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December 88th

by The Acid Rains

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1.
Should I Get Started? 03:01
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preamble: "i must address i did not check all of them cannot make promises about the gun" are you high yet? are you surprised yet? are you to die for? should i get started? have you heard yet? no you don't know i'm missing words, yes and there is every chance i'll never tell you so are you surprised yet? have we arrived now? landing gear down! think we need a new town! tear this one down! should i get started? "don't slow down cuz it's too loud..." don't back your way out as you turn if you don't catch it now then it just burns have you turned yet? of course not, no i'm missing your head and there is every chance i'll never tell you so are you high yet? are you surprised yet? are you to die for? should i get started? should i get started?
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When the Least You Can Do is More 01:24
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chained up, restrained not that you could tell not that you are well so i dove into the avalanche when i heard the crash nothing opened nothing you'd hope for when you're groping your way to the door when you're staggering down to the floor when the least you could is more when the teeth hit the lip and you finally flip the lights on standing orders keep em at full bore it's inside around you, no-one surrounds you but the sounds of all you want and more when the least we can do is nothing more
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Trying Everything Once 03:01
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happenstance happens once everybody gets one try second chances for everyone who ordered one you can do it if you try tell the truth you die when you hide yourself you lie i'm lying i'm trying everything once they're crying since they've eaten it's been months they are eating all their young and i think that you would too if you didn't have the food and when i have a son i'll tell him he should run if the cupboards bear building character and i'll watermark him get your own goddamn kid don't copy off of this don't copy off of this get your own goddamn kid i'm stronger than you i can be smaller too i can be smaller too yeah i'm the greatest dad no kid's ever had and my kid's never bad though he wears a black hat it suits him well it suits him well and i brought hell to an atheist fight on a starless night they hear my yell "it is divine!"... i can't hear time busted clock was right for once in my life yeah it said you'd stay i threw it away got a new one next day this one does what i say
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Black Ice Ballerina 02:59
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I slowed down the mile long drive thru i'll have what it's having to get you down black ice there was a bad one night on the turnpike if you heard about it you heard right looks like there'll be another bad one tonight black ice ballerina you should have seen her so full of love pumped full of drugs black ice ballerina you know now "too late to touch the brakes" i'll be what i'm being to get to you to save you black ice "so nice" see it's not nice to me bad for the company shutdown undersea merger murder merger murder you know me merger murder merger murder you know... black ice ballerina... yeah i slowed down mile long drive thru i'll have what it's having to get to you
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Random Access Ghost Story 01:27
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stepped on a cat felt bad about that "it was an accident" i scream i woke up hot i'm so cold somebody left me here alone she likes me more on drugs when i'm blue she likes me more when i'm drunk i do too alright it's about you babe... you twisted my arm twisting my arm yeah
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I'm Exhausting 02:49
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i'm exhausting corresponding with long forgotten kings of never they've never been better they want you to know i'm exhausting exonerating priests for what they didn't do to me and what do i believe seven hells for eve fracture and blur it's exhausting what's it costing you? if you want you can call me you can give me a ring... if you want you can call me i'm exhausting i'm exhausting (what's it costing you) go back to bed (what have you been through) i'm exhausting (you're exhausting too) watch them see red (are you always blue) i'm exhausting (you counting one or two?) get back in the bed (what's it costing you?) (what have you been through)? i'm exhausting go and rest my head
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Selective Amnesia 04:03
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i'm not really a musician, mary i just had to learn to write you this song you're good you're fine don't beat on yourself you're alright we may have selective amnesia all the time you're not so scary i'm not so scary this time i don't like tradition, lord it suits me too well i don't want no trouble, lord i just get bored as hell you're good maybe we're fine don't beat on us we got selective amnesia all the time i get selective amnesia sometimes... can't see in a st raightl ine head full of missing parts thinksimple rhymes be patient they should make it a crime. i'm not really a musician, mary in no position mary
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Instant Coffee (Crack Her Neck) 02:08
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instant coffee tastes like shit i’m too lazy i want to talk you over it while we drink instant coffee crack her neck not “some other time” im sore too we won’t drink to this one but there’s so much to see with remains to pick over another day and wrecked fuselage is effect and cause that is our law she hears/hurts like you my back hurts, though my heart is beating strangely slow we won’t drink to this one (we won't drink to this one)
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How About Next Year? 02:43
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yknow its good to cry if it’s been awhile maybe you dance and think maybe you dance and drink maybe you drink and dial maybe the other end your wrong-number friend just smiled you’d never know telephone wouldn’t tell you so say “in a little bit later i’ll deal with it and how come i feel like shit and how come it’s always cold” yknow its good to try (lie?) if you aint fucked up in awhile maybe you ice the rink maybe you ice the sink maybe you sink right in trying to sink and swim maybe the other end tastes just like revenge building my reputation lately as a giant baby don’t get religion maybe but christ you gotta save me if im on my knees? if i say pretty please? get me outta here? dirty looks so clear? (maybe we grab a beer? how about next year?)

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all songs written by j.e.s.
recorded feb-march 2019 in my home.

title stolen from a message board post. picture taken near meeting creek dump. i lied about not doing another acoustic one.

full lyrics available here for each song.

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released March 9, 2019

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