Get all 25 PbGut Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 85%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Bacon Man EP, Goodbye The Band (2010 – 2014), Corrosive Liquid, When Will I Be Healed By The Lord?, THE MEGAFEELINGS, Demalgamation, SKY TIGER, Lost to Books, and 17 more.
1. |
||||
|
Charlie Pridesome Nursington,
I'm about to go out the screen door,
but I got a warning for you:
there's a bear that I've set loose that is gonna get you
unless you're always thinkin' 'bout the bear,
so I advise to you always be thinkin' 'bout the bear.
Well, I gotta go!
The screen door's a-flappin'
and I like the feeling of wind against my leathery face ...
Goodbye, Charlie Pridesome Nursington!
You're a great little kid.
And someday,
you'll win in a fight against me.
Charlie's daddy had to go to discover his megafeelings, megafeelings!
He couldn't live in the shell of his former self anymore;
he had to discover his megafeelings!
Megafeelings
Megafeelings
To put it more directly: if only these walls could talk, but –
[laughs] – they're covered in blood!
Ain't that crazy?
|
||||
2. |
||||
3. |
||||
|
(lyrics by Kalen Egan)
In the back of the caravan
In a dented bowler hat
He sneezed like he'd invert his head
And I tried to keep from hating him
He jiggled his bottle of medicine
Spooned it with apparent care
Then sneezed and soaked my shirt and vest
And I let myself start hating him
This caravan is so compact
Why doesn't anybody act?
Brings out a bottle of vap-o-rub
Such an unlikely mistake
He's smearing brie across his chest
And I feel my fist connect with him
There's cheese across your body, sir
Please stop sneezing, sir
It's very hard to stay collected
On a ride as long as this
We eject him from the moving car
He's rolling down the mountain
We're taking a such a sharp turn now
He's crashing through the ceiling
This caravan is so compact
Why doesn't anybody act?
How can a man exist in such blissed out ignorance?
Is he a man?
Everybody has to act
Is he a man?
Everybody has to act
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
Takin' a stroll in my brand new threads
Where would I be without my meds?
Probably stupid in a hospital bed
I'm a rich motherfucker
with a brand new hat
Moved from the big sky country where my uncle was a dental floss tycoon
He gave me $65 and told me to write him if I didn't see him soon
Now I realize not all of us are born with a silver spoon
And that's why I'm offering to fuck your wife on your honeymoon
I'm a rich motherfucker
with a shiny gat
I don't wanna hear such language
I won't cut you any slack
and don't you dare use that other word
I don't care where you grew up; you're not black
Now help me with my suitcase; it's full of pot
I gotta take this crazy thing called a plane home,
and I wanna get fucked up before I get high
I'm a rich motherfucker
I'm a rich motherfucker
I'm a rich motherfucker
and I like to sing about that
I like to sing
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
Bank job: not an alibi
Where was I on the night of the crime?
Two hands: can't get the blood off
Shouldn't have gotten it tattooed on
Why do girls get off with mental illness
and guys always got to go jail?
Why does fear eat the brains of the vulnerable
Guilty teen
The smell: burning clothes
I wish it wasn't my black jeans
The fear: murder makes you lose your sight
Though I didn't go blind in '93
Why does fear eat the brains of the vulnerable
and strong people seem to work it out?
Love must not be for the faint of heart
Guilty teen
Three girls: they are not girls now
Or are they still somehow girls?
I don't know but girls girls girls girls
Girls girls girls stiff girls girls girls
Why does passion seem to cause a blackout?
Love must not be for the faint of heart
I'm not gonna start this over
No more teen
|
||||
6. |
||||
|
Gonna fill my garden basket with burdengrass and hate
Gonna cast my vote for the summer time where experience makes you late
Gonna step right into a mansion where sunlight melts the wind
Gonna glue my pennies on a fountain, float a flywheel on a pin!
Everybody wins!
Holy shit!
I'm not a minister!
Everybody wins!
Holy shit!
Empty the register!
Gonna run right out of the woman, gonna let her take move from the inch
Gonna fill my room with CD-Rs and the money for my honey in a pinch
Gonna breed me some dogs using magic, put some wallpaper on the wall
Gonna catch your body from a building, point a floodlight towards a mall
Everybody wins!
