Mike Doughty Album

I'd rather watch movie stars get fat
I'd rather hang up the flag and be done with it
I'd rather keep the frenzy and the fire out of my mind
I'd rather take sides in an argument
I'd rather crank up the bass in a dark basement
I'd rather leave the mobs and the murder in a distant land

Let the sunshine in
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in in

My vote's a bed and a football pool
Five on the red and six on the blue
Wake up, fool, this is no time for a shouting match
I smell blood and there's no blood around

Blanked out eyes and the blanked out sound
See them coming back, motionless, in an airport lounge

Let the sunshine in
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

You should be getting stoned with a prom dress girl
You should still believe in an endless world
You should (pass young cheesy?) in a parking lot

Let the sunshine in
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Frat boys gone to dogs
Brawling and sparring
Blue girl, dance for me
The empty floor or nothing
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I love your baby fat
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Your crooked nose is where it's at
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And I assess the essence of the mess
The perfect hourglass of my loneliness, yes
And I don't care to count my chances
I just want the girl in the blue dress
To keep on dancing

What is this happiness?
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It was not ever thus:
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I will prevail for you
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Behind the mic I'm burning to:
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And yeah, I'm just a zip code man
I got my house and I'll stay in if I can, but I
Don't care to keep my fences
I just want the girl in the blue dress
To keep on dancing

Na na na na na na na, na na na
Na na na na na na na, na na na
Na na na na na na na, na na na

I assess the essence of the mess
The perfect hourglass of my happiness, yes
And I don't care to count my chances
I just want the girl in the blue dress
I just want the girl in the blue dress
I just want the girl in the blue dress
To keep on dancing
To keep on dancing
To keep on dancing
To keep on dancing

Heart of my heart, got to leave you today
You don't love me and you can't understand
Cut by the thorns, oh, I must loosen my grip
Got to let your flower fall from my hand

Down, put it, put it down
Put it down, down, put it down, down, put it down
Go, let it, let it go
Let it go, go, let it go, go, let it go

Mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the sauce, bottle up the sauce
Bottle up the sauce, bottle up the sauce

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Love of all loves, you have made a mistake
Only saw the flaws and now you regret
My mind's aggrieved and my belly's ablaze
I have swallowed all the words that you said

Down, put it, put it down
Put it down, down, put it down, down, put it down
Go, let it, let it go
Let it go, go, let it go, go, let it go

Mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the sauce, bottle up the sauce
Bottle up the sauce, bottle up the sauce

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Put it down, down, put it down
Put it, put it, put it down
Put it down, down, down
Put it, put it, put it, put it down, down
Put it down, oh, put it down, oh

Put it down, put it down
Put it, put it, put it, put it, put it, put it
Put it, put it, put it down, down
Put it down, down, down
Put it down, put it down
Put it down, put it down, put it down
Put it, put it down, down, oh

Down, put it, put it down
Put it down, down, put it down, down, put it down
Go, let it, let it go
Let it go, go, let it go, go, let it go

Mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the mail, drop it in the mail
Drop it in the sauce, bottle up the sauce
Bottle up the sauce, bottle up the sauce

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Fugitives on the galleons, I go
More bacon than the pan can handle
Emperors and the salamanders
More bacon than the pan can handle

Nuggets and the heliotropes, I go
More bacon than the pan can handle
Party games and the ocean liners
More bacon than the pan can handle

Utility man
Porquoi
Utility man
Chocolate bar

Utility man
Porquoi
Utility man
Chocolate bar

State of grace and the ginger root, I go
More bacon than the pan can handle
Motionless and the circumstances
More bacon than the pan can handle

Overland and the easternmost, I go
More bacon than the pan can handle
Hoop skirts and the bubbly strangers
More bacon than the pan can handle

Utility man
Porquoi
Utility man
Chocolate bar

Utility man
Porquoi
Utility man
Chocolate bar

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

There's a little give to it
There's a little give to it
There's a little
There's a little give to it
There's a little give to it

Utility man, utility man, utility man
More bacon than the pan can handle
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know

Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know

I went to school with 27 Jennifers
16 Jenns, 10 Jennies, and then there was her

It’s the sweet shine of,
Yeah, force of divine love
The blessed arrival of you

You might be the one that I’ve been seeking for
You might be the strange delightful
You might be the girly who shall end all girls
You might be the sweet unspiteful

I rode the bus with 27 Jennifers
15 Jenns, 10 Jennies disapproved of her

Yeah, get from my sight, man,
Gladness is a blight, and
Happiness stinks up the room

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

I wrote a song about your car
I wrote it with your hips in mind
Will you be my friend?
Will you be a friend of mine?

