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Fun War

by 4Shadows

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1.
Worthy Cause 04:29
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And now the moment you've all been waiting for-- we have an announcement: give us your dollars it's a worthy cause it's another bomb an unruly crowd reminds me of the ovens keep them down cheaper by the dozen it's a worthy cause just another bomb they put him in a corner because he didn't fit in he had a dream he was on a ship lost at sea covered in birdshit it's a worthy cause
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Thanksgiving 04:24
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well it's almost Thanksgiving what are you gonna eat? well it's almost Thanksgiving who are you gonna meet? turkey, stuffing, cranberries, wild boars hope you wanna be a hungry American Thanksgiving's almost here you'll see your brother and your uncle and your ma and your sister ...Thanksgiving! don’t forget the Indians would want to be your friend back in 1619--before Mayflower what are you doing? who ate all the yams here? i haven’t had a yam all night i’ve been walking around saying where’s my fucking yams?
3.
Love Song 04:33
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selamat, selamat datang, selamat Linda, saya cinta mu
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Smoke 02:06
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let's cut down those trees we don't need them to breathe i don't see what’s the fuss we don't need wuss forests clean air will never run out-- i need to boost my bank account i already have too much but too much is never enough
5.
Mistakes Were Made 02:36
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Brides & Graves 02:02
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shades of grey brides & graves 3 cracked plates --what i saw today
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Wax Galleon 01:35
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it was a heavy sea knocked down all of our equipment everything fell and broke-- the clock, the compass, and the sextant but it came to me in a dream that i could stand out on deck i'd let the birds shit on me and they would guide us to land don't expect a mutiny don't expect a mutiny don't expect a mutiny there's nothing more to see they have just taken your gold and your women the ghosts of the wax galleon
8.
Somebody Talk To Me 02:46
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somebody talk to me i'm lonely why won't you talk to me?
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Gibbon Take 05:11
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where's my gibbon? where's my orangutan? anybody seen my gibbon?
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Evaporated Goat 01:25
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he is kind of funny he is kind of white evaporated goat where did you go?
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Riders On Jim Morrison 04:08
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12.
Fun War 02:35
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it was a fun fun war this war is superfun i hope it lasts forever war is fun fun war fun fun war it was a fun war it was a fun fun war war is so fun it is a fun war OW! that was fun it was a fun war fun fun war fun war Eeeee-aaaaagh! (that was a blast) war is fun Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh-haha! fun war fun fun war it was a fun war Aaaaaaaaa-owwwwww-ahhhhh! it was a fun war it was a fun fun war
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Sexy Sasquatch 03:24
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she was a sexy sasquatch i saw her in a deep forest hiding behind a radiant shadow i just had to go and take her hand i took her down into the valley to a hippie party everybody was in the bathtub naked in love she was my sexy sasquatch bigfoot i bought a dress at the vintage store for her it had polka dots and rayon dogtags she held my hand and we sat down she was beautiful 9 feet tall her hairy brown forehead screamed its suggestions to me we went to The Cave i bought her a beer then i tried to fondle her she was... ? ? ? ? ? na na na too that’s hod in in the swimming pool she was my sexy bigfoot i liked her so much remote i tell you now in the park at night nananana sexy bigfoot (get with the program!) sexy bigfoot sexy bigfoot when our date was over i took her back home she took her dress off i returned her into the viridian shadow i kissed her hand and i took her dress to the vintage store sexy bigfoot goodbye goodbye sexy bigfoot
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Disaster 01:41
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my head Hindenburg! lighter than air ready to burn my stomach Titanic! sinking feeling iceberg my legs Twin Towers! rigged to collapse out from under i'm a disaster about to happen ...waiting my turn
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Been There Done That 04:09
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been. there. done. that. i had my heart broken in half been there, done that got beaten by the high school quarterback i been there, done that i saw my future fade to black i been there, done that i read about politician's heart attack i been there, done that my cocker spaniel slipped into quicksand i been there, done that been there, done that
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Stare Into Space 04:30
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what about your life? what you doing with it right now? staring off into space your life--what you wanna do? just stare into space all the time get paid to stare into space space your life -- c'mon! stare into space space will stare into you it will stare into you, baby stare into space
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Cog (machine machine) 05:16
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my dad was in the military go Army! go Army! one thing i like about the military they knew how to treat me i like to be a cog in the machine everyone is counting on me i like to be a cog in the machine i spent my time watching TV it taught me how to be i spend my time watching TV it teaches me how to be my dad was in the Army he taught me to hate the Navy we're all in it together, i see we're cogs in the same machine machine, machine i was told that i'm free free to be a cog in the machine it's not very smart to be a fucking part you want to be the best you can be the best part in the machine in the machine machine, machine
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Start Our Own Country 02:10
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tonight we start our own country: free beer thursdays naked ladies on the bus in the morning and, also, free popcorn on the ferryboat is that too much to ask? is that too much to fucking ask? it's my country, too, you know! alright alright alright it's gonna be alright if you don't believe me go back to your caves
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Repent Nor Refrain 04:18
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Christ, i forgot to turn off the stove and the iron... open flame! a candle, the drapes i forgot and now i don't got nothin’ sometimes -- ha! -- i dream about the end of you and me it feels so free to see everything you thought you needed go up in an allegory -- poof! Christ, i forgot i don't count any loss but lately i have a warm theory i feel like you need if i didn't even have a body there'd be a devils' party there'd be no more you and me there would be no more you and me there'd be no more you and me there'd be just one and that one would be free Christ, i forgot i don't count my loss look in your mirror do you see... me?
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Dedi's Ghost 03:03
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you guys want to hear a ghost story? i was asleep in a room that had known someone else's glory a lamp burst into flames i had felt it before that and then it came and i don't know if it was the ghost of my grandfather trying to warn me or was he after me? wanted to see me and have me join him i blew the flame of the lamp out that could have caused a conflagration that would have killed everyone sleeping in that house was he trying to warn/harm me or did he want me to join him in the place where no one has a body?
21.
We Go Crazy 04:25
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got a feeling somewhere strange doing something unusual i see your face in the moon i see your eyes in the sun we go crazy we grow lazy we grow lazy we go crazy there is a place no one else knows about i can't get out of bed as long as you're there with me it's alright it was something that i said let's go crazy the sun is in your eyes ...tonight ...and i apologize for not getting it quite right
22.
Going To Russia 00:38
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i'm going to Russia i'm going to Moscow remember that band? ah uh oh huh ha ho see you guys-- i'm going to Russia

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"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism." -General Smedley D. Butler

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released November 13, 2011

Recorded live at The Vault Seattle
November 13, 2011
Will Kitchen - Jesse Paul Miller - Matt Wainwright - Robert Zverina
Album edit and art by RZ (based on photos courtesy of Wainwright)

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