Holy shit!
I'm not a leader!
Everybody wins!
Pass the baby from the breeder!
Gonna make a little sandwich, make a song or grant a wish
Gonna heal a sickly child with a microphone and a dish
Gonna help a hired presto press the premium default
Gonna spill a nasty ladder, cut a cat and throw some salt
Everybody wins!
Holy shit!
A fucking sentence!
Everybody wins!
Crime is my only penitence!
|
||||
7. |
||||
|
Hey, I've got a skinny idea!
Why don't you go give your baby a bath?
Hey, I’ve got a skinny idea!
Why don't you hang around downtown?
Hell, I’m tellin’ you
These are the things that you must do
There's no way to fuck out
That's what life is built around
Hey, I’ve got a skinny idea!
Why don't you go give your baby a bath?
Hey, I’ve got a skinny idea!
Why don't you hang around downtown?
Hell, I’m tellin’ you
These are the things that one must do
There is no possible way to escaping fuck
Put yourself in my position
And you will realize the world is not such a bad place
Jetset girl
Delicate girl
Into the darkness
Flashlight girl
Witness girl
Hit this girl
Into the wilderness
Flashlight girl
Fitness girl
Grill this girl
Into the closet
Flashlight girl
Level girl
Happiness girl
Into the dark room
Flashlight girl
Creeping girl
Crazy girl
Into the innerness
Flashlight girl
Outside girl
National girl
Into the issues
Flashlight girl
Hidden girl
Feature girl
Into the interesting
Flashlight girl
Five year girl
'02 girl
Lost until right now
Flashlight girl
|
||||
8. |
||||
|
I came with a message about the tattoo on your face
Get that tattoo removed immediately and put it in a different place
Your bassist is comin' to visit and he's gonna wanna play the bass
He's got a brand new concept of rhythm and a real intuition for space
Oh, Spray Paint's saying, "Baby, spray your loneliness all over my chest"
Spray Paint, oh, baby, Spray I love you the best
Don't you wanna love me?
"Oh, yeah
That's funny
I remember you
You were drivin' that car
I was walkin'
I don't know you say –
How do you say it?"
I came with a message about the fourth wall for your house
That fourth wall isn't coming, so you might want to move south
The winter is arriving and it's gonna make your face feel cold
and then your children are gonna grow to be old
Spray Paint's saying, "Baby, spray your loneliness all over my chest"
Spray Paint, oh, baby, Spray, I love you the best
Won't you say you love me, baby?
|
||||
9. |
Tamra Lynn
03:36
|
|||
|
Tamra Lynn was known to drink from a personal basement of wine
She used to be a nun, but I changed things, and now Tamra is mine
She used to breed nothing, now she brews spirits
If she wants to take a break after a short day, I won't hear of it
Tamra Lynn
She and I don't end and we certainly don't begin
She was twenty-six, and I was forty-two
We started a little life together and then we had six of you
After I died, there was a war that ended in July
She stuck to the Lord like a burr sticks to cloth;
that part always makes me proud and cry
Tamra Lynn
She and I don't end and we certainly don't begin
Tamra's on the beach tonight
Tamra's at church tonight
Oh-whoa-oh
Tamra Lynn was buried far, far away from me
Sometimes I hear her singing through a big machine
that sends her soul to the open sea
"Bring your body closer to mine!"
|
||||
10. |
For My Sister
02:43
|
|||
|
She has to sell the ranch
The guitar teacher lied to her about licensing
Her grandmother and great aunt wait
in the kitchen with the others who have passed on
The women left her the ranch
Ghosts can't haunt her
The law can't touch her
What has gotten her is her fear of expanses
She can't cross intersections
Roadways disturb her
She is emotionally unfit for public service
She can't feel disgrace
It's just not social
And besides she lives a very private life
The deed in her hand
Her mind on the goal
She is aided by her surviving relatives
But wait ...
Please wait ...
Hesitate ...
Hesitate ...
The unknown is a factor in every decision!
