I'll Clap When I'm Impressed Lyrics

I can recall with perfect clarity the swim of youthful guts as I sat watching that TV. The filthy smile he offered to the lens. That grainy footage of the freezer where he stuffed ...Read Full Lyrics

Black lung Black life The black hole stuck inside my half-black, heavy heart As if these stupid words might play some part in status quos, in sleeper holds, in middle passage or...Read Full Lyrics

"It's so nice To wake up in the morning All alone And not have to tell somebody You love them When you don't love them Any more" (original poem by Richard Brautigan) ...Read Full Lyrics

I want to say what words just can't. I wish today was not today. Maybe she could take it back…I've smashed the lights out and climbed the hill behind my house and felt the asphal...Read Full Lyrics

A grinding halt on the North 405. Just trying to escape, that’s when I hear you sigh: “I hate this fucking town. I hope I never come back.” You roll your window up. And it’...Read Full Lyrics

I saw Jesus and the Devil and they were sitting in a Tree. Blasphemy! No! A-S-S-H-O-L-E. L-I-C-K-I-N-G. Amen! Jesus and the Devil are exactly the same thing. They mean shit to me....Read Full Lyrics

I came, I saw them smash that chair over his head. And I, I thought that he was dead. But we should not, can not, will not accept this anymore. There’s right and wrong. And now a...Read Full Lyrics

Just like I hate Fenders Just like I can't stand the snow Just like my hand-me-down truck that I miss so much Even with no stereo And just like fucking with a condom on Thou...Read Full Lyrics

Base. How low can we go? Fuck the Beatles, I'm an animal An upright ape with opposable thumbs To hold the clubs To hold the guns Swing low sweet chariot God bless my dna Drunk driv...Read Full Lyrics

What's in a word? What's in a name? And how do I tame these beasts to which I'm slave? I fork my tongue into the thoughts, but words can't seem to span across the gulf between what...Read Full Lyrics