I wrote a song about your car
I wrote it strong and splendid and true
And all the feelings that I feel
I strive and yearn to feel them for you

And I'm giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

I walked up to the accident
And I chatted up the girl inside
Will you be my friend?
Will you be a friend of mine?

I wrote a song about your car
I wrote it fine and feckless and good
And all the days that I'm alive
I strive to understand, not to be understood

Dogged up by the rain
And at your door again seeking anything
I'm a roustabout
And I'm bound to roust you out

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit
Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind

Giving it up, don't mind
Giving it up, don't mind
Every last drop little bit

I got the drop on you
But it was easy Japanesey
When I chase your lies in the light
Don't you look so cutesy

Down in the basement
Where your captives scratch and they cry
Rattling the chains and where they long
To snap the bonds and abscond out to the night

I got the drop on you
'Cause I'm sharp-eyed and I'm shameless
Well, you knocks me out of your mind
No pity for the placeless

Sorry isn't good enough
Sorry isn't good enough
Sorry isn't good enough
Sorry isn't good enough
Sorry isn't good enough

I got the drop on you
In the last frame of the picture
Well, I rode that I.R.T. out
No pity in the mixture
No pity in the mixture
No pity in the mixture

Boats moored in the water
The green waves are rolling at the shore
I love to see them reaching
I just wanna stay this joyous hour

Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright

And I, I don't want to wait 'til Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta

Beep Josh on Sunday
Charm him into driving in from Queens
Coming up the staircase
Bringing tiny envelopes for me

This night it is beautiful
The stars in flight so cold and bright

And I, I want to see my crush again, yeah
The magical correction
I dream the world speeds on, yeah
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta

Maybe I'm a loser
Maybe I'm the unsuspecting lord
Maybe I'm a rapper
Maybe I'm just living by the sword

Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright

And I, I don't want to wait 'til Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta

Contra la puerta, contra la puerta
Contra la puerta, contra la puerta
Contra la puerta, contra la puerta
Contra la puerta, contra la puerta

Saw you in the subway station
Shining with a strange light
Girl, you're like a weird vacation
How am I gonna make you mine, make you mine?

Then I fell out on the streets
To write a love song
Your face stared out at me from an ad
On the bus stop wall

And I know that you're fine
And that you're right
And the moonlight shines
Like a luminous girl tonight

Saw you in the Shipwreck Disco
Ghostly drifting 'cross the floor
Wondering just where could this go
And how to get you out the door, out the door

Then I fell out on the streets
To write a love song
Your face stared out at me from an ad
On the bus stop wall

And I know that you're fine
And that you're right
And the moonlight shines
Like a luminous girl tonight, that's right

Shining with the lights going strong
Shining with the lights going strong on my own

Saw you in the morning sunshine
You sang 'Star Love In The Night'
Fighting all the tears that came on
Squinting in the yellow light, the yellow light

Then I met you at the station
In Ronkonkoma
Sweetly resonating
With the things you are

And I know that you're fine
And that you're right
And the moonlight shines
Like a luminous girl tonight

Yeah, Jesus Christ's
Like a luminous girl tonight
Yeah, the moonlight shines
Like a luminous girl tonight

Oh, nectarine
You're the one to coax the darkness out of me
Yeah, out of me

Oh, nectarine
You're the one who showed the ghost to me
Don't gaslight me

Oh, nectarine
Let's run away from life and pass the can
Cash on demand

Oh, nectarine
Let's burn and build and burn without a plan
Let's ditch the van

Happiness is coming for you
Happiness is coming for you
When you sleep, when you're dreaming
On your face what you're feeling

Oh, nectarine
Are you free to lay the daylight out of me
Relentlessly?

Oh yes, I am
Yes, I truly am your true and trusted man
And we're on the lam

Live on the fat man's dime
Stevedores bear the chair you ride
Show mercy girl, show the ghost to me
Your ornaments and gimcrackery

Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night, na, na, na
Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night

Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night, na, na, na
Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night

You made your bones in these dicty 'burbs
Gritty days, they mocked the words you slurred
Lemonade gulped on balconies
Giggling strange birds in the trees

Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night, na, na, na
Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night

Medicating in a minivan
Medicating in a minivan, ma, ma, ma, ma
Medicating in a minivan
Medicating in a minivan

Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night, na, na, na
Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night

Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night, na, na, na
Navigating by the stars at night
Navigating by the stars at night

Roll the road alone, roll the road alone
Roll the road alone, roll the road alone
The road alone, the road alone
The road alone, the road alone