Her brother waits at the lawyer's office
The transfer to the new owners is complete
She is dropped off at the civic center
Where she attends a large concert
The fans on the grass outside
They are dressed in modern fashions
She makes a wish on a fountain
that the event was just for her and her sister
|
||||
11. |
For My Sister II
01:06
|
|||
12. |
The Girls I Have Known
07:12
|
|||
|
A. I knew a girl, her name was Freedom
She cut my hair and she dyed it pink
She kissed my face and I told her to get lost
That's the price you pay for knowing me
I knew a girl, her name was Harry Dean
She was gonna teach me what true love means
I bought her a dinner, never heard another word
Reading in the restaurant, ripping pages out of magazines
Handing our plates back to my waiter, saying this is all the food we need
I'll never forget the look on his face when he said this to me:
"You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die"
B. I knew a girl, her name was Nancy
She was in plays and she liked to read
She touched my shoulder and I said "no."
That's the price you pay for knowing me
I knew a girl and her name was Power
She was gonna teach me how to surf the sea
We got to the beach, never heard another word
Visibility's a trillion, I can see past London
back through my body, back to London again
I'm gonna make the UK my friend
but there was a British man getting a tan and I'll never forget his golden skin glimmer as he said to me:
"You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die"
C. I knew a girl, her name was Magic
She was gonna teach me how to look real cool
We got the thread, the design and the needle
But then she tried to fuck me and I said "uh uh."
I knew a girl and her name was Stanley
She was into cycling and had seen some mountains
Just the other day I heard she was doin' okay.
When she would go cycling she would radio me, sunny
She would smile and she'd tell me that she likes this next life
I would never push that button 'cause that morse code I'm not lovin'
And Stanley, she just rode away, but I knew her friends liked planes
And I'll never forget the white of that skywriting:
You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die
D. I knew a girl, her name was Stacy
She liked dreams and she liked to listen
I told her I dreamed a lot about grass
She said it was because I never go outside
Stacy said, "John, you need to build a forest.
It'll be a bureaucratic nightmare, but you can do it.
Also, do you wanna hook up?"
No, Stacy, I do not wanna hook up with you.
It gets harder and harder to say no
I don't send any signals but my non-signals say "go"
So I fucked her, oh I fucked her, yeah I fucked her, oh I fucked her
E. Later that day, I went out to this place by the woods
It was where they made kids' cigarettes
Also they taught Spanish to underprivileged white kids there
It was across the street from where I'd fill up my tank
I smoked a pack of Marlboro's waiting for the sun to set
I looked out onto Route 10 and I wonder how long it would take me to get to Loews' 12
This 15 year old kid walks up to me
and asks me if I wanna buy his scooter
I looked into his eyes and ran my hand through his hair
He said, "They call me Andy because I'm a cowboy
I service jocks in the Field House."
His eyes were brown, I was 17
I was startled by the sight of the winter trees and the sound of a cursing machine:
"You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die."
F. I knew a girl, her name was Freedom
We'd lie in bed and weird out my roommate
She kissed my face and I avoided her
That's the price you pay for knowing me
Sitting in that dorm room or getting my head held by her in the stairwell
Her asking me if I wanted to get it over with
Her sitting on my bed watching me cry as I lost my mind
'Cause I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die
|
||||
13. |
||||
|
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
Ev'rybody's trynna get a piece t'night.
|
||||
If you like THE MEGAFEELINGS, you may also like:
Hugs for Chelsea: benefit for Chelsea Manning
by Hugs for Chelsea
A big welcome-home for Chelsea Manning from artists across the genre spectrum, like Tom Morello and Sammus.
go to album
The enigmatic Frank Ene's solo record lives in a magical world where Serge Gainsbourg fronts Yellow Magic Orchestra.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 2, 2019
go to album
On this harmonically rich LP, the Scottish singer-songwriter contrasts gorgeous soprano harmonies with strident folk-rock instrumentation.
go to album
On their latest LP, Mogwai broaden their palette with rich synths and icy grooves.
go to album
Sparkling synthpop with an emphasis on high-wattage chords and the kind of melodies that burrow themselves deep in the brain.
go to album
Like the Ronnettes sitting in with The Chocolate Watch Band, Shangri-Lass collide girl group and psychedelia.
go to album
