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Modest Mouse – Truckers Atlas
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[Verse 1] / I'm going to Colorado to unload my head / I'm going to New York City and that's in New York, friends / I'm going to Arizona, sex on the rocks all warm and red / And we
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Modest Mouse – Trucker's Atlas (Aborted)
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I'm going to Colorado / To unload my head / I'm going to New York City / And that's in New York, friends / I'm going to Arizona / Sex on the rocks all warm and red and we bled
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Sun Kil Moon – Trucker's Atlas
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Going to Colorado / To unload my head / Going to New York City / That's in New York, friends / I'm going to Arizona / Sex on the rocks all warm and red / And we all bled / Going up
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somethingout – truckersatlas
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[Verse 1] / I'm going to Colorado to unload my head / I'm going to New York City and that's in New York, friends / I'm going to Arizona, sex on the rocks all warm and red, and we
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Modest Mouse – You'll See
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In the faces you see / You'll see, you'll see / You'll see the place where you'll die and / You'll see where you want to be / Every place you go / You'll see faces of people you
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Modest Mouse – Long Distance Drunk
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[Verse 1] / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / (Hang it up now or never) / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / Doesn
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Modest Mouse – Shit Luck
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This plane is definitely crashing / This boat is obviously sinking / This building's totally burning down / And my, and my, and my, and my / And my, and my, and my, and my / And my
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Modest Mouse – Trailer Trash
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“Trailer Trash” was written by lead singer Isaac Brock about the time he spent living in a trailer park in Oregon during 3rd and 4th grade. In the Pitchfork documentary about The
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Modest Mouse – Bankrupt on Selling
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“Bankrupt on Selling” is about the dystopian reality that is modern industry and business, and uses religious figures to show just how untrustworthy the man really is.
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Modest Mouse – Doin' the Cockroach
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[Verse 1] / I was in heaven, I was in hell / Believe in neither, but fear them as well / This one's a doctor, this one's a lawyer / This one's a cash thief, taking your money
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Modest Mouse – Polar Opposites
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[Verse 1] / Polar opposites don't push away / It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days / And I know I should go but I will probably stay / And that's all you can do
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Modest Mouse – Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
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“Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine,” the opening track on Modest Mouse’s The Lonesome Crowded West, illustrates Brock’s lyrical capacity like no other song. There are many innuendoes
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Modest Mouse – Out of Gas
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Modest Mouse spent a lot of time on the road. This is one of the many songs on Lonesome Crowded West inspired by that.
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Modest Mouse – Lounge (Closing Time)
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[Chorus: Isaac Brock] / She was going with a cinematographer / Everyone knew that he was really a pornographer / They went down to the dance and grind / And everybody was feeling
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Modest Mouse – Jesus Christ Was an Only Child
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[Chorus 1] / Well, Jesus Christ was an only child / He went down to the river and he drank and smiled / And his dad was oh-so-mad / Should have insured that planet before it
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Modest Mouse – Cowboy Dan
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[Verse 1] / Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene / He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean / And he's gonna start a war / He's gonna start a war / And he
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Modest Mouse – Baby Blue Sedan
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“Baby Blue Sedan” was orignally released as a bonus track on the double vinyl version of 1997’s The Lonesome Crowded West. It was later included on the beautiful Building Nothing
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Modest Mouse – Styrofoam Boots / It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright
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[Styrofoam Boots] / [Verse 1] / Well, all's not well but I'm told that it'll all be quite nice / You'll be drowned in boots like mafia / But your feet will still float like Christ'
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Modest Mouse – Convenient Parking
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“Convenient Parking” is a song lamenting urban sprawl—a major theme on Lonesome Crowded West. Lead singer Isaac Brock moved from Montana to Issaquah, Washington as a kid. He said
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Modest Mouse – Heart Cooks Brain
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“Heart Cooks Brain” deals with loneliness, depression and the absence of purpose is the lasting footprint of Isaac Brock and Modest Mouse.
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Sun Kil Moon – Space Travel Is Boring
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Won herself a pass to some far off moon / It was second class but what's to lose / And looking out her window she could more than assume / That you can't see air or time / She's
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Sun Kil Moon – Ocean Breathes Salty
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Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in / In my head, in my heart, in my soul / And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again / Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't
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Sun Kil Moon – Neverending Math Equation
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I'm the same as I was when I was 6 years old / And oh, my God, I feel so old / I don't really feel anything / On a plane, I can see the tiny lights below / And oh, my God, they
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Sun Kil Moon – Grey Ice Water
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You're standing by the grey ice water / Out in the wind above ground out in the weather / You had yourself a crazy lover / Becoming frozen trying hard to forget her / You got a job
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Sun Kil Moon – Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
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Jesus Christ was an only child / Went down to the river / And he drank and smiled / And his dad was oh-so-mad / Should have insured that planet / Before it crashed / Working hard
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Sun Kil Moon – Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
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We're goin' down the road towards tiny cities made of ashes / Gonna hit you on the face gonna punch you in your / Glasses. Oh no! / Just got a message said "Yeah hell is freezin
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Sun Kil Moon – Convenient Parking
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Soon the chain reaction started in the parking lot / Waiting to bleed on the big streets / That bleed out on the highways and / Off to others cities built to store and / Sell these
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Sun Kil Moon – Exit Does Not Exist
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Does not exist, take an exit / I hear voices insinuating / Feeds me words to this song that I am saying / Sunlight 7:20 PM, early September / Standing looking at a photograph you
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Sun Kil Moon – Dramamine
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Traveling swallowing Dramamine / Feeling spaced breathing out Listerine / I'd said what I'd said that I'd tell ya / And that you'd killed the better part of me / If you could just
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