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Oklahoma Vernacular

by Matt Moran

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1.
Salton Sea 01:12
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She said I'm already dead, I just ain't laid down I'm a bird on a wire, too scared to touch ground She said I wonder what happens when we die Does it flash our whole lives right in front of our eyes? She said I ain't seen the Salton Sea in at least fifty damn years I wonder if it looks the same as when my daddy took me down there But I ain't got the heart to tell her, she ain't got the heart to break So I just lie and tell her nothing's changed I'll just lie and tell her nothing's changed
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Oh Brother 04:07
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My brother's a straight shooter yeah he'll tell you like it is Except when he don't say nothin' cause he don't remember it He's tough and he's lonesome and he's lost as they get He's done his time in county cause he drinks a bit He called me up last Sunday, he sounded like a ghost Called me up collect like no one does anymore Said he caused some trouble in a bar in New Orleans Stabbed a man with his knife, cut him deep and clean Brother... oh, brother What have you done? There's horses you can't hitch and there's fences you can't mend He was one of those and this was one of them Like a moth to a flame he'd always find a way To get himself all tethered up in the things he can't contain Been a month worth of Sundays since I have talked to him Said he'd do anything to stay out of the pen Said he's headed for the sun off the edge of the world Right into that great big void where we'll all be hurled Brother... oh, brother What have you done?
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The Boy Who Looked Like Elvis 03:25
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If you're gonna leave me, just go on and go Cause I've got no interest darlin' in being in control All my life things have always changed People come and go and then they fade away Some may mistake it for trying to be strong But I've got my reasons for sitting on this throne The king of fools and the prince of misery All I'll leave behind is a headstone that decrees: Here lies a bag of bones Lost and all alone Here lies somebody's ghost The savior king of rock and roll I turn the engine, listen to it whine Radio's broken now, the clock won't keep time I drive in silence thinking of you The stardust in your hair and my rocket shoes Here lies a bag of bones Lost and all alone Here lies somebody's ghost The savior king of rock and roll
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Hey Susie! 02:42
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Susie didn't want anyone to know she's on the run Susie didn't want anyone to know she had a gun Susie passed a hi-po on the side of the road Pulling someone over in that Michigan snow Wishing that she could just turn around and go home When Susie was a kid no one ever was around Her momma took to pills and her daddy left town Susie fell in with the wrong kind of crowd For a little girl with a big ass loud mouth But that's what you get when no one will help you out Susie took some money that she knew wasn't hers Susie took some money that she knew would get her burned Then she headed off for that Flickertail State Where no one knew her face and no one knew her name Just hoping she didn't end up at the bottom of a lake I wonder if she ever made that Michigan line Susie disappeared like a wrinkle in time I wonder if she thought it was worth in the end I wonder what she thought right before they threw her in I wonder if she held her breath or just let it in
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On the Nature of Deities 02:05
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I saw god in a limousine Smoking a big cigar Then the devil appeared drinking thirty-five year Speyside from a mason jar God said driver take us downtown We got a meeting with Goldman Sachs Can't have to poor folks of this old world Thinking they don't have to break their backs I know you might not believe me You might not think that it's true But I've been on this earth long enough To know when I'm played a fool I saw god on a subway car Headed for the upper west side When he took the boots off a sleeping old man Who'd just gotten warm for the night He turned to me, said it ain't about money Or power or paying your dues It's all about finishing the race Without ever losing your shoes I know you might not believe me You might not think that it's true But I've been on this earth long enough To know when I'm played a fool
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The Last Song I Write 03:40
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If this is the last song I write The last thing that I leave behind My final will, my very last rites If this is my long kiss goodnight I hope that I made you smile Made you wanna stay for a while I hope I made you feel the way that I felt When I felt... anything I guess you'd call this a swan song But this ugly duck don't make curtain call You can find me in the very last stall With my head up on the wall I hope that I made you smile Made you wanna stay for a while I hope I made you feel the way that I felt When I felt... anything at all If this is the last thing I think I think that it don't mean a thing I think the 86 cubs shoulda won And they should put M*A*S*H on TV I hope that I made you smile Made you wanna stay for a while I hope I made you feel the way that I felt When I felt... anything at all

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released October 20, 2023

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