
Punch in,
tune out,
fill your pockets (x2)
You take my pride
I'll take your livelihood
You named your price
Now I'll name mine
Punch in,
tune out,
fill your pockets (x2)
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5. |
Ambulance Catcher
00:56
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I'd drop a dime for a nickel
I'd rat you all out for free
There's a spy among us
and the traitor is me
We need a witness here not an ambulance
Sing that siren song, baby
I can't tell the difference
Between your body
and your numbers (x2)
We need an ambulance here not a witness
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6. |
Hurstwood, Meet Wheeler
01:59
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We'll take it to the stage, sister
Take it to the stage
(with) Credentials accepted
With eyes and not seeing
(Turn it on)
We'll take it to the streets, sister
Take it to the streets
(with) Ashes of tinder
The way of the beaten
The magnet attracting
a witless Aladdin
(Turn it off)
I wish I could stop the shaking
I wish I could stop your shaking
Gas lights don't prove we're right
(we're so fucking wrong)
We'll take this town by rail, sister
Take this town by rail
We'll take this town by rail, sister
Carry this town on our backs (x2)
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7. |
Unauthorized Sequel
02:25
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I'm so sorry
it never felt like home
I'm the one who deceived
I'm the one who's despised
Chicago lied
And so did I
Take the #6 back to 99
Take it east, take it to 98
Take the #6 back to 99
Mouthing my Midwest mantra:
I'll follow you down that Magnificent Mile
This city, it owes me
This city, it killed me
Yellow and white
There's no fight
Chicago died
And so did I
So did I
Take the #6 back to 99
Take it east, take it to 98
Take the #6 back to 99
Counting and recounting all I've left behind
I want it back
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8. |
Culture Vultures
01:32
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9. |
The Medicine Show
01:16
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10. |
87 Dirt
01:26
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11. |
Perfect Circle
00:41
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12. |
This is My Fault
01:43
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Short Con Chicago, Illinois
From the south side of Chicago, short-lived Short Con brought the first era of Council Records to a raging close.
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