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I Love You, Rat Dad

by The World's Greatest Detective

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Ask Me 01:38
Spite and love are the same thing, baby When I ask myself why I'm still doing this Everything tells me I'll die before I'll make it Just 'cause that's right it don't help the case Do I doubt myself? Every morning when I wake up Do I hate myself? Every night before my eyes shut But do I give a fuck? Ask me! Pretty sure I stole this song from Billy Bragg I wrote it in 10 minutes baby, I don't care If he really wants it he can have it back I'll just write another I got plenty to spare Do I doubt myself? Every morning when I wake up Do I hate myself? Every night before my eyes shut But do I give a fuck? Ask me!
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Rats chasing cigarette butts What do they know, is it something I don't? Rats living in broken bottles I wanna buy 'em a new home but I can't cause I'm broke Rats on the subway, rats on the street Little rats in a great big world, living their dreams I'm going down where I'm wanted I'm going down where I belong So long Where will you go when the rats take Brooklyn? Where will you go when the rats take Queens? There's more of them than us And it looks like they want it more, it seems Can you imagine living in a post-rat society, where will I fit in? Things are looking up for me since I sharpened my teeth and I learned how to swim I'm going down where I'm wanted I'm going down where I belong So long
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My mom and Black Flag, they both told me the same thing Said, "You know what, son? You gotta rise above" My mom and Black Flag, they don't have too much in common But I'll tell you, they both know what's up When you're up shit creek ain't no time to stop rowing I don't mind telling you, I get so tired I don't mind telling you, the days seem so long I'll tell you one thing, though, I ain't ever been a quitter I'll tell you another thing, this ain't no quitting song You better look somewhere else if you're trying to sing a quitting song You lose women, you lose jobs, you lose apartments, you lose men You can lose everything, but you can always steal it back again There's nothing in the world they won't try to take from you But you're the only person who can tell you when you're through When the bullshit piles up, you just gotta keep going I don't mind telling you, I get so tired I don't mind telling you, the days seem so long I'll tell you one thing, though, I ain't ever been a quitter I'll tell you another thing, this ain't no quitting song You better look somewhere else if you're trying to sing a quitting song
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Someone stole the pedals off of my damn bike Landlord won't fix the kitchen light I feel a real mean drunk coming on Everybody's getting fired, the rest are all quitting Got two hands, one's for wishing, one's for spitting I feel a real mean drunk coming on I know it won't make me feel any better I know that I'll be worse for wear when the morning comes I know it won't help me solve any of my problems But tonight I'm gonna blow 'em all off I'm going on a real mean drunk You see it's supposed to snow again? City don't even bother to plow our streets That damn raincloud's been following me again I don't have the pots to keep up with these leaks I feel a real mean drunk coming on I know it won't make me feel any better I know that I'll be worse for wear when the morning comes I know it won't help me solve any of my problems But tonight I'm gonna blow 'em all off
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Get Down 05:02
I spend a lot of time thinking I spend a lot of time thinkin' 'bout I spend a lot of time drinking I spend a lot of time passing out In between, I do a lot of standing around I spend a lot of time talking I spend a lot of time talkin' 'bout In between, I do a lot of standing around There comes a time, or so I've heard When even the best routine gets boring Thank God that hasn't happened to me yet There comes a time, or so I think When that boredom can't be helped with one more drink Thank God that hasn't happened to me yet I spend a lot of time rocking I spend a lot of time rockin' out I spend a lot of time walking I spend a lot of time walking out In between, I do a lot of standing around There comes a time, or so I've heard When even the best routine gets boring Thank God that hasn't happened to me yet There comes a time, or so I think When that boredom can't be helped with one more drink Thank God that hasn't happened to me yet I let my friends down I let my friends down off the shelf, to help me pass the time And then I get down, I get down on myself It passes the time

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Recorded in a day at Mollusk Studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

All songs written and arranged by Alex Heigl, except for "Get Down," cowritten by Leslie Hong.

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by John Meredith.

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released July 17, 2015

Alex Heigl -- guitar, vocals, bass, saxophone

Fletcher Liegerot -- drums

John Meredith -- tambourine, power drill, bottles

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The world doesn't need any more straight white men singing about their feelings, but, well, here we are.

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