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Utica

by Eskimo

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1.
Wavy Proof 02:43
Oh say can you see Tell me what you can see By the dawn's early early light And what so proudly Can we possible hail At the twilight's last a-gleaming And whose broad stripes And whose bright stars Just whose broad stripes And whose bright stars Over those ramparts that we watch Are so gallantly streaming And the blood red rockets And the terrible glare Of the bombs bursting in the air Giving me proof through the long night That the flag was still there Yes the flag is definitely there Oh say does the star spangled banner yet wave Oer the land of the home of the free and brave Oh does the star spangled banner yet wave Over the land of the free While the rest of us are left to drown
2.
Get on the bus Get out of the kitchen Pack your bags Get out of Dodge Wash your hands Drop the ball Hit the road Ooh -- punt (She's a...) She's a recipe for disaster (Recipe... watch out) She's gonna mess you up boy (Mess you up... bad) Caught in a trap In the spider's web Took the bait Swallowed the hook Stuck in the mud Up to your neck One foot in the grave Ooh -- sunk Now don't say that I didn't warn you boy
3.
The paper umbrella That floats in my drink Is purple and yellow and pink The longer I watch it The more that I think It's finally starting to sink I'm expecting a call from the agency Any moment now they should be paging me Or else my future will stink Sweet reminiscences of inertia Long ago in a hole in the city of Utica I was low I was swollen and shitty like Utica That's Phoenician for all of the restaurants here Smell exactly like punctured colostomy bags Everyone stays away -- that's the beauty of Utica Beautiful Utica
4.
Hot Tunnel 05:02
Well it was back in the days when boys were boys Eyes open wide Under cover of night we'd say our vows Etched in blood As the shadows grew long and disappeared Nowhere to hide Came the patience to look beyond these walls Let loose the flood Take a ride Hot tunnel Deep inside Fortified Hot tunnel Open wide Let it slide Hot tunnel Satisfied Well it's improper to laugh at a drowning man Wallow in it Scrape the smell from your shoes and walk away Shed no tears Shoo the flies from the butt of a dead cigar Watch where you sit Meet your maker for lunch in Utica Say your prayers I don't tempt the hand of fate Or bite the hand that feeds Milk the cow of human kindness Have your cake and eat it too And swallow with your pride Milk the cow of human kindness Gulp the milk of paradise Cause there's no turning back Milk the cow of human kindness Feed your army somewhere else Where it don't smell so bad Stop the car
5.
Dispatch 02:26
Uh, Mrs. Whiggins Send in the new boy now And hold my calls One more delay I will dock your pay Lose that beret What did I just say No holiday Leap into the fray Do not betray Me I am at the end of my rope Are you high on dope I've lost all confidence and Now I'm losing hope Please do convey Warm regards to Ray Don't waste the day Go
6.
Bilge 04:53
If there's one thing I'm sure of I'm sure I don't know what it is If I could walk on water I'd probably try to take a swim My head swims in confusion I know I'm drowning clear as day If I could see the future I'd only think of yesterday The drain in my brain has failed The train in my brain has derailed My past is strewn with memories I can't remember anymore If I could sing like Elvis I'd probably still be sweeping floors
7.
Hollow 03:32
I heard a knock on my head So I answered I said who is it come to visit me and She said you look like you're dead Is it cancer I said that's incorrect I'm simply very Hollow And if you pull me apart By the shoulders You'll see my kidneys and my liver and you Will find a hole in my heart Where my soul was Before I threw it in the river now I'm Hollow Hollow I'm hollow I watch a lot of TV (Got Milk) Every evening I don't know what I'd do without it cause you know I find that books can be So deceiving Just like the easter bunny give it to me Hollow Oh I recommend it to you And your loved ones You'll find it easier to be together You'll take a rosier view With no substance Just like me middle free completely Hollow Hollow I'm hollow
8.
Murder 07:20
Come smell the roses Come taste the pie It's milk and cookies And big blue skies The gates are open Go greet the day Climb on your pony And ride away La la la la la la Get happy La la la la la la Get happy as a clam Your future's blooming Your hands are clean Beyond your shadow The grass is green Why not imagine That dreams come true Over the rainbow Where skies are blue Take a deep breath, let it half out Choose carefully Murder Brace you arm from your spine Keep your head Murder
9.
No channel on my TV Telephone won’t talk to me Psychic friends can’t prophesy My homogeneity Stasis to eternity as I go up the stairs I go down the stairs I go up the stairs I go down the stairs Killer bees nest in by brains (Bees in my brains) Tiny germs digest my veins (Germs in my veins) Rats and mice infest my Haines (Rats in my Haines) Deputies arrest Claude Rains (Claude Rains in chains) Death won’t wrest me from these migraines Conscience on welfare, faith on the dole We’ve reached the end of our Grand Guinol My ass is exiled to the south pole My idiotic woe to extoll You can’t fill a sald bowl with these crushed remnants of my soul

credits

released October 10, 2014

John Shiurba – guitar and vocals
David L. Cooper – mallets and vocals
Tom Yoder – trombone
Steve Lew / Matt Small – bass
Andrew Borger – drums

Recorded by
Myles Boisen, Eric Bonerz & ESKIMO
Begun 1995, Completed 2014

Mixed by Shiurba & Cooper
Mastered by Myles Boisen
Graphic design by David L. Cooper

All songs by ESKIMO

GUESTS
Eric Bonerz – special effects (2, 8, 9)
Val Esway – vocals (8)
Elisabeth Wedding – vocals (3, 5)

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