1. |
Above Ground
03:01
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One in a hundred
Two in my drink
Third strike, boy, now you’re hitting the clink
You got no name
You got no pull
All you got is this rock ‘n’ roll
Eyes wide, mouth shut, profound
You came. You looked around
There ain’t no way in this town
There ain’t no fun above ground
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2. |
Alaska
03:19
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In the vast, frozen North Lands
There lives the Ice Queen
I have known and re-known her
It’s all on the receipt
The tundra’s on my mind
When she walks with that walk it
Sh-sh-sh-shivers down my spine
By the way, by the by, by the time you
Realize it’s by design
Her eyes may have been thawed
Faster than you thought
The people all call her Alaska
Everyone all calls her Alaska
It’s so cold in Alaska
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3. |
Vertical Bill
05:56
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Vertical Bill lives in a daze
But he always works just as hard as he plays
Vertical Bill roams around town
He’s trying to capture scenes without sound
When he stands he is a
Vertical man
And when he’s laying low he’s
Horizontal
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Oh, baby, please be quiet
Do it for me, ‘cause you see
I’m in need of some peace
And a little quiet
Please, baby, don’t overreact
I was only just dancin, and singin
And smokin, and drinkin
Until I got back
And if you think I get a little carried away
Well then I think you never heard a word I was sayin
I think you traded our entire fortune away
So I traded the night for the day
Oh, baby, are you surprised?
Tell me now, how’s a guy stay alive
When his eyes get just lies
So I’m gettin mine
They always say to get it when the gettin is good
I tell you, sister, well I really would if I could
I made a list of everything I ever desired
I threw the page on Richard Cory’s funeral pyre
And if you think I get a little carried away
I think you never heard a fuckin word I was sayin
I think you squandered our entire fortune all right
So I traded the day for the night
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5. |
Ain't No Rockefeller
03:54
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I ain’t no Rockefeller
Ride in a Studebaker
A moon and sun forsake
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6. |
Mrs. Plum
02:13
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Hey, Mrs. Plum, you’re no fun
You got me running circles
Got me right under your thumb
You loved my hungry eyes
Did they remind you of the time
that all your love was free
Like drinks from hungry guys?
You said, so ripe and sweet
‘Hey! A girl has got to eat’
And then you had your cake as well
Or two or three
Hey, Mrs. Plum, you’re no fun
You got me running circles
Ducking from a loaded gun
Well no man could enjoy
Cuckoldom. I won’t be coy
I just request
Before your arms you do employ
Hey, Mr. Plum
Gimme one, two
Gimme three steps
And I promise all your problems will be gone
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7. |
No Surprises
04:27
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Whiskey on the house
A two-pence pox upon this house
A frenzied falling out
Sputtering curse-filled walkabout
Enterprising girls and boys
Buy and sell and self-employ
No surprises, narrow eyes
Those who do not win are I
Such a vast affair
No telling how or when or where
With virgin eyes or ears
Surprises ain’t around here
Such bright-eyed good girls and boys
Live and love and self destroy
No surprises, not this time
Cursing Bacchus in his eyes
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8. |
Solid Gold
02:13
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When you say you can’t be found
We stop and put our finger down
Down on a cartographer’s son
You know you’re not the only one who gets
Sold
Or so I’ve been told
Say you’re solid gold
Something to behold
My distinguished friends don’t know
They are all indistinguishable
The desert island of their mind
Feels like we’ve been before a thousand times
One is the
Lonely number under a
Shiny pyrite stone which you
Polish all alone
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9. |
Water Lilies
03:22
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What are really water lilies
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10. |
Amenable Sound
08:32
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In the midst of a shift tectonic
Mystery, the stereophonics
With the band in a stand on its head
Making sound upside down, upended
The crowd looks around for an amenable sound
With feet on the ground, that pitch can now be found
I stood at the gates
I scrunched up my face
I shmoozed and I sang
I tore out my fangs
Here comes the right time
There goes the right time
And it passed me by
Throw open the gates
Uncover the face
Which, hidden, bears fangs
Aimed straight for your veins
Here comes the right time
Counting down: ten, nine
Eight, seven, six, five
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Temporary Arrangement Kalamazoo, Michigan
TA is a high-energy, cerebral rock-n-roll band with a wide variety of influences -- worn on the sleeve at times. They formed in 2014 as a trio, released their debut EP in 2016, and soon after added another guitar player. TA's 10-track LP Solid Gold, which continues to live up to its name, was followed up in 2022 with a slow-cooked compilation of original songs, aptly named Singles (Together). ... more
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