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How To Leave Town

1. The Ending of DramamineLyrics

   The Ending of Dramamine

   The drunk’s face breaks into sweat
   as his friend falls under the wheels
   but the headlights don't flinch
   and the engine doesn't stutter
   oh yeah

   think about myself
   I think about myself
   care about myself
   I care about myself
   I only care about myself

   and other fears too stupid to mention
   the ending of ‘Dramamine’ scared Degnan

   the way that you all see me
   that's who I am, but not who I need to be
   moving my joke body through the cold November night
   haha

   hate yourself
   do you hate yourself
   I don't hate myself
   I tolerate myself
   I wish I was someone else

   but it seems too stupid to mention
   I know I'll be ripped in heaven

   I was young, I was thin
   I had money and I loved you
   but then came the
   shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
   I need a name for what I’m feeling
   then I can start to work on a meaning
   speaking of the
   shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah

   in a crowded room you will
   hear your own opinion voiced
   you can sit back without a word
   watch it spread or fall silent
   oh yeah

   If it's too late to speak
   I could get out of bed
   find a pencil and write
   leave it for you to find
   if the moment is gone

   to say I figured out what the problem was
   I'd been thinking about it earlier

   hey! can you hear me now?
   Am I alone in my futile efforts?
   sometimes I get so mad that I can’t do the few things I usually can
   which is sad

   Occupying space
   I know I take up space
   will there be a space
   for my soul in space
   (that's heaven to me)
   98083
   Post office box 295

   and now I'm young, and I'm thin
   I have money and I love you
   but here comes the
   shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
   (thanks for fucking with my head, come again soon)
   I need a name for what I’m feeling
   then I can start to work on a meaning
   speaking of the
   shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
   (thanks for fucking with my head, come again soon)

   I can't hear a thing now
   I guess I belong to me now

   but when night fell on Montana
   I found a rest stop completely deserted
   but I still felt the eyes upon me
   so I drove away

2. Beast Monster Thing (Love Isn't Love Enough)Lyrics

   Beast Monster Thing (Love Isn't Love Enough)

   and any remaining interest my friends have in me
   is just “hey, hey, this animal can talk!”

   so all your friends are leaving town
   you're hiding out in your parents' house
   they wonder why you never go to church
   hard to explain why it doesn't work
   cause you're not living in sin well
   but you're not living in health well
   and you're a danger to yourself well
   and to pedestrians
   I co-write my songs with myself
   he feels the feelings I write the words
   I co-write my songs with myself
   he feels the feelings I write the words
   he writes down his feelings
   I say “what are you doing?”
   and he never saw the bright lights
   and he never had a good time
   and he never saw the bright lights
   and he never saw the good times

   so I sleep in my old loft bed
   and search for hope inside my head
   but even in my dreams
   I know the difference between
   what I want and what I got
   cause what I got is mumble mumble how are you doing? Why’s the door locked? I’ll be out in a minute second, ooh these are good lyrics, I should charge a dollar per thought
   and what I want...

   love isn't love enough
   at least not how I'm making it
   love isn't love enough
   I think this is the other thing

   don't get mad at the system
   you can't change the system
   get mad at your lover
   you can affect your lover
   like pulling out nails with the back of the hammer

   Spending my money in 12 dollar increments
   Milkshake plus tip adds up to more than I think
   and I admit my heart is a laughingstock
   but that's why that's why that's why that's why
   cause I don’t want to be perceived yeah
   as a thing you can believe in
   I'm an optical illusion
   and pretty soon I think I’m leaving

   when I stopped laughing and got to thinking
   when I stopped laughing at how much we were drinking
   when you never called me back
   while I was staring at the paint crack

   fun while it lasted but it didn’t last
   It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t
   It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t last
   It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t

   like pulling out nails with the back of the hammer

   “only her voice and bones are left; at last
   only her voice, her bones are turned to stone”

3. Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?)Lyrics

   Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?)

   Hey Will, why don’t you cut the shit
   and tell me who you’re fighting for?
   if you’re not taking care of yourself
   then what are you here for?

   I used to think there was an answer
   in the music of my youth
   but I just read Brian Wilson’s biography
   and now I know the truth

   because his father never loved him
   and the band just wanted money
   and Dennis was an alcoholic
   who drowned looking for treasure

   and everyone that Brian turned to
   just gave him drugs and took his money
   he was dependent on social acceptance
   just like every other human

   and now I’ve got no one to pray to
   and I’ve got nowhere to stay the night
   and it’s hard to be here at all

   and I am torn between
   trying to be a better man
   and trying to accept the man I am

   I have no faith in life
   to leave me satisfied
   I’ll have my fears and worries
   until the day I die

   and I will not go to heaven
   and I will not go to hell
   I have no faith in death
   to be anything at all

   * I feel sick
   * * I don't feel well
   * * What a disgusting feeling
   * * * * I don't like this feeling
   * * How disgusting
   * This feeling sucks

   some of these things are symptoms
   and some of these are being human

   and I am torn between
   trying to be a better man
   and trying to accept the man I am

   The people that I’ve talked to
   and the books that I’ve read
   and the tv shows and movies that I’ve seen

   are all I have to turn to
   to learn how to live
   but when? When? When? When?
   When? When? When will I ever learn?

4. I-94 W (832 mi)
5. You're In Love With MeLyrics

   You're In Love With Me

   Hello hello hello hello
   I'm so excited to finally be here
   maybe I'm a little embarrassed but
   it's alright
   it's alright

   just take it to the left brain
   shake it to the right brain
   try to get lost
   somewhere in the middle brain

   you could be in love with anyone
   but you're not in love with anyone because
   you're in love with me

   last night I dreamed Obama came to my birthday
   party and they made a giant banner of my face
   I wished they hadn't used driver's license photo but
   it's alright
   it's alright

   and I could sense you somewhere in the crowd
   and I knew that Barack would be proud
   because you could be in love with anyone
   but you're not in love with anyone

   you're in love with me

6. America (Never Been)Lyrics

   America (Never Been)

   You can drive across the whole thing
   in four days if you really wanted
   leaving custom thank you notes
   in all the houses you ever haunted

   in this whole solar system
   we've only met one type of life
   it's the living kind of life
   and it's not one I recognize

   America

   I said "excuse me" to the ocean
   because I thought I had got in its way
   at first I didn't think it heard me
   but then I saw it wave

   you can spend every living moment thinking
   how can I get out alive?
   but is it really then, can you really call it
   hey man, just shut up and drive

   I thought we'd be on the road all night when that ice storm hit in Texas
   and when we pulled into the gas station it was like a frozen oasis
   oh, sweet mama, does that neon sign shine for me?
   Is there a street where my name glows all through the night?

   and I've never read (America)
   no I've never been (America)
   I just never went (America)
   I have never seen (America)

   all my fantasies are faking orgasms
   they're only in it for the money I made up for them
   I trade in ideas, opinion and artistry
   and my face is on every dollar

   this is heaven but heaven is here
   this is heaven but heaven is hard
   because your lover is listening to music you don't know
   and you're tangled up in the headphone wires

   you know our problems, they don't end
   just because we get boy/girlfriends
   is this your salvation plan?

   there's only one type of love
   it's the loving kind of love
   but when you're mad at me it's the end of times
   and I'm mad at you all the other times

   have I ever really been in love?
   I guess I've never really been in love
   have I ever really
   not in the way I'm thinking

   real life's a mess
   but at least you're not paying rent
   you've been making it, maybe even breaking even
   you oughta be content

   it doesn't make sense
   you're still sitting on the fence
   when the yard is yours
   and it was money well spent

   and I've never read
   no, I've never been
   I just never went
   I have never seen
   America
   America
   democracy
   biographies

   civil rights! basically
   bright lights! living in the city
   second prize in a beauty pageant
   200 dollars, this is life, this is your life!
   America!
   this is heaven
   this is the place

7. I Want You To Know That I'm Awake/I Hope That You're AsleepLyrics

   I Want You To Know That I'm Awake/I Hope That You're Asleep

   I am not allowed to have feelings
   feelings would complicate this
   I'm a stupid ugly stuttering asshole
   there is no dignity in my anger

   mind if I cough in your ear all night?
   mind if I resent you for a year to night?
   I am not the type of man
   who can fall asleep in someone else's arms

   (Didn't mean to lie...)
   I love you
   sometimes I love you
   but it's hard to say
   there are times when I don't love
   I can't love anything in this world

