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Get a Van

by the MurderChord

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1.
i Gotta Van 02:09
i found the best way to spend ten grand through thin and thick shes bin my best friend you know there is no other place id rather be staying and anyway, gettin home was never part of the plan to the beach, to the city shes so slow and steady and its never bin nicked cause she looks so shity and i know she holds her value better, but i dont care, cause i'll never sell her, i'll run that truck right into the ground, then she'l get back up and drive us to town i dont need anyones helpin hand im gonna have to give her a perfect, ten outta ten you know id never trade her in for anyone or anything and when the van starts rockin' man, dont come knockin
2.
its the great mandarin heist, carried out in broad daylight, an open wooden crate, and for sale sign, all there is is empty skins inside, full of air and lies, now they're bumping up the price, just to make them seem allright, they sell them to us anyway, and catch us unsuspecting, with a 50 page disclaimer that we aknowledge out of anger, yeah well, now we know they grow on trees, well be havin ours for free, because the ones you sold me... allt he mandarins they were empty. and if theres nothing left, BLURHG, i'll just eat insects, iv been sweatin like a horse, and i'll just let it run its course, and one thing that has come to light, is brothers, sisters, husbands, wifes, they've been selling off there time, trading money in for life, nothin new is built to last, everything is obsolecent, stick to doing one thing well, you wont starve if you grow them for yourselves.
3.
Flat mate walks in, eyes ablazed, asked me about, my day, he said: hey dave, gunna fill up the tin, fill up the tin on payday, he said: hey dave, how was your day? im gonna fill up the tin on payday. i said: OK but when you fill up the tin, by the time i get home, its empty again, and playstation, its not quite the same, with an empty tin on sunday, and in your hayday, you used to, fill up the tin, fill up the tin quite often, but in the long run, just how long has it been since you filled up a tin at all. maybe, its time we packed it all in, empty'd the tin, and started over again, please save me, from going back downstairs and dipping into my purse, for the hundredth time this year.. and i dont even care, if the tin is left bare, fill up the tin, fill up the tin on payday, i know that your dry, you can have some of mine, fill up the tin, fill up the tin on payday, this time il just have red wine, just, fill up the tin, fill up the tin on payday, there'l be no red-cards, no sin-bin, just fill up the tin, fill up the tin.
4.
i see ya turnin green over everything and what you do not know, you try to fill the hole, it isisnt anything its just a bad feelin, and what you do not do it comes back to haunt you so take your jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, HOME so take your jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, HOME so keep yer eyes off my black book and i wont go thru your phone and if you come round to see me, and find that im not home some time it seems like such a little thing but sometimes it cuts to the bone home take your jealousy, home so take your jealousy, home etc.
5.
Flies in the summer time, in winter its mice the cemetary it is teaming with life, to all those dead fools who made the fruit trees ripe, i say thanks: your allright. flies in the summertime in winter its mice and theres a little time in between, that feels just right and all those four seasons mark the passing off time ok. fine. flies, flies flies in the summertime and its mice, mice, mice in the wintertime and its, nice, nice so nice in the little time inbetween mosquito pearce your skin in the summertime and bird flu tries to get you in the wintertime it sometime seems like being alive, yeah it aint that good for you flies in the summertime, winter its mice and theres money and media happening all of the time and deep deep down, well what we know to be right its drowned out by our need to survive, flies, flies flies in the summertime and its mice, mice, mice in the wintertime and its, nice, nice so nice in the little time inbetween sunburn in the summertime, in winter we're white theres a constant stuggle between fire and ice that leaves you sweating all day, and fuckin freezing at night flies, flies flies in the summertime and its mice, mice, mice in the wintertime and its, nice, nice so nice in the little time flies, flies flies in the summertime its so nice in the little time inbetween....
6.
