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You were gonna take the Jitney, but he said that he'll come by
to drive you there and back in his Cadillac, 'cuz he's just that kind of a guy.
And now you're cruising the Expressway and the exits are flyin' past
And you're oh so glad that Billy drives so fast
Cuz now you're in the Hamptons with Billy Joel
You're gonna take a walk, you're gonna take a stroll
He's gonna take you out for a lobster roll
In the Hamptons with Billy Joel
Well, there's a garden party at Ina Garten's but he'd rather drive around
Cuz it's not too far to a locals' bar out in Montauk that he found
And there's a juke box in the corner and it's playing "Captain Jack"
and Billy grabs a table near the back.
And now you're daytime drinking with Billy Joel
You talk an awful lot about a lot of soul
And feelin' like a man but lookin' like a troll
In the Hamptons with Billy Joel
His eyes are getting heavy and he's staring at the ground
He signals to the barkeep that we'll take another round
You ask him how he's doing and he tells you not so hot
It's like he's always thirsty now and nothing hits the spot
He thought he'd take some time off just to classic'ly compose
but found he couldn't live without the cheering at the shows.
He's selling out the garden like the way they said he would
and people say he's awesome, yeah, but noone says he's good
and noone likes the new stuff, he'll just play the hits and bow
so he's stuck singing songs he wrote for wives who hate him now.
He swears he's seen that river in the middle of the night.
But lately he can't find cuz the lights are way too bright.
And where are rosalinda's eyes? And where's his glass of wine?
you want to call a taxi now but Billy says he's fine.
And when you're in the Hamptons with Billy Joel
He's gonna take a drive. He's gonna lose control.
He's gonna wrap his car around a telephone pole.
In the Hamptons with Billy Joel
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If God Is A Woman
03:11
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They say god is a woman- all patient and wise
and all of creation spews forth from her thighs.
That doesn't sound likely. But, girls, if it's true:
If god is a woman, she's got some explaining to do.
Yes, I'd like to ask her (just to hear what she'd say)
What's the story with childbirth? And Louis CK?
And why'd men get a rocket? We got a leaky canoe.
If god is a woman, she's got some explaining to do.
If god is a woman, then I know her kind:
She lavishes attention on randos in bars
and leaves the girls she came with behind.
She calls some women crazy and other girls fat.
I've known a woman- I've been a woman like that
Outside there's a party with plenty to drink.
I'm hunting for tampons under some stranger's sink.
Lord knows, we've all been there. Me too and me too.
If god is a woman, she's got some explaining to do.
If god is a woman, she's got some explaining to do.
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That Dude
03:24
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Oliver Baer is a very nice neighbor
I see him on my street.
A typical guy with a homemade light saber
Like any other guy you'd meet.
Oliver Baer's always nice to my mother
He's chatty and polite
From his friendly hello
No one ever would know
What's lurking on his website
Oh but
That Dude is into some really weird shit
That Dude is into some really weird shit
That Dude is into some shit that's a surprise.
That Dude is into some really weird shit
Nothing illegal per se about it
But now that you've seen it, it's hard to meet his eyes
Oliver Baer's written many a poem
And he'll send you the link.
Now you know things, you can never un-know 'em
And you don't know what to think
Cuz
That dude is into some tentacle porn
He even writes his own tentacle porn
He also seems critical of tentacle porn- It's all there in his zine.
That is a dude who will write about loins,
Blood and decay seeping out of some groins
I'll wait right here while you check out what I mean
When I was young, my block was a freak show
We had junkies, punks and queens with purple hair.
Where'd they all go?
Now everyone's a bro.
Everyone- except for Oliver Baer.
Oliver Baer is keeping it real
It takes a lot of nerve
to write what you want and to say what you feel
And tell the world, "Hey, I'm a perv!"
Oh, that dude is into some really weird shit
He is creating some really weird shit
And people who make weird shit are the people for me.
And I may not be into tentacle porn-
Especially not after my baby was born-
But I want to live where Oliver Baer feels free to be into some really weird shit
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Effort
01:44
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Oh, every person represents an awful lot of effort
An awful lot of effort someone took
Ev'ry person represents an awful lot of effort,
No matter how unsavory they look.
The world can seem to be a nasty nest of vipers
But someone had to come along to change the vipers' diapers
Every person represents an awful lot of effort indeed.
I don't mean everyone was loved or had a saintly mother
or snuggled in a cozy little bed.
It might have been a total wreck- but one way or another,
somebody had to see the wreck was fed.
Somebody had to grow the baby. Someone had to birth it.
(Though when I ride the L Train I'm not sure that it was worth it)
All those nimrods represent an awful lot of effort indeed.
Now that I'm a parent, I know the thing that only we know
It makes it hard for me to enjoy the films of Quentin Tarentino
Cuz Michael Madsen represents so many dirty bottles
and tissues used to wipe his little snot
And Steve Buscemi represents the "shushes" and the swaddles
It makes it such a shame when he gets shot.
And in the real world, when someone kills a person,
That's years of work that cannot be replaced
So if you're gonna kill someone, just think of all the effort
'Cuz that's the real human life you waste.
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Country Right Now
03:13
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I always loved a country song
Three chords and truth- you can't go wrong
Those simple, sweet old tunes from days of yore
But lately when I hear that swing,
I stop and think, "Wait, here's a thing:
I wonder who the swingers voted for."
I always loved the joyful noise
That's raised by rural good ole boys
The songs they learned from pappy's pappy's pap.
But now I hear a banjo strum and just assume the strummer's dumb
As plain as blue and red marked on a map
Cuz I love this country
And I love the countryside
But I don't love country right now.
Now, I'm not one to take a side
Along a cultural divide
And I know they've been a long time out of luck
But lately ev'ry time I hear
a song 'bout trucks or trains or beer,
I just assume the truck's a racist truck
Cuz I love this country
And I love the countryside
But I don't love country right now.
Of course, I must remember still:
These are my people good or ill.
I come from ancient West Virginia stock.
So maybe in a year or so
I'll take a breath and let it go
'Til then I'm gonna stick to indie rock
Cuz I love this country
And I love the countryside
But I don't love country right now.
I love this country
And I love the countryside
But I don't love country right now.
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Lousy Moon Records is an independent record label based in Frankfurt/Germany. It releases limited vinyl editions and digital only albums and eps. All genres are welcome.
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