   I want you to know.
   I want you to know.
   I want you to know
   I am.
   But I hope
   that you are.
   I hope that you're a

   it doesn't matter what I say
   if you don't say anything in response
   the final phrase of my last sentence
   hangs in the air, sounding stupider and stupider

   why can't you at least laugh
   I tried so hard to find the right words
   it's a matter of timing, you only have so long
   to capture the feeling before it's gone

   here is a demo of my newest sentence
   I'll fill in the good parts later
   I'll make it fit together real nice
   and cut out all the likes

   two days ago it was really bad
   I couldn't get my head straight all day
   and everything you said seemed to have an edge
   you were disappointed and I didn't know why

   eventually it came to a head
   over something as stupid as making coffee
   you said it was a mistake to ever try and help me
   then you went in the kitchen

   I drove off to go buy some stuff
   which was a mistake because
   I didn't want to come back
   I just sat in the parking lot

   and dabbed at my thumb, which was bleeding for some reason
   leaving a trail of red blossoms on the napkin
   I felt sick and I didn't know what to do
   how long would it be before I could face you?

   flash back to
   the first angry song I had to hide from you
   it goes like this
   I am hiding from you at the
   QFC

   Mikeal and Bryan broke up today
   but we're not like them, no
   nothing like them

   Frankie and Ava broke up today
   but we're not like them, no
   nothing like them

   Felice and Lanky broke up today
   but we're not like them, no
   nothing like them

   John and Yoko separated for a year
   but we're not like them, no
   nothing like them

   The Beatles broke up today
   but we're not like them, no
   nothing like them

   Paul said, "I just started doubting everything I did"
   but you're not like him, no
   nothing like him

   your parents and my parents, well, let's not get into that
   we're not like them
   we are nothing like them

   Degnan and Skippy haven't spoken for a while
   but we're not like them
   nothing like them no

8. is this dust really from the Titanic?Lyrics

   is this dust really from the Titanic?

   The cool thing about having a lot of artist friends is getting to see a lot of unreleased or unfinished work being tossed around casually,as if it was just another average part of their life, since obviously for them it is. At the same time, though, even though these artists will share this stuff with you freely if you're, as they say, 'in the know', you get the feeling that they wouldn't want it to be seen this way to the larger audience they're creating for - as something that can be placed into the context of a life.

   the shitty thing about having artist friends is getting into the front seat of their car and having to rest your feet on fast food burger wrappers and empty Gatorade bottles. It's depressing to realize that these people that you've thought had a much better hold on life than you don't really have their shit together. At least, not in the normal sense. And if I'm being honest, it does kind of matter. Apparently, it's impossible to be an artist and not have puked-in car cup holders. I'm not excluding myself from this.

   Ibuprofen bottle
   Ibuprofen box
   loose Ibuprofen capsules
   shorthand directions to
   Elmhurst, Minneapolis, Bozeman, Tiger Mountain
   Great Clips receipt with coupon attached
   I won't need my hair cut for months

9. Hey, Space Cadet! (Beast Monster Thing in Space)Lyrics

   Hey, Space Cadet! (Beast Monster Thing in Space)

   It is 2014 and I have no idea what is going on in my life

   Hello hello hello hello
   I’m so excited to finally be here
   Hello hello hello hello
   I got a little drunk before I came here

   frozen margaritas in Austin
   the birthplace of Daniel Johnston
   just a day's drive away from Memphis
   the birthplace and deathplace of Elvis

   (and I'm so far away from home
   Last night I dreamed I had returned
   to the land of all my favorite highways
   route seven)

   Hey, space cadet
   you can’t hang out with your friends
   even when you are with them

   Hey, space cadet
   you’re gonna need a lot of love
   but not the kind you’re thinking of

   and the times when I feel fine
   I’m just dancing in my mind
   couldn’t stay outside too long
   had to come and write this song

   hey, space cadet
   didn't think it'd be this far
   but that's the price for being a star

   I met you through the television screen
   I fell in love with the guy smiling at the audience
   and now this love is praecox feeling
   and now this love is aspect dawning

   hello hello hello hello
   it should be easier than this
   we should fit like a glove and a hand

   Hey, space cadet
   the things you see inside your head
   you'd better make other plans instead

   Hey, space cadet
   it's alright to want to dream
   it doesn't mean reality is mean

   Hey, space cadet
   it's time to show them what you can do
   what can you do, man, what can you do?

   Hey, space cadet...