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Last night my friends broke into my apartment
I was so pissed that I told them to do my dishes
Now my sink is still filled with dirty dishes
The carpet needs vacuumed up again
I don't know where I wen't wrong
I didn't raise my friends right
Last night my friends broke into my apartment
I woke up so fucking pissed off at them
I told them to go home
Don't you have a family?
Don't you have a bed and a fridge of your own?
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This degree I got is useless I'm thinking of moving to Carolina
I hear its nice there this time of year
I have some family who lives down there
The're the definition of southern hospitality
I think I'd enjoy some sweet tea while sitting on their front porch
This degree I got is useless I'm thinking of moving to Oakland California
I hear its nice there all of the time and I've always been a big raiders fan
I find I have more in common with lower class minorities than white people who always seem to vote republican
This degree I got is useless Ill probably stay in Pennsylvania
The winter brings such shitty weather
but after thinking about it i don't mind scraping my car every morning before work
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The Van
02:54
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What if we went on tour?
Would you sleep on peoples floors with me?
Or would you sleep out in the van?
What if we went down to the beach?
Would you rather sleep next to the sea?
Or would you still sleep in the van?
If you want some seashells
From Tennessee
Well there's no ocean there
Keep driving south
Hit 95
Jump off near Jacksonville
What if I built a spaceship?
Would you go to the moon with me?
Or would sleep out in the van?
What if I found a time machine?
Would you go visit the past with me?
Or would you sleep out in the van?
What if we went to your moms house?
Would you come out with us to play?
Or would you stay up in your room?
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Pity Party
03:18
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The landlord put a note on my door
It said that I was late on rent
It said that I would be evicted on the twenty third this month
So I gotta clean out my house
Gotta box up all my old possessions
I didn't know I had this much
I own a table and a chair
Gave away some video games
Cause i don't ever play them anyway
So i think I'll go throw a party
It's gonna be a pity party
You're invited to my pity party
on the twenty fist
We'll have a pity party
We'll pass out in my living room
We'll have a pity party
Till tomorrow afternoon
When i was cleaning out my room
I found a little photograph
That i must have taken a year or two ago
There was a flower in it
In front of the house that I grew up next to
While living with my dad
You know I miss those days
Living rent free under my parents roof
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Aaron's Food Song
01:45
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So if immigrant workers save you nickles and dimes maybe you're the one who should be doing time in stead of prisoners like mr kim dot com If nobody hears it then no one will share it its an internet nuclear war So if immigrant workers save you nickles and dimes maybe you're the one who should be doing time in stead of prisoners like mr kim dot com to bad the pay the farmers too much cash to make em want to go on strike to bad all the corporations are paying all these folks at minimum wadge to stand in front a conveyor belt feed the cows corn yeah fill em up don't forget to recall ecoli found inside their bodies clip the tag on their ear and ship em out to the slaughter house pack em up and send em to the local fast food restaurants feed the cows corn fill em up
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No one ever said this was gonna be real simple they forgot to tell me this at the hospital when my mamma bored me why the fuck am I getting beaten up at school and why am I sitting alone at the lunch table again this year why don't I have many friends I ask myself every night Why cant anyone ever comprehend what im talking about what im talking about I dont understand you dont understand me either no you dont but thats okay no one ever told ever told me how to live my life no one ever showed me what other people like but thats okay ill be fine we'll be playing guitar and singing songs until the day we die
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Leave This Year Here
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I don't need to go though people's trash anymore I found an apartment in western Pennsylvania i live with my girlfriend(We brokeup) we go shopping in the dumpster by the river behind the factories and i dont need to worry about rent cause i don't even worry about what i eat i have been looking for all of my friends but my friends all left me here my friends all just left me hear lets just leave this year here
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Billy Pontius Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Billy Pontius on these recordings is
Dave Pawlack-piano, washboard, banjo and vocals
Robert Martin-
guitar, bass and vocals
Steve Easter-guitar and vocals
Piano on the "Pity Party" album is by Tom Perkins of On The Farm Studio
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Billy Pontius recommends:
The Stolen Stitches // Steve Easter - SPLIT (2014)
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The Stolen Stitches / Steve Easter (I Came From Earth!)
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Traveling Sideshow
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The Stolen Stitches Traveling Sideshow
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The Owl on the One Dollar Bill (2012)
by I Came From Earth
I Came From Earth!
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