if lookin out over your own front yard leaves you feelin cold and grey if your not happy in your own hallway what makes you think, you'l be happy on holiday? and everything thats new is leavin you blue, just like the old stuff used to do.. flickin the switch to engage your brain on, but only when you absolutlyl have to... and every time you think your loosing your mind, turns out it could be tru why dont you get all of your ducks in line, before you start tellin everyone else what to do because: everybody knows what every oneelse should be doin thats the funny thing about being a human five days on, two days off, you cant buy back allthe time you'v lossssssst ask your boss, for the time youve lost, bite the hand thats feeding you right off... and everything you do youve done before man, you do the same shit every day ya secretly hate being diplomatic but your payed so ya do it anyway. ya take a punt on the instant kiwi, pin your hopes on big wednesday so now ya traffic every single morning, savin up for that midwinters getawa. everybody knows whateverone else should be doin' thats the funny thing about being a human, five days on, two days off, you cant buy back all the time youve lost. when there's a glass half full of water, and half atmosphere in order to enjoy it, they both have to be there, and its alright to be paranoid,when it turns out to be true is that god working in mysterious ways? or is it YOU. if your not happy in your own hallway, well what makes you think you'l be happy on holiday, now that everything you own owns you, well it DONT look like you'l get to go anywhere...
7.
come with me and we will go, cross the boarder into mexico was a side-gunner in vietnam, fell in love with his girlfriend from japan chiped his tooth on a microphone, four times snapped his collarbone, snap snap, he was the last to roll in the 4.1's learned to drive in an HQ holden and its a long way down, to hell and back and hevans, just a little tooo far, the devil he dont just play drums, the devil plays guitar. played an angus young SG and a vox distortion and a cry baby, had a peavy butcher and a marshall stack, painted all his gear flat black and its a long way down, to hell and back and hevans, just a little tooo far, the devil he dont just play drums, the devil plays guitar. wide open, take a shot to the ribs, youd better keeep your guard up, keep your guard up. wide open, take a shot to the jaw, youd better keep your guard up, keep your guard up. you know what its like when you dont, remember you name? i feel the sunrise im doin fine, if its all the same i feel the wind burn wide open, wide open so much more than before thats what friends are for.... etc.... thanks craig!
8.
as the sun beat down on hopetown, as the sun beat down: if i only new then, what i know now, id walk on, and on. as the sun beat down on hopetown i still have last nights clothes on and it may look like im struggling home but it, feels like im floating i think we might have left the van door open but i dont think anything will have been stolen, it'l it'l be a relife to see it waiting for me. i walk on as the sun beats down on hopetown. as the sun beats down: (and on, and on, and on, and) if i know then what i know now and i wont break my stri-ide even thou sometimes it seems like i'l have too. and i smile as i glide on by. a factory setting, with no fuckin feelings. and the citys rhythem clicks back to the beginning and cctv watches from the cealing and the partys gives way to a pavement full of ordinary daytime people. i walk on: on and on and on as the sun beat down on hopetown i make my way past hooker hotel. as the sun beat down on hopetown, as the sun beat down. i walk on (and on and on) HOME.
9.
from our verrry first days, we're told what to say, and then shown how it is, our minds in a maze, we form kinship... with idiots, and foeships id sooner forget and the sooner that they get into your head, the less chance that you got of making sence if the devils int he details then you'l find god, hiding in the gaps if the devils in the details then you'l find hell, hidden in your stash if the devils int he details then i dont think you've got all of the facts if the devils in the details, he should have left a better map from our very first dayyyyyy our minds in ahymazzzzee from an early age, from an early age, they say if the devils in the details then you'l find god hiding int he gaps if the devils int he details then you'l find hell hidden in your stash if the devils int he details they got their hand out lookin for ya cash if the devils in the details, the devils int he details from our very first day our minds in a maze you'r not gettin out of the this cage if the devils int he details the devils int he details my friend if the devils int he details the devils in the details in the end...
10.
i was laughing with them, but they were laughing at me, it was a good good laugh, it went round half of the party... and all we needed was a lesson in dignity. sometimes getting a head start just means that you peak too early so is this just us for tonight, or will this be a whole life story if you look back now you might find that is been quite blank and distorted i was laughing with them, but they were laughing at me, it was a good good laugh, it went round half of the party... we've had enough to feed the whole, hungry army i know what you THINK you look like, when your drunk and dancing and now we're part of the lock in crew, allways the last to be leaving sneezing out pink, white, red, green, and blue on our sleeves for the next three mornings. you were the life of the party... and thats why we love you, you were the life of t he party... you motherfucker... yes you are.
11.
you are an avatar, to me, your just an avatar... and you say that you'l go, but then you never show, cause you are an avatar real life can be hard, and we dont know who you are you are an avatar you are an avatar, to me, your just an avatar... and you'l have to decide, if you can face real life, or are you an avatar? youve been at it so long, you've even got your own song. you fucking avatar... you are an avatar... etc. etc